Starz has announced the premiere date for its anticipated limited event series Three Women. The intimate portrayal of female desire, based on the New York Times bestselling book by Lisa Taddeo, will premiere Friday, September 13 at midnight on the Starz app. On linear television, it will debut on Starz at 10:00 Pm Et/Pt in the U.S. The series stars Shailene Woodley, Betty Gilpin, DeWanda Wise, Gabrielle Creevy, Blair Underwood, Jason Ralph (The Magicians, The Marvelous Mrs.
- 6/7/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
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Dove Cameron stopped fans in their tracks with her glam look in late 2022, and it looks like this celebrity isn't one to take risks with Instagram's rules. In October of that year, the former Disney star showed off her stunning figure in a totally sheer, sparkle-adorned dress, posing by mirrored doors and dazzling her 47.7 million followers. Flaunting her toned body as she flashed some curve, Dove went braless in her see-through gown, but with digitally-inserted crosses over her chest, she stayed safe. Fans left The Descendants actress over 2 million likes.
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Scroll for the photo. Going triple threat as the mirror setup afforded three versions of her, Dove wowed in a slinky, halterneck dress formed of sheer mesh fabrics in green. With glitter everywhere jazzing things up, the singer showed off her toned shoulders and slim waist,...
Dove Cameron stopped fans in their tracks with her glam look in late 2022, and it looks like this celebrity isn't one to take risks with Instagram's rules. In October of that year, the former Disney star showed off her stunning figure in a totally sheer, sparkle-adorned dress, posing by mirrored doors and dazzling her 47.7 million followers. Flaunting her toned body as she flashed some curve, Dove went braless in her see-through gown, but with digitally-inserted crosses over her chest, she stayed safe. Fans left The Descendants actress over 2 million likes.
Dove Cameron Stuns In See-Through Dress
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Scroll for the photo. Going triple threat as the mirror setup afforded three versions of her, Dove wowed in a slinky, halterneck dress formed of sheer mesh fabrics in green. With glitter everywhere jazzing things up, the singer showed off her toned shoulders and slim waist,...
- 6/5/2024
- by Evie Scott
- The Blast
Former stars of The Descendants Dove Cameron, Booboo Stewart and Sofia Carson grabbed a cute group photo while arriving for the 2024 Cam For A Cause Gala held at The Beehive in Los Angeles. They were there to honor their late co-star, Cameron Boyce.
Cam For A Cause: A Fundraiser For The Cameron Boyce Foundation To End Epilepsy — is held every year to raise money and awareness for epilepsy and Sudep (Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy), which caused the young actor’s death in July 2019.
Cameron embraced a strapless look in a voluminous Prabal Gurung ballgown with gray tulle, bubble hem and black polka dots. The gown featured a sweetheart neckline, a fitted bodice and a black belt at the waist. Carson wore a sleeveless gown with layers of off-white feather embellishments. The dress featured a long train and loose fit with semi-sheer fabric. Stewart opted for this earth-toned matching set of loose trousers,...
Cam For A Cause: A Fundraiser For The Cameron Boyce Foundation To End Epilepsy — is held every year to raise money and awareness for epilepsy and Sudep (Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy), which caused the young actor’s death in July 2019.
Cameron embraced a strapless look in a voluminous Prabal Gurung ballgown with gray tulle, bubble hem and black polka dots. The gown featured a sweetheart neckline, a fitted bodice and a black belt at the waist. Carson wore a sleeveless gown with layers of off-white feather embellishments. The dress featured a long train and loose fit with semi-sheer fabric. Stewart opted for this earth-toned matching set of loose trousers,...
- 6/4/2024
- by Lauren Ramsey
- Uinterview
The Native American Media Alliance announced the selections for the inaugural cohort of the Native Media Apprenticeship Program In Collaboration with the California Workforce Development Board, High Road Training Partnership and the Bric Foundation. This is a multi-month program that provides career and creative development for indigenous opportunity youth.
This program supports California-based Native American youth who aim to persue careers in media. This initiative provides mentorship and guidance from creative executives, working animation artists and television showrunners. The objective is to develop skills for careers in animation production and producing for television. This course prepares and explores placement for participants in these fields.
The goal is to provide new opportunities in education, training, and employment within the entertainment industry. Participating Native and Indigenous youth will focus on the technical aspects and practical knowledge needed for careers in animation and producing for television. This will involve the study of behind...
This program supports California-based Native American youth who aim to persue careers in media. This initiative provides mentorship and guidance from creative executives, working animation artists and television showrunners. The objective is to develop skills for careers in animation production and producing for television. This course prepares and explores placement for participants in these fields.
The goal is to provide new opportunities in education, training, and employment within the entertainment industry. Participating Native and Indigenous youth will focus on the technical aspects and practical knowledge needed for careers in animation and producing for television. This will involve the study of behind...
- 5/10/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Shailene Woodley, Ben Foster and Pablo Schreiber will join the previously announced Alan Ritchson in the action thriller “Motor City.”
Potsy Ponciroli will direct the picture. Production begins July 10 in New Jersey and AlUla, Saudi Arabia as part of Stampede Ventures’ 10-picture slate deal with Film AlUla.
Greg Silverman and Jon Berg will produce for Stampede Ventures, alongside Rohini Singh, Paramdeep Singh and Manmeet Singh of Astro Lion Pictures, and Cliff Roberts and Chad St. John, who also penned the script. Mike Tadross Jr. and Eric Hedayat will executive produce.
Black Bear represents international rights with WME Independent co-representing domestic rights with Stampede, and Sacker Entertainment Law overseeing production legal.
“Motor City” follows John Miller (Ritchson), a Detroit auto-worker whose life and girlfriend (Woodley) are taken away from him when he’s framed by a local gangster (Foster) and sent to prison. On his release, Miller unleashes a maelstrom of...
Potsy Ponciroli will direct the picture. Production begins July 10 in New Jersey and AlUla, Saudi Arabia as part of Stampede Ventures’ 10-picture slate deal with Film AlUla.
Greg Silverman and Jon Berg will produce for Stampede Ventures, alongside Rohini Singh, Paramdeep Singh and Manmeet Singh of Astro Lion Pictures, and Cliff Roberts and Chad St. John, who also penned the script. Mike Tadross Jr. and Eric Hedayat will executive produce.
Black Bear represents international rights with WME Independent co-representing domestic rights with Stampede, and Sacker Entertainment Law overseeing production legal.
“Motor City” follows John Miller (Ritchson), a Detroit auto-worker whose life and girlfriend (Woodley) are taken away from him when he’s framed by a local gangster (Foster) and sent to prison. On his release, Miller unleashes a maelstrom of...
- 5/10/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The Gotham Film & Media Institute (The Gotham) announced today the 2024 fellows for the Festival De Cannes Producers Network Program. They are Deidre Backs (Fancy Dance), Apoorva Guru Charan (Joyland), Gabriel Mayers (A Different Man), Jhane Myers (Prey), Giancarlo Nasi (The Settlers), Stephanie Roush (Stress Positions), and Pierce Varous (The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed). This year’s Producers Network Fellows will be participating in person at Cannes, May 15 – 20.
As the sole U.S. Partner Organization for the Festival de Cannes Producers Network, The Gotham annually selects U.S. fiction and nonfiction producers to participate. Running concurrently with the Cannes Film Festival and the Marche du Film, the program is specifically designed for experienced producers to build up their international networks and learn more about international production, financing, legal and packaging.
In addition, The Gotham is proud to support the Gotham Edu partners Colgate University...
As the sole U.S. Partner Organization for the Festival de Cannes Producers Network, The Gotham annually selects U.S. fiction and nonfiction producers to participate. Running concurrently with the Cannes Film Festival and the Marche du Film, the program is specifically designed for experienced producers to build up their international networks and learn more about international production, financing, legal and packaging.
In addition, The Gotham is proud to support the Gotham Edu partners Colgate University...
- 5/9/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Double Oscar winner George Clooney has become one of the most successful people in his profession but despite family connections (his aunt was the late singer Rosemary Clooney), he struggled for years to make it as an actor.
After dropping out of college, Clooney would try his hand at acting. He struggled for a few years until finding a part on “E/R” in 1984. This wasn’t the “ER” that would make him a star 10 years later, but instead was a short-lived sitcom with the same name. In the decade between those shows, Clooney became known mostly for his track record of starring in an incredibly large number of pilots that weren’t picked up to be made into series. He would score a few successes with recurring roles on “The Facts of Life,” “Sisters” and “Roseanne,” but he would also suffer brutal humiliations like starring in “Return to Horror High...
After dropping out of college, Clooney would try his hand at acting. He struggled for a few years until finding a part on “E/R” in 1984. This wasn’t the “ER” that would make him a star 10 years later, but instead was a short-lived sitcom with the same name. In the decade between those shows, Clooney became known mostly for his track record of starring in an incredibly large number of pilots that weren’t picked up to be made into series. He would score a few successes with recurring roles on “The Facts of Life,” “Sisters” and “Roseanne,” but he would also suffer brutal humiliations like starring in “Return to Horror High...
- 5/4/2024
- by Robert Pius, Misty Holland and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Campaign poster Paul Metzler You BET-zler!! in Alexander Payne’s Election, starring Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick, designed by Nate Carlson
In the second instalment with Alexander Payne’s longtime 'secret weapon' graphic designer Nate Carlson, we discuss their latest multiple award-winning collaboration The Holdovers’ stained glass windows and memorial inscriptions in the school chapel, a running theme of pharmacies and prescription bottles, the mastery of punctuation humour from Election to Marcus Aurelius, the art of combining the pre-existing with the new, and the family polaroid.
Nate Carlson on Alexander Payne: “He always likes to put those little hidden gems in there and I am certainly open to accommodate.”
The Holdovers (screenplay by David Hemingson), stars Golden Globe winner Paul Giamatti, Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA winner Da'Vine Joy Randolph and BAFTA Best Supporting Actor nominee Dominic Sessa and has a terrific supporting cast led by Carrie Preston with Brady Hepner,...
In the second instalment with Alexander Payne’s longtime 'secret weapon' graphic designer Nate Carlson, we discuss their latest multiple award-winning collaboration The Holdovers’ stained glass windows and memorial inscriptions in the school chapel, a running theme of pharmacies and prescription bottles, the mastery of punctuation humour from Election to Marcus Aurelius, the art of combining the pre-existing with the new, and the family polaroid.
Nate Carlson on Alexander Payne: “He always likes to put those little hidden gems in there and I am certainly open to accommodate.”
The Holdovers (screenplay by David Hemingson), stars Golden Globe winner Paul Giamatti, Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA winner Da'Vine Joy Randolph and BAFTA Best Supporting Actor nominee Dominic Sessa and has a terrific supporting cast led by Carrie Preston with Brady Hepner,...
- 4/21/2024
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
RankFilm (distributor)Three-day gross (Mar 22-24)Total gross to dateWeek 1. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Sony) £4.1m £4.1m 1 2. Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros) £2.6m £30.7m 4 3. Immaculate (Black Bear) £491,000 £522,000 1 4. Wicked Little Letters (Studiocanal) £373,413 £8.2m 5 5. Migration (Universal) £370,415 £19.5m 8
Sony’s Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire topped the UK-Ireland box office with a £4.1m opening weekend, ending the three-week run of Dune: Part Two atop the chart.
Opening in 687 sites, Frozen Empire took a £5,904 location average. Its opening was up 7.7% on the £3.8m start of 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the first in a reboot of the franchise in 2021, with that film taking a £5,721 location average.
It is also...
Sony’s Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire topped the UK-Ireland box office with a £4.1m opening weekend, ending the three-week run of Dune: Part Two atop the chart.
Opening in 687 sites, Frozen Empire took a £5,904 location average. Its opening was up 7.7% on the £3.8m start of 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the first in a reboot of the franchise in 2021, with that film taking a £5,721 location average.
It is also...
- 3/25/2024
- ScreenDaily
Actor Beau Bridges is being honored in a place of special significance to his family.
The star of The Fabulous Baker Boys, The Descendants, Norma Rae, and more than 200 other films and television series received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Sonoma International Film Festival on Friday. His late father, actor Lloyd Bridges, traced his roots to the town in California’s wine country.
“I can really feel my dad, Lloyd’s spirit here with me in Sonoma, because this is where he was raised,” Bridges tells Deadline. “He was born in San Leandro and raised in Sonoma on Spain Street. He was an altar boy at the St. Francis Church, and then he moved to Petaluma, went to Petaluma High School. So, this is his territory, and to have this acknowledgement here in the seat of our family, so to speak, is really special to me.”
Beau Bridges on-set...
The star of The Fabulous Baker Boys, The Descendants, Norma Rae, and more than 200 other films and television series received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Sonoma International Film Festival on Friday. His late father, actor Lloyd Bridges, traced his roots to the town in California’s wine country.
“I can really feel my dad, Lloyd’s spirit here with me in Sonoma, because this is where he was raised,” Bridges tells Deadline. “He was born in San Leandro and raised in Sonoma on Spain Street. He was an altar boy at the St. Francis Church, and then he moved to Petaluma, went to Petaluma High School. So, this is his territory, and to have this acknowledgement here in the seat of our family, so to speak, is really special to me.”
Beau Bridges on-set...
- 3/24/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2024 Oscars ceremony is history, and in come ways it was historic, as well.
Read on below for answers to all your questions about the 2024 Academy Awards.
When Was The 2024 Oscars?
The ceremony took place on March 10, 2024 at 4 p.m. Pt/7 p.m. Et. The event was broadcast on ABC.
Vanessa Hudgens hosted The Oscars Red Carpet Show. It marked the third Oscars in a row that the actress and singer fronted the official lead-in. She was joined by Dancing With the Stars vet Julianne Hough as co-host. The Oscars Red Carpet Show began at 3:30 p.m. Pt/6:30 p.m. Et.
Who Is Hosted The 2024 Oscars?
Jimmy Kimmel hosted the show, marking the fourth time (and second straight year) that the Jimmy Kimmel Live! mainstay took on the gig. Only Billy Crystal, Johnny Carson and Bob Hope hosted more times.
Related: Oscar Red Carpet Gallery
Who Is Nominated For An Oscar This Year?...
Read on below for answers to all your questions about the 2024 Academy Awards.
When Was The 2024 Oscars?
The ceremony took place on March 10, 2024 at 4 p.m. Pt/7 p.m. Et. The event was broadcast on ABC.
Vanessa Hudgens hosted The Oscars Red Carpet Show. It marked the third Oscars in a row that the actress and singer fronted the official lead-in. She was joined by Dancing With the Stars vet Julianne Hough as co-host. The Oscars Red Carpet Show began at 3:30 p.m. Pt/6:30 p.m. Et.
Who Is Hosted The 2024 Oscars?
Jimmy Kimmel hosted the show, marking the fourth time (and second straight year) that the Jimmy Kimmel Live! mainstay took on the gig. Only Billy Crystal, Johnny Carson and Bob Hope hosted more times.
Related: Oscar Red Carpet Gallery
Who Is Nominated For An Oscar This Year?...
- 3/16/2024
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
On Jan. 12, screenwriter Simon Stephenson sent an email to the Writers Guild of America’s senior director of credits Lesley Mackey asking to set up a call to discuss an important matter. The CAA-repped writer, whose credits include Pixar’s “Luca” and StudioCanal’s “Paddington 2,” wrote, “I’ve encountered a credits-related issue on quite a high profile WGA-covered project.” According to the email exchange reviewed by Variety, a call between the two took place, and, in a follow-up missive, Stephenson wrote, “the evidence the holdovers screenplay has been plagiarised line-by-line from frisco is genuinely overwhelming – anybody who looks at even the briefest sample pretty much invariably uses the word ‘brazen.’”
Stephenson was referring to his own screenplay “Frisco,” a drama centered on a world-weary middle-aged children’s doctor and the 15-year-old patient he gets stuck looking after, and David Hemingson’s “The Holdovers” — a drama revolving around a...
Stephenson was referring to his own screenplay “Frisco,” a drama centered on a world-weary middle-aged children’s doctor and the 15-year-old patient he gets stuck looking after, and David Hemingson’s “The Holdovers” — a drama revolving around a...
- 3/9/2024
- by Tatiana Siegel
- Variety Film + TV
The films in the running for the 2024 Best Film Editing Oscar are “Anatomy of a Fall,” “The Holdovers,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Oppenheimer,” and “Poor Things.” Our current odds indicate that “Oppenheimer” (31/10) is the frontrunner, followed in order by “Anatomy of a Fall” (4/1), “Killers of the Flower Moon” (9/2), “Poor Things” (9/2), and “The Holdovers” (9/2).
Having previously bagged trophies for “Raging Bull” (1981), “The Aviator” (2005), and “The Departed” (2007), Thelma Schoonmaker could now become this category’s first quadruple champion by winning for “Killers of the Flower Moon.” The 84-year-old is also the first cutter to reach a total of nine nominations, with all but her first for “Woodstock” (1971) having come for films directed by Martin Scorsese. Their other collaborations that brought her academy attention are “Goodfellas” (1991), “Gangs of New York” (2003), “Hugo” (2012), and “The Irishman” (2020).
This year’s second of two female nominees is Jennifer Lame (“Oppenheimer”), who would be the 14th unique woman to win this award,...
Having previously bagged trophies for “Raging Bull” (1981), “The Aviator” (2005), and “The Departed” (2007), Thelma Schoonmaker could now become this category’s first quadruple champion by winning for “Killers of the Flower Moon.” The 84-year-old is also the first cutter to reach a total of nine nominations, with all but her first for “Woodstock” (1971) having come for films directed by Martin Scorsese. Their other collaborations that brought her academy attention are “Goodfellas” (1991), “Gangs of New York” (2003), “Hugo” (2012), and “The Irishman” (2020).
This year’s second of two female nominees is Jennifer Lame (“Oppenheimer”), who would be the 14th unique woman to win this award,...
- 3/6/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Alexander Payne movies always do well in two areas come the Oscar nominations: writing and acting. Five of Payne’s movies have been nominated for writing while five of his flicks have also snagged acting bids. However, while “Sideways” and “The Descendants” both took home Oscars for their writing (both for Best Adapted Screenplay), no Payne movie has ever won for acting. Here’s the record.
“About Schmidt” procured a Best Actor nomination in 2003 for Jack Nicholson. He was in a two-horse race for the Best Actor gong with “Gangs of New York” star Daniel Day-Lewis but it was Adrien Brody (“The Pianist”) who ended up winning by splitting the votes. Kathy Bates was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress for “About Schmidt” but she lost to Catherine Zeta-Jones (“Chicago”).
Paul Giamatti was cruelly snubbed for a Best Actor bid for “Sideways” in 2005 but two of his costars were nominated.
“About Schmidt” procured a Best Actor nomination in 2003 for Jack Nicholson. He was in a two-horse race for the Best Actor gong with “Gangs of New York” star Daniel Day-Lewis but it was Adrien Brody (“The Pianist”) who ended up winning by splitting the votes. Kathy Bates was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress for “About Schmidt” but she lost to Catherine Zeta-Jones (“Chicago”).
Paul Giamatti was cruelly snubbed for a Best Actor bid for “Sideways” in 2005 but two of his costars were nominated.
- 3/6/2024
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
That’s Headmaster Uma to you. Disney+ has released the first official teaser for Descendants: The Rise of Red, which includes a revealing voiceover courtesy of returning star China Anne McClain.
Ursula’s daughter is now calling the shots at Aurodon Prep, where her first order of business is to enroll Red, the rebellious daughter of Wonderland’s merciless Queen of Hearts. But when Red’s mother uses the opportunity to seize control of the kingdom, Red must team up with Cinderella’s daughter Chloe to turn back time and undo the event that made the queen so evil in the first place.
Ursula’s daughter is now calling the shots at Aurodon Prep, where her first order of business is to enroll Red, the rebellious daughter of Wonderland’s merciless Queen of Hearts. But when Red’s mother uses the opportunity to seize control of the kingdom, Red must team up with Cinderella’s daughter Chloe to turn back time and undo the event that made the queen so evil in the first place.
- 3/5/2024
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
The writers behind the feature American Fiction and the TV adaptation Slow Horses took home the top honors at the USC Scripter Awards, which honors the best adapted projects of the year. Both the original authors as well as the screenwriters share the award.
In the film category, American Fiction (Cord Jefferson’s adaptation of Percival Everett’s novel Erasure) topped fellow nominees Killers of the Flower Moon (Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of David Grann’s book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI); Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin’s book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer); Origin (Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents); and Poor Things (Tony McNamara’s adaptation of Aliasdair Gray’s novel of the same name).
On the TV side,...
In the film category, American Fiction (Cord Jefferson’s adaptation of Percival Everett’s novel Erasure) topped fellow nominees Killers of the Flower Moon (Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of David Grann’s book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI); Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin’s book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer); Origin (Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents); and Poor Things (Tony McNamara’s adaptation of Aliasdair Gray’s novel of the same name).
On the TV side,...
- 3/3/2024
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The champagne may be flowing at the kickoff for the 27th Annual Sonoma International Film Festival – for more reasons than one.
This year’s event in California’s wine country will open with the U.S. premiere of Widow Clicquot, directed by Thomas Napper, a narrative feature about the Grande Dame of Champagne. Actress Haley Bennett stars in the titular role of Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, “who against all odds advanced her late husband’s techniques to create the recipe for modern-day champagne.”
Siff, running from March 20-24, will showcase 43 narrative features, 16 documentary features, and 48 short films representing more than 25 countries, according to a release.
Maya Hawke in ‘Wildcat’
The festival’s Centerpiece Film is Wildcat, directed by Ethan Hawke and starring his daughter Maya Hawke as renowned Southern Gothic author Flannery O’Connor. The Closing Night Film is Luc Besson’s crime drama Dogman, starring Caleb Landry Jones. A Closing Night...
This year’s event in California’s wine country will open with the U.S. premiere of Widow Clicquot, directed by Thomas Napper, a narrative feature about the Grande Dame of Champagne. Actress Haley Bennett stars in the titular role of Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, “who against all odds advanced her late husband’s techniques to create the recipe for modern-day champagne.”
Siff, running from March 20-24, will showcase 43 narrative features, 16 documentary features, and 48 short films representing more than 25 countries, according to a release.
Maya Hawke in ‘Wildcat’
The festival’s Centerpiece Film is Wildcat, directed by Ethan Hawke and starring his daughter Maya Hawke as renowned Southern Gothic author Flannery O’Connor. The Closing Night Film is Luc Besson’s crime drama Dogman, starring Caleb Landry Jones. A Closing Night...
- 3/2/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
In terms of new original content coming to Hulu, March is a slight month, with the streamer’s highlight being the limited series premiere of We Were the Lucky Ones at the end of the month. The show, which is based on Georgia Hunter’s New York Times bestselling novel, is inspired by the true story of a Jewish family who are separated at the start of WWII, and who then have to survive in order to eventually reunite. We Were the Lucky Ones stars Joey King from The Kissing Booth films alongside Percy Jackson‘s Logan Lerman, and debuts on March 28.
Here’s everything coming to Hulu (and leaving) in March…
Hulu New Releases – March 2024
March 1
Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains: Complete Seasons 1-3 (Dubbed) Dark Side of the 90s: Complete Season 2 Dark Side of the 2000s: Complete Season 1 Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem | 2007 Ali | 2001 Bad Teacher | 2011 Batman Begins | 2005 Beasts of the Southern Wild...
Here’s everything coming to Hulu (and leaving) in March…
Hulu New Releases – March 2024
March 1
Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains: Complete Seasons 1-3 (Dubbed) Dark Side of the 90s: Complete Season 2 Dark Side of the 2000s: Complete Season 1 Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem | 2007 Ali | 2001 Bad Teacher | 2011 Batman Begins | 2005 Beasts of the Southern Wild...
- 3/1/2024
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
This March, Hulu will ring in spring with dozens of great titles, from Hulu Originals to programs from brands including National Geographic, Fox, FX, ABC, Crunchyroll, and others.
Just announced, Yorgos Lanthimos’ awards darling “Poor Things” will make its streaming premiere on the platform this month after a 90-day theatrical window and three days before this year’s Academy Awards where the absurdist comedy is nominated for 11 statuettes, including Best Picture. Other film favorites getting added to the library in March include “Scarface,” “The Wrestler,” and “My Cousin Vinny.”
The streamer will also host the season premieres of many of ABC’s most popular competition series, including “MasterChef Junior,” “So You Think You Can Dance,” and “The Masked Singer,” plus the landmark 20th season premiere of “Grey's Anatomy.”
Get your watch list together: find out The Streamable’s top picks for March 2024 at Hulu and continue below to see everything...
Just announced, Yorgos Lanthimos’ awards darling “Poor Things” will make its streaming premiere on the platform this month after a 90-day theatrical window and three days before this year’s Academy Awards where the absurdist comedy is nominated for 11 statuettes, including Best Picture. Other film favorites getting added to the library in March include “Scarface,” “The Wrestler,” and “My Cousin Vinny.”
The streamer will also host the season premieres of many of ABC’s most popular competition series, including “MasterChef Junior,” “So You Think You Can Dance,” and “The Masked Singer,” plus the landmark 20th season premiere of “Grey's Anatomy.”
Get your watch list together: find out The Streamable’s top picks for March 2024 at Hulu and continue below to see everything...
- 2/28/2024
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
As of this writing the combined predictions of Gold Derby users lean towards Cillian Murphy (“Oppenheimer”) with 17/5 odds in this year’s Oscar race for Best Actor. Meanwhile, Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”) is close behind in second place with 69/20 odds. However, the former may have more going for him. Here are five reasons why I think Murphy is the favorite.
SEEOscars: Will ‘Oppenheimer’ or ‘Poor Things’ win all three design awards?
1. He’s starring in the Best Picture frontrunner
“Oppenheimer” is expected to be quite a juggernaut on Oscar night. It’s currently predicted to take home eight accolades: Best Picture, Best Director (Christopher Nolan), Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Score and Best Sound. With that in mind, it’s possible that Murphy could be carried along in the sweep. He’s the face of the whole thing and carries the film on his shoulders.
SEEOscars: Will ‘Oppenheimer’ or ‘Poor Things’ win all three design awards?
1. He’s starring in the Best Picture frontrunner
“Oppenheimer” is expected to be quite a juggernaut on Oscar night. It’s currently predicted to take home eight accolades: Best Picture, Best Director (Christopher Nolan), Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Score and Best Sound. With that in mind, it’s possible that Murphy could be carried along in the sweep. He’s the face of the whole thing and carries the film on his shoulders.
- 2/22/2024
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
“Oppenheimer” is the juggernaut Oscar contender that is predicted to take home not just Best Picture but a whole bunch of other Academy Awards, too, including Best Director for Christopher Nolan and Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr. However, we thought that “La La Land” had Best Picture all wrapped up in 2017 but come Oscars night, “Moonlight” swept in to claim the evening’s biggest prize in a shock win. So, is “Oppenheimer” as safe as everyone thinks?
“The Holdovers” is well-poised to pull off an upset. The movie follows Paul Giamatti as a curmudgeonly professor who is forced to look after students staying behind during the Christmas holidays. The film has been a hit with critics, audiences, and awards groups, too.
As such, it could be a major dark horse to win the Oscar for Best Picture. In the last 10 years, four movies have claimed the top prize...
“The Holdovers” is well-poised to pull off an upset. The movie follows Paul Giamatti as a curmudgeonly professor who is forced to look after students staying behind during the Christmas holidays. The film has been a hit with critics, audiences, and awards groups, too.
As such, it could be a major dark horse to win the Oscar for Best Picture. In the last 10 years, four movies have claimed the top prize...
- 2/16/2024
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
RankFilm (distributor)Three-day gross (Feb 9-11)Total gross to dateWeek 1. Migration (Universal) £2.5m £6.7m 2 2. Argylle (Universal) £994,542 £3.7m 2 3. The Iron Claw (Lionsgate) £671,297 £754,153 1 4. All Of Us Strangers (Disney) £510,000 £3.8m 3 5. Peppa Pig’s Cinema Party (Trafalgar) £490,405 £490,405 1
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.26
Universal maintained a one-two at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, as animation Migration held off Matthew Vaughn’s spy comedy Argylle.
Migration, from Minions creators Illumination, added £2.5m on its second session – a 31% drop. The film has £6.7m in total.
On its second weekend, Argylle dropped 43%, with £994,542 taking it to £3.7m – down on the usual level of Vaughn’s directorial output.
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.26
Universal maintained a one-two at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, as animation Migration held off Matthew Vaughn’s spy comedy Argylle.
Migration, from Minions creators Illumination, added £2.5m on its second session – a 31% drop. The film has £6.7m in total.
On its second weekend, Argylle dropped 43%, with £994,542 taking it to £3.7m – down on the usual level of Vaughn’s directorial output.
- 2/12/2024
- ScreenDaily
Although he has personally competed for the Best Picture Oscar as a qualifying producer of just four films, Martin Scorsese is responsible for directing 10 of the top Academy Award category’s nominees, including 2024 contender “Killers of the Flower Moon.” This recent improvement upon his total makes him only the third filmmaker in Oscars history to helm a double-digit amount of Best Picture nominees. Including him, six people who were already credited with directing at least one nominee rose higher in the ranks this year.
The previous Scorsese films that vied for Best Picture are 2007 winner “The Departed” (for which he earned his sole directing trophy) and nominees “Taxi Driver” (1977), “Raging Bull” (1981), “Goodfellas” (1991), “Gangs of New York” (2003), “The Aviator” (2005), “Hugo” (2012), “The Wolf of Wall Street” (2014), and “The Irishman” (2020). Of the 10, he received producing notices for the most recent four and directing bids for all but “Taxi Driver.” The only ones who...
The previous Scorsese films that vied for Best Picture are 2007 winner “The Departed” (for which he earned his sole directing trophy) and nominees “Taxi Driver” (1977), “Raging Bull” (1981), “Goodfellas” (1991), “Gangs of New York” (2003), “The Aviator” (2005), “Hugo” (2012), “The Wolf of Wall Street” (2014), and “The Irishman” (2020). Of the 10, he received producing notices for the most recent four and directing bids for all but “Taxi Driver.” The only ones who...
- 2/9/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Welcome to Oscar Experts Typing, a weekly column in which Gold Derby editors and Experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the Oscar race — via Slack, of course. This week, we discuss Best Actor, which appears to be a two-man battle.
Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! We’ve hit Super Bowl weekend — for the nobody who asked: Chiefs moneyline (but I have the 49ers on a longtime bet) — meaning we’re gearing back up for the televised awards to carry us through to Oscar weekend in March. With the BAFTA Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards on the horizon, most of the Phase 2 attention has turned to the lead acting races. We typed about Best Actress last week, which kind of has the shape of last year’s highly competitive race but also not really. Along those same lines, there’s at least some similarity between the 2023 Best Actor battle and this year’s match.
Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! We’ve hit Super Bowl weekend — for the nobody who asked: Chiefs moneyline (but I have the 49ers on a longtime bet) — meaning we’re gearing back up for the televised awards to carry us through to Oscar weekend in March. With the BAFTA Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards on the horizon, most of the Phase 2 attention has turned to the lead acting races. We typed about Best Actress last week, which kind of has the shape of last year’s highly competitive race but also not really. Along those same lines, there’s at least some similarity between the 2023 Best Actor battle and this year’s match.
- 2/9/2024
- by Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Film editor Kevin Tent takes pride in the fact that he and Alexander Payne grew up in the film business together. The two men have collaborated on all eight of the features Payne has directed going back to “Citizen Ruth” in 1996 and subsequently teamed up on “Election,” “About Schmidt,” “Sideways,” “Nebraska,” “The Descendants” (for which Tent scored his first Oscar nomination) and “Downsizing.” Their most recent movie together, “The Holdovers,” has found Tent honored with his second Academy Award bid for editing. “Alexander is a very loyal guy and super collaborative,” Tent observes. “We kind of clicked from the beginning. Neither of us gets super wrapped up in the drama or takes things too seriously. He often will just go, ‘What’s everyone getting worked up about? It’s just a movie.’ And that’s kind of my attitude, too.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
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- 2/6/2024
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Each January brings high hopes and bitter disappointments, surprises and snubs. This Tuesday morning was no different when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced their nominations for the best films of 2023. There were some obvious frontrunners who were always going to get in, be it Oppenheimer or The Holdovers, and some that always seemed like at least a strong possibility.
Still, there were plenty on the bubble, so it’s a relief to see Anatomy of a Fall and Past Lives get in. Be that as it may, as an audience member who couldn’t afford to go to the movie theater every weekend, it might be understandable if you feel daunted at seeing so many films just added to your watch list. So if you are trying to get caught up in time for the Academy Awards telecast in March—or just want to know where...
Still, there were plenty on the bubble, so it’s a relief to see Anatomy of a Fall and Past Lives get in. Be that as it may, as an audience member who couldn’t afford to go to the movie theater every weekend, it might be understandable if you feel daunted at seeing so many films just added to your watch list. So if you are trying to get caught up in time for the Academy Awards telecast in March—or just want to know where...
- 1/23/2024
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
As of this writing the frontrunner to win this year’s Oscar for Best Original Screenplay is “The Holdovers” with 69/20 odds based on the combined predictions of Gold Derby users. What was previously behind it in second place was “Barbie,” yet the Academy recently declared that script to be adapted despite Warner Bros. campaigning it as original. With “Barbie” out of the way, “Past Lives” is now in second place in this category with 4/1 odds. But I think it actually has a shot of taking down “The Holdovers” for the win.
When it comes to Alexander Payne movies at the Oscars, they’ve so far gone one of two ways. They’ve either only won one award for screenplay (as was the case for “Sideways” and “The Descendants”), or they’ve gone home empty-handed. Many are currently predicting “The Holdovers” will fall into that first category, though it’s also...
When it comes to Alexander Payne movies at the Oscars, they’ve so far gone one of two ways. They’ve either only won one award for screenplay (as was the case for “Sideways” and “The Descendants”), or they’ve gone home empty-handed. Many are currently predicting “The Holdovers” will fall into that first category, though it’s also...
- 1/17/2024
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
A chance audition – and a broken femur – led to a role in Alexander Payne’s boarding school drama The Holdovers, and the debut of a lifetime. Its star’s next ambition? To be in movies without becoming famous
Dominic Sessa wasn’t thinking about the movies when he entered his senior year of high school at Deerfield Academy in western Massachusetts. The original plan was hockey – Sessa, a scholarship student from southern New Jersey, knew that New England prep schools are a launchpad for college careers. But a broken femur and the school’s winter activity requirement landed him in theatre, which he took to like a fish to water. So, new plan: maybe drama school. But in autumn 2021, when Sessa was starring in a student production of Neil Simon’s Rumors, his drama teacher asked him to audition for a Hollywood casting director who was scouting Deerfield as a potential filming location.
Dominic Sessa wasn’t thinking about the movies when he entered his senior year of high school at Deerfield Academy in western Massachusetts. The original plan was hockey – Sessa, a scholarship student from southern New Jersey, knew that New England prep schools are a launchpad for college careers. But a broken femur and the school’s winter activity requirement landed him in theatre, which he took to like a fish to water. So, new plan: maybe drama school. But in autumn 2021, when Sessa was starring in a student production of Neil Simon’s Rumors, his drama teacher asked him to audition for a Hollywood casting director who was scouting Deerfield as a potential filming location.
- 1/15/2024
- by Adrian Horton
- The Guardian - Film News
The Golden Globe-winning star of The Holdovers on sparring with comedy greats, switching from opera to acting, and cooking as therapy
A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Philadelphia-born actor Da’Vine Joy Randolph was nominated for a Tony award for her breakthrough performance in the 2012 Broadway stage production of Ghost: The Musical. Since then, she has worked in TV and film, starring opposite Eddie Murphy in Dolemite Is My Name and as Aunt Pooh in On the Come Up. Last week she won for best supporting actress award at the Golden Globes for her role in Alexander Payne’s bittersweet tragicomic three-hander, The Holdovers. She plays a recently bereaved mother and the longsuffering head cook at an elite New England boarding school in the 1970s, opposite Paul Giamatti’s curmudgeonly teacher, and newcomer Dominic Sessa as a troubled student.
When you were first approached by Alexander Payne, you didn’t know who he was.
A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Philadelphia-born actor Da’Vine Joy Randolph was nominated for a Tony award for her breakthrough performance in the 2012 Broadway stage production of Ghost: The Musical. Since then, she has worked in TV and film, starring opposite Eddie Murphy in Dolemite Is My Name and as Aunt Pooh in On the Come Up. Last week she won for best supporting actress award at the Golden Globes for her role in Alexander Payne’s bittersweet tragicomic three-hander, The Holdovers. She plays a recently bereaved mother and the longsuffering head cook at an elite New England boarding school in the 1970s, opposite Paul Giamatti’s curmudgeonly teacher, and newcomer Dominic Sessa as a troubled student.
When you were first approached by Alexander Payne, you didn’t know who he was.
- 1/14/2024
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
Paul Giamatti and Da'Vine Joy Randolph won Golden Globes for their performances in Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers, spot-on costumes by Wendy Chuck
On Sunday night, two of the stars of Alexander Payne’s intricately layered The Holdovers (screenplay by David Hemingson) won Golden Globes. The first award of the night, Best Supporting Actress in any Motion Picture, was presented by Jared Leto and Angela Bassett to Da'Vine Joy Randolph. The Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy was presented by the clowning duo of Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell (a Barbie producer) to Paul Giamatti.
Reese Witherspoon wearing the necklace as Tracy Flick in Election, collection Wendy Chuck
In the second installment with Wendy Chuck, Alexander Payne’s longtime, brilliant costume designer, we discuss the Virgin Mary colours for Mary Lamb (Da'Vine Joy Randolph), connecting with shades of...
On Sunday night, two of the stars of Alexander Payne’s intricately layered The Holdovers (screenplay by David Hemingson) won Golden Globes. The first award of the night, Best Supporting Actress in any Motion Picture, was presented by Jared Leto and Angela Bassett to Da'Vine Joy Randolph. The Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy was presented by the clowning duo of Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell (a Barbie producer) to Paul Giamatti.
Reese Witherspoon wearing the necklace as Tracy Flick in Election, collection Wendy Chuck
In the second installment with Wendy Chuck, Alexander Payne’s longtime, brilliant costume designer, we discuss the Virgin Mary colours for Mary Lamb (Da'Vine Joy Randolph), connecting with shades of...
- 1/9/2024
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Boundaries is a family drama that deals with the classic dysfunctional family dynamics and every member coming to terms with each other as reality hits them. This is the story of a daughter who is trying to keep a safe distance from her father, who was absent during her childhood days. They end up on a journey that could either make them closer as a father and daughter or lead to their relationship falling apart. Several films in this category help people understand that families aren’t perfect. The Descendants, Knives Out, Little Miss Sunshine, and Kramer vs. Kramer are some examples of family dramas dealing with dysfunctionality as a core subject.
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What Does Laura Do For A Living?
Laura is a single mother living in a house full of injured and rescue animals she brings in out of pure sympathy. The presence of such animals makes it...
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What Does Laura Do For A Living?
Laura is a single mother living in a house full of injured and rescue animals she brings in out of pure sympathy. The presence of such animals makes it...
- 1/4/2024
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
Alexander Payne’s heart-tugging Christmas movie “The Holdovers” has been building upbeat word of mouth since it wowed crowds at Telluride, was runner-up at TIFF for the People’s Choice Award, and pulled audiences back to theaters ($18 million domestic).
Which is why it’s likely to score a scad of Oscar nominations. Payne has been nominated three times for Best Director and won twice for Adapted Screenplay (“Sideways” and “The Descendants”), but “The Holdovers” marks the feature-screenwriting debut of sitcom veteran David Hemingson, the sole credited writer on the film.
Payne’s lead actors usually land nominations, although Paul Giamatti was robbed for 2004’s “Sideways.” Now Academy voters have a chance to show their love for Giamatti, who is in rare form in “The Holdovers” as a hidebound prep school professor playing against rookie Dominic Sessa as a rebellious student, and wily veteran Da’Vine Joy Randolph as the school cook...
Which is why it’s likely to score a scad of Oscar nominations. Payne has been nominated three times for Best Director and won twice for Adapted Screenplay (“Sideways” and “The Descendants”), but “The Holdovers” marks the feature-screenwriting debut of sitcom veteran David Hemingson, the sole credited writer on the film.
Payne’s lead actors usually land nominations, although Paul Giamatti was robbed for 2004’s “Sideways.” Now Academy voters have a chance to show their love for Giamatti, who is in rare form in “The Holdovers” as a hidebound prep school professor playing against rookie Dominic Sessa as a rebellious student, and wily veteran Da’Vine Joy Randolph as the school cook...
- 1/2/2024
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Alexander Payne (Adapted Screenplay Oscar wins for Sideways with Jim Taylor and The Descendants with Nat Faxon and Jim Rash) at JFK airport with Anne-Katrin Titze on the Wc Fields poster in The Holdovers: “I remember that. I had that poster in my room growing up.”
In the second instalment with Alexander Payne, director of the Golden Globe-nominated The Holdovers (screenplay by David Hemingson), starring Dominic Sessa and Golden Globe nominees Paul Giamatti and Da'Vine Joy Randolph, we start out discussing the Oscar-shortlisted score by Mark Orton after my recommendation of Wurzel-Sepp, an apothecary shop in Munich from 1887. From there we move on to the Trapp Family recordings of The Little Drummer Boy and Silent Night, plus Cat Stevens in the soundtrack; the influence of Marcel Pagnol’s Merlusse, Marlene Dietrich in Josef von Sternberg’s The Blue Angel, Robert Donat in Sam Wood’s Goodbye, Mr. Chips, and...
In the second instalment with Alexander Payne, director of the Golden Globe-nominated The Holdovers (screenplay by David Hemingson), starring Dominic Sessa and Golden Globe nominees Paul Giamatti and Da'Vine Joy Randolph, we start out discussing the Oscar-shortlisted score by Mark Orton after my recommendation of Wurzel-Sepp, an apothecary shop in Munich from 1887. From there we move on to the Trapp Family recordings of The Little Drummer Boy and Silent Night, plus Cat Stevens in the soundtrack; the influence of Marcel Pagnol’s Merlusse, Marlene Dietrich in Josef von Sternberg’s The Blue Angel, Robert Donat in Sam Wood’s Goodbye, Mr. Chips, and...
- 1/1/2024
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Cannes, Venice, Telluride, Sundance premieres each supply two films in top 10 PTA chart for year to date.
Prize-winners and buzzy titles from Cannes, Venice, Telluride and Sundance performed solidly at the arthouse and specialty North American box office in 2023, with particularly strong per theatre averages (PTA).
Data provided by ComScore through December 20 confirm the value of high-profile festival berths as a way of creating audience awareness and engagement.
Cannes selections account for one of the top 10 and one quarter of the top 20 opening weekend PTA scores, led by Wes Anderson’s Competition selection Asteroid City. The ensemble drama opened over...
Prize-winners and buzzy titles from Cannes, Venice, Telluride and Sundance performed solidly at the arthouse and specialty North American box office in 2023, with particularly strong per theatre averages (PTA).
Data provided by ComScore through December 20 confirm the value of high-profile festival berths as a way of creating audience awareness and engagement.
Cannes selections account for one of the top 10 and one quarter of the top 20 opening weekend PTA scores, led by Wes Anderson’s Competition selection Asteroid City. The ensemble drama opened over...
- 12/26/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Cannes, Venice, Telluride, Sundance premieres each supply two films in top 10 PTA chart for year to date.
Prize-winners and buzzy titles from Cannes, Venice and Berlin performed solidly at the arthouse and specialty North American box office in 2023, with particularly strong per theatre averages (PTA).
Data provided by ComScore through December 20 confirm the value of high-profile festival berths as a way of creating audience awareness and engagement.
Cannes selections account for one of the top 10 and one quarter of the top 20 opening weekend PTA scores, led by Wes Anderson’s Competition selection Asteroid City. The ensemble drama opened over the...
Prize-winners and buzzy titles from Cannes, Venice and Berlin performed solidly at the arthouse and specialty North American box office in 2023, with particularly strong per theatre averages (PTA).
Data provided by ComScore through December 20 confirm the value of high-profile festival berths as a way of creating audience awareness and engagement.
Cannes selections account for one of the top 10 and one quarter of the top 20 opening weekend PTA scores, led by Wes Anderson’s Competition selection Asteroid City. The ensemble drama opened over the...
- 12/26/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Holdovers director Alexander Payne (in Nirvana T-shirt) with Anne-Katrin Titze on Westward The Women: “It’s as though Jean Renoir and Akira Kurosawa got together to make a Western.”
In the first instalment with Alexander Payne on his intricately layered Golden Globe-nominated The Holdovers (screenplay by David Hemingson with an Oscar-shortlisted score by Mark Orton) we started out discussing a film he recommended, William A Wellman’s Westward The Women (screenplay by Frank Capra and Charles Schnee), starring Robert Taylor and Denise Darcel with a formidable supporting cast of women, led by Hope Emerson.
Angus Tully (Dominic Sessa) and Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti) with Mary Lamb (Da'Vine Joy Randolph)
From there we touched upon his longtime collaborators, Wendy Chuck and Nathan Carlson, production designer Ryan Warren Smith, a scene between (Golden Globe-nominated) Paul Giamatti and Carrie Preston leading to Slavoj Žižek’s comment in Sophie Fiennes’s The Pervert’s Guide To Ideology...
In the first instalment with Alexander Payne on his intricately layered Golden Globe-nominated The Holdovers (screenplay by David Hemingson with an Oscar-shortlisted score by Mark Orton) we started out discussing a film he recommended, William A Wellman’s Westward The Women (screenplay by Frank Capra and Charles Schnee), starring Robert Taylor and Denise Darcel with a formidable supporting cast of women, led by Hope Emerson.
Angus Tully (Dominic Sessa) and Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti) with Mary Lamb (Da'Vine Joy Randolph)
From there we touched upon his longtime collaborators, Wendy Chuck and Nathan Carlson, production designer Ryan Warren Smith, a scene between (Golden Globe-nominated) Paul Giamatti and Carrie Preston leading to Slavoj Žižek’s comment in Sophie Fiennes’s The Pervert’s Guide To Ideology...
- 12/24/2023
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Focus Features’ “The Holdovers” is one of the sweetest movies of the year and is set to become a new Christmas classic. Written by David Hemingson and directed by Alexander Payne, the 1970s-set story follows Paul Giamatti as a school professor tasked with staying behind on campus to look after students not going home for Christmas. What follows is a charming, touching tale about two foes who learn to become friends. Giamatti gives a knockout performance while Da’Vine Joy Randolph is a hot contender for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a cook mourning the death of her son. The movie’s strongest point, however, is its writing.
“Whiskey Cavalier” creator and “Black-Ish” and “American Dad!” scribe David Hemingson crafted the script. He has never been nominated for an Oscar before but we expect that that he’ll win one this year. We’re predicting he will take home...
“Whiskey Cavalier” creator and “Black-Ish” and “American Dad!” scribe David Hemingson crafted the script. He has never been nominated for an Oscar before but we expect that that he’ll win one this year. We’re predicting he will take home...
- 12/20/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Alexander Payne’s Golden Globe-nominated The Holdovers, costumes by Wendy Chuck, stars Dominic Sessa, Paul Giamatti (Golden Globe nomination), and Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Golden Globe nomination)
In the first installment with Wendy Chuck, Alexander Payne’s longtime, brilliant costume designer, we discussed her most recent Payne film, the intricately layered The Holdovers (screenplay by David Hemingson), dressing the stars Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph and the terrific supporting cast of Carrie Preston, Brady Hepner, Ian Dolley, Jim Kaplan, Michael Provost, Naheem Garcia, Darby Lee-Stack, Andrew Garman, Stephen Thorne, and Gillian Vigman.
Wendy Chuck with Anne-Katrin Titze on Alexander Payne: “You know Alexander, he wants everything as authentic as it possibly can be.”
We started out with the costumes for Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon (Jacqueline West), Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things (Holly Waddington), and Bradley Cooper’s Maestro (Mark Bridges). We also touched upon.
In the first installment with Wendy Chuck, Alexander Payne’s longtime, brilliant costume designer, we discussed her most recent Payne film, the intricately layered The Holdovers (screenplay by David Hemingson), dressing the stars Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph and the terrific supporting cast of Carrie Preston, Brady Hepner, Ian Dolley, Jim Kaplan, Michael Provost, Naheem Garcia, Darby Lee-Stack, Andrew Garman, Stephen Thorne, and Gillian Vigman.
Wendy Chuck with Anne-Katrin Titze on Alexander Payne: “You know Alexander, he wants everything as authentic as it possibly can be.”
We started out with the costumes for Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon (Jacqueline West), Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things (Holly Waddington), and Bradley Cooper’s Maestro (Mark Bridges). We also touched upon.
- 12/17/2023
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with The Holdovers, Oscar winner Alexander Payne’s return to filmmaking after a six-year hiatus.
The Holdovers, Payne’s eighth feature, is a 1970s-set comedy centered around Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti), a bad-tempered tutor at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with the damaged, brainy troublemaker Angus (Dominic Sessa) and the school’s head cook (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
The pic was penned by writer David Hemingson, best known as the creator of Whiskey Cavalier, and marks the second feature Payne has directed from a screenplay he didn’t write. The director’s two Oscars are both in the Adapted Screenplay category.
Earlier this year, Deadline was on the ground at Greece’s Thessaloniki Film Festival, where Payne spoke at length about the film’s scripting process. When asked whether he found it difficult to direct a script he didn’t originate, Payne wryly joked: “If AI could write a script for me, I would be so happy. I trained as a director, not a writer. To be a filmmaker, you write, direct and edit. But I much prefer directing to writing. Writing is hard, and I’m slow at it.”
Payne added that he considered The Holdovers his first experience “directing a writer” as he commissioned the screenplay.
“David Hemingson had written a pilot script that took place in an all-boys prep school, and it was wonderful,” Payne says. “I called him up and said, ‘I don’t want to make your pilot but would you consider writing a feature script based on a different idea?’”
Said Hemingson: “Alexander put it this way: it’s the story of lonely people at Christmas and the way their relationship evolves and the adventures they go on.
“There’s a reason Alexander is such a great writer and it’s because he’s a humanist,” he continued. “He always wants to tell the human story and that’s what he encouraged me to do. I’m forever grateful that he drove me in that direction. He wants to see people in all their flawed glory on screen.”
The Holdovers made a splash when it had its world premiere at Telluride and opened wide November 10 via Focus Features. It popped up three times in this week’s Golden Globes nominations, scoring noms for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy as well as for Giamatti and Randolph.
Click below to read the script.
The Holdovers, Payne’s eighth feature, is a 1970s-set comedy centered around Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti), a bad-tempered tutor at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with the damaged, brainy troublemaker Angus (Dominic Sessa) and the school’s head cook (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
The pic was penned by writer David Hemingson, best known as the creator of Whiskey Cavalier, and marks the second feature Payne has directed from a screenplay he didn’t write. The director’s two Oscars are both in the Adapted Screenplay category.
Earlier this year, Deadline was on the ground at Greece’s Thessaloniki Film Festival, where Payne spoke at length about the film’s scripting process. When asked whether he found it difficult to direct a script he didn’t originate, Payne wryly joked: “If AI could write a script for me, I would be so happy. I trained as a director, not a writer. To be a filmmaker, you write, direct and edit. But I much prefer directing to writing. Writing is hard, and I’m slow at it.”
Payne added that he considered The Holdovers his first experience “directing a writer” as he commissioned the screenplay.
“David Hemingson had written a pilot script that took place in an all-boys prep school, and it was wonderful,” Payne says. “I called him up and said, ‘I don’t want to make your pilot but would you consider writing a feature script based on a different idea?’”
Said Hemingson: “Alexander put it this way: it’s the story of lonely people at Christmas and the way their relationship evolves and the adventures they go on.
“There’s a reason Alexander is such a great writer and it’s because he’s a humanist,” he continued. “He always wants to tell the human story and that’s what he encouraged me to do. I’m forever grateful that he drove me in that direction. He wants to see people in all their flawed glory on screen.”
The Holdovers made a splash when it had its world premiere at Telluride and opened wide November 10 via Focus Features. It popped up three times in this week’s Golden Globes nominations, scoring noms for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy as well as for Giamatti and Randolph.
Click below to read the script.
- 12/13/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) is celebrating the cinematic contributions of Oscar winner Alexander Payne, including his latest film, “The Holdovers.”
The Queens-based MoMI is curating a special Payne retrospective, culminating in a screening of “The Holdovers” with Payne in attendance on January 10. The exhibit kicks off January 5 with Payne’s feature debut “Citizen Ruth,” which was released in 1996. The independent dark comedy stars Laura Dern as a pregnant woman being used on opposing ends of the abortion debate.
“Alexander Payne has always put this country’s cultural, political, and emotional realities under a microscope — while never forgetting to also make viewers laugh,” the official MoMI press statement reads. “This rare talent, coupled with an enormous skill directing actors, many of whom give career performances under his watchful eye, has carried him through all his films, psychologically acute and often poignant inquiries into the lives of taciturn American...
The Queens-based MoMI is curating a special Payne retrospective, culminating in a screening of “The Holdovers” with Payne in attendance on January 10. The exhibit kicks off January 5 with Payne’s feature debut “Citizen Ruth,” which was released in 1996. The independent dark comedy stars Laura Dern as a pregnant woman being used on opposing ends of the abortion debate.
“Alexander Payne has always put this country’s cultural, political, and emotional realities under a microscope — while never forgetting to also make viewers laugh,” the official MoMI press statement reads. “This rare talent, coupled with an enormous skill directing actors, many of whom give career performances under his watchful eye, has carried him through all his films, psychologically acute and often poignant inquiries into the lives of taciturn American...
- 11/29/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Alexander Payne‘s movies often fare well in the writing categories at the Oscars with four of his films so far nominated for either Best Original Screenplay or Best Adapted Screenplay.
His second movie, “Election,” was nominated for only Adapted Screenplay in 2000 after it turned Tom Perrotta’s 1998 novel of the same name into a film. Payne was nominated with his writing partner Jim Taylor, although they lost to John Irving for “The Cider House Rules.” “Sideways” then picked up five nominations in 2005 including an Adapted Screenplay bid for Payne and Taylor after they turned Rex Pickett’s 2004 novel of the same name into a hit movie. Payne and Taylor won this time around.
In 2012, “The Descendants” repeated the record of “Sideways,” matching five nominations and one Adapted Screenplay victory. This time, Payne won alongside Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. They adapted the 2007 novel of the same name from Kaui Hart Hemmings.
His second movie, “Election,” was nominated for only Adapted Screenplay in 2000 after it turned Tom Perrotta’s 1998 novel of the same name into a film. Payne was nominated with his writing partner Jim Taylor, although they lost to John Irving for “The Cider House Rules.” “Sideways” then picked up five nominations in 2005 including an Adapted Screenplay bid for Payne and Taylor after they turned Rex Pickett’s 2004 novel of the same name into a hit movie. Payne and Taylor won this time around.
In 2012, “The Descendants” repeated the record of “Sideways,” matching five nominations and one Adapted Screenplay victory. This time, Payne won alongside Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. They adapted the 2007 novel of the same name from Kaui Hart Hemmings.
- 11/24/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Andrea Scarso, a well-established entertainment financier who previously worked at Ingenious Media, has joined the fund management company Ipr.Vc.
Ipr.Vc has just raised nearly €100 million ($109 million) in its third funding round and will be investing further in content under the leadership of Scarso, who is joining the banner as partner and investment director.
The company, launched in 2015 and based in Finland, has so far raised €150 million from a broad range of investors. Half of the funds have already been allocated to 35 film and TV productions in Europe and the U.S.
Ipr.Vc initially focused its investment on Nordic scripted projects, including the Netflix hit series “Bordertown,” and went on to establish strategic partnerships with U.S. and international banners such as A24, XYZ Films and the animation studio Gigglebug.
Based in the company’s London office, Scarso has a long experience in media and entertainment financing, including the sourcing and evaluating of projects,...
Ipr.Vc has just raised nearly €100 million ($109 million) in its third funding round and will be investing further in content under the leadership of Scarso, who is joining the banner as partner and investment director.
The company, launched in 2015 and based in Finland, has so far raised €150 million from a broad range of investors. Half of the funds have already been allocated to 35 film and TV productions in Europe and the U.S.
Ipr.Vc initially focused its investment on Nordic scripted projects, including the Netflix hit series “Bordertown,” and went on to establish strategic partnerships with U.S. and international banners such as A24, XYZ Films and the animation studio Gigglebug.
Based in the company’s London office, Scarso has a long experience in media and entertainment financing, including the sourcing and evaluating of projects,...
- 11/24/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Company has slate wide partnerships with US and European producers including A24, XYZ Films and Gigglebug.
Fund management company Ipr.Vc Management – which has invested in slates by A24 and XYZ Films - says it has raised the majority of a targeted €100m for its latest film and television production financing fund.
The Finnish based company has also hired former Ignenious Media senior investment director Andrea Scarso as a partner and investment director who will be based in its London office.
Ipr.Vc has to date raised €150 million from institutional investors, pension funds, family offices and non-profit sector investors through three...
Fund management company Ipr.Vc Management – which has invested in slates by A24 and XYZ Films - says it has raised the majority of a targeted €100m for its latest film and television production financing fund.
The Finnish based company has also hired former Ignenious Media senior investment director Andrea Scarso as a partner and investment director who will be based in its London office.
Ipr.Vc has to date raised €150 million from institutional investors, pension funds, family offices and non-profit sector investors through three...
- 11/24/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Finland-based fund management company Ipr.Vc Management has completed the first closing of its largest film and television production financing fund to date (Ipr.Vc Fund III), and has appointed entertainment financier Andrea Scarso as Partner and Investment Director.
Established and headquartered in Finland since 2015, Ipr.Vc has to date raised €150 million ($164M) from institutional investors, pension funds, family offices and the non-profit sector through three content funds. More than half of the capital has already been allocated against film and TV projects in Europe and the U.S.
The company has moved from an initial phase of investment in Nordic scripted projects including Netflix’s Bordertown, to establishing strategic long-term slate-wide partnerships with U.S. and European producers including A24 and XYZ Films and European animation studio Gigglebug. In total to date, Ipr.Vc has financed 35 productions.
Ipr.Vc Fund III is the company’s most ambitious to date. With...
Established and headquartered in Finland since 2015, Ipr.Vc has to date raised €150 million ($164M) from institutional investors, pension funds, family offices and the non-profit sector through three content funds. More than half of the capital has already been allocated against film and TV projects in Europe and the U.S.
The company has moved from an initial phase of investment in Nordic scripted projects including Netflix’s Bordertown, to establishing strategic long-term slate-wide partnerships with U.S. and European producers including A24 and XYZ Films and European animation studio Gigglebug. In total to date, Ipr.Vc has financed 35 productions.
Ipr.Vc Fund III is the company’s most ambitious to date. With...
- 11/23/2023
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
“Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story” announced Todd Haynes as a filmmaker to be watched back in 1987 while the luscious dramas “Far From Heaven” (2002) and “Carol” (2015) cemented his status as one of the best talents working in Hollywood. That talent continues to burn brightly with his new movie, Netflix’s “May December,” which was released in US theaters on November 17.
The film will start streaming on Netflix on December 1 but catch it on the big screen to take in all of its melodramatic delights. Natalie Portman stars Elizabeth, as an actress who visits Charles Melton‘s Joe and Julianne Moore‘s Gracie to do research for a movie based on the couple’s past. The past in question concerns the affair they had when Joe was 13 and Moore was much older. It’s a dramatic premise but it’s also a film full of comedy and deliciously dark moments. Haynes’ clever...
The film will start streaming on Netflix on December 1 but catch it on the big screen to take in all of its melodramatic delights. Natalie Portman stars Elizabeth, as an actress who visits Charles Melton‘s Joe and Julianne Moore‘s Gracie to do research for a movie based on the couple’s past. The past in question concerns the affair they had when Joe was 13 and Moore was much older. It’s a dramatic premise but it’s also a film full of comedy and deliciously dark moments. Haynes’ clever...
- 11/23/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
This article has been corrected to include Alexander Payne’s first feature film, “Citizen Ruth.”
Alexander Payne has a near-perfect record when it comes to his movies being nominated for Academy Awards. The acclaimed writer, director, and producer — one of our very best — has made eight movies so far including his latest flick “The Holdovers” and five of them have been nominated for Oscars. Here’s the breakdown.
Payne’s debut feature film was “Citizen Ruth” (“The Passion of Martin” was only 49 minutes), which follows Laura Dern as a drug-addicted pregnant woman who finds herself in the middle of an abortion debate as she weighs up her choices regarding the pregnancy. This 1996 movie was not nominated for any Oscars.
His next movie was “Election,” which stars Matthew Broderick as a high school teacher who meets his match with Reese Witherspoon‘s over-achieving student. In 2000, the film was nominated for Best...
Alexander Payne has a near-perfect record when it comes to his movies being nominated for Academy Awards. The acclaimed writer, director, and producer — one of our very best — has made eight movies so far including his latest flick “The Holdovers” and five of them have been nominated for Oscars. Here’s the breakdown.
Payne’s debut feature film was “Citizen Ruth” (“The Passion of Martin” was only 49 minutes), which follows Laura Dern as a drug-addicted pregnant woman who finds herself in the middle of an abortion debate as she weighs up her choices regarding the pregnancy. This 1996 movie was not nominated for any Oscars.
His next movie was “Election,” which stars Matthew Broderick as a high school teacher who meets his match with Reese Witherspoon‘s over-achieving student. In 2000, the film was nominated for Best...
- 11/22/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Matthew Lillard has signed With Verve for representation.
Lillard can currently be seen in the Universal/Blumhouse box office and streaming hit, Five Nights At Freddys’, which opened to an astounding $80 million at the domestic box office in its opening weekend — even with a day-and-date release on Peacock.
His breakthrough came in Wes Craven’s horror classic, Scream along with memorable turns in Hacker’s, She’s All That and Summer Catch. In 2002 he portrayed Shaggy Rogers in the live-action adaptation of Scooby -Doo and reprised the role in the 2004 sequel, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. Other notable feature credits include Alexander Payne’s The Descendants opposite George Clooney, Trouble With The Curve with Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams and Stephen Belber’s Match opposite Carla Gugino.
In 2012, he directed his first feature film, Fat Kid Rules The World, a coming-of-age drama that received critical acclaim for its authentic portrayal of adolescence...
Lillard can currently be seen in the Universal/Blumhouse box office and streaming hit, Five Nights At Freddys’, which opened to an astounding $80 million at the domestic box office in its opening weekend — even with a day-and-date release on Peacock.
His breakthrough came in Wes Craven’s horror classic, Scream along with memorable turns in Hacker’s, She’s All That and Summer Catch. In 2002 he portrayed Shaggy Rogers in the live-action adaptation of Scooby -Doo and reprised the role in the 2004 sequel, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. Other notable feature credits include Alexander Payne’s The Descendants opposite George Clooney, Trouble With The Curve with Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams and Stephen Belber’s Match opposite Carla Gugino.
In 2012, he directed his first feature film, Fat Kid Rules The World, a coming-of-age drama that received critical acclaim for its authentic portrayal of adolescence...
- 11/22/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Alexander Payne, director of The Holdovers, said he gets pushback for the kinds of films that he makes but he plans to persevere and hopes there will be more space for “human” stories in theaters.
“People ask ‘How is it you’re making these human comedy-dramas? I’m like, ‘Why aren’t other people?’ And I don’t want to say I am the only one. A lot of quality stuff is being done on streamers, both features and series. Now that the superhero kind of hegemon takes up a lot of real estate in theaters, a lot of other writing is taking place on streaming. And I am so grateful for that. But I do wish we had a larger percentage of theatrical real estate dedicated to more human films,” Payne said during a Q&a at Deadline’s Contenders Film event in LA.
“People ask ‘How is it you’re making these human comedy-dramas? I’m like, ‘Why aren’t other people?’ And I don’t want to say I am the only one. A lot of quality stuff is being done on streamers, both features and series. Now that the superhero kind of hegemon takes up a lot of real estate in theaters, a lot of other writing is taking place on streaming. And I am so grateful for that. But I do wish we had a larger percentage of theatrical real estate dedicated to more human films,” Payne said during a Q&a at Deadline’s Contenders Film event in LA.
- 11/18/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
It could have been easy for Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s role in “The Holdovers” to be yet another stereotypical trope for Black women that Hollywood has lazily thrown out throughout history. If that had been the case, the actress tells Variety that would have passed. “When I meet with these studio execs and they ask ‘What is it you would like to do next?’ she says. “I straight up say I would like to tell the same stories as a white straight male in this body. I’m challenging you. Figure it out.”
The industry needs to figure it out because the Philadelphia-born actress is an outstanding and vibrant talent, as seen by her invigorating turn in director Alexander Payne’s latest dramedy. She plays Mary Lamb, a cafeteria worker who, in the midst of dealing with the children left at an elite boarding school during the holiday break,...
The industry needs to figure it out because the Philadelphia-born actress is an outstanding and vibrant talent, as seen by her invigorating turn in director Alexander Payne’s latest dramedy. She plays Mary Lamb, a cafeteria worker who, in the midst of dealing with the children left at an elite boarding school during the holiday break,...
- 11/16/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
With the actor’s strike finally over, Matthew Lillard can finally talk about the plum role he has in Five Nights at Freddy’s. In a recent THR interview, Lillard mentioned being thrilled about how fans have reacted to the film, noting:
“Being 53 years old — and being around the block a couple times — I have a much deeper sense of appreciation in this moment than I probably have ever had because I didn’t expect it. I realize that these opportunities don’t come around that often. It’s been a really rich, joyful moment because I can sort of sit back and appreciate it on a deeper level.”
Lillard’s character, who has a rich mythology in the game, could well wind-up being a recurring presence in the Five Nights at Freddy’s world, especially with the film such a huge hit in theaters and on Peacock. But, it turns...
“Being 53 years old — and being around the block a couple times — I have a much deeper sense of appreciation in this moment than I probably have ever had because I didn’t expect it. I realize that these opportunities don’t come around that often. It’s been a really rich, joyful moment because I can sort of sit back and appreciate it on a deeper level.”
Lillard’s character, who has a rich mythology in the game, could well wind-up being a recurring presence in the Five Nights at Freddy’s world, especially with the film such a huge hit in theaters and on Peacock. But, it turns...
- 11/11/2023
- by Brad Hamerly
- JoBlo.com
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