Exclusive: We have learned that actor and director Michael Greyeyes has inked a first look deal to develop film projects with Blumhouse.
Greyeyes stars in Blumhouse/Weed Road Pictures/Universal’s upcoming re-imagination of Stephen King’s Firestarter as Rainbird, a relentless powerful man who has been pushed into a violent life. Keith Thomas is directing the pic off Scott Teems’ script who will also EP.
Greyeyes received rave reviews from critics for his gripping portrayal of Makwa/Michael, in Wild Indian, the feature debut by writer/director Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr, which premiered in competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The film will be released theatrically and on VOD in September. This Spring, he starred opposite Ed Helms and Jana Schmieding in the new Peacock comedy Rutherford Falls, co-created and executive produced by Helms, Mike Schur and Sierra Teller Ornelas. The series,...
Greyeyes stars in Blumhouse/Weed Road Pictures/Universal’s upcoming re-imagination of Stephen King’s Firestarter as Rainbird, a relentless powerful man who has been pushed into a violent life. Keith Thomas is directing the pic off Scott Teems’ script who will also EP.
Greyeyes received rave reviews from critics for his gripping portrayal of Makwa/Michael, in Wild Indian, the feature debut by writer/director Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr, which premiered in competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The film will be released theatrically and on VOD in September. This Spring, he starred opposite Ed Helms and Jana Schmieding in the new Peacock comedy Rutherford Falls, co-created and executive produced by Helms, Mike Schur and Sierra Teller Ornelas. The series,...
- 8/26/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: George MacKay, Dean Charles-Chapman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Mays, Pip Carter, Andy Apollo, Billy Postlethwaite, Paul Tinto | Written by Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns | Directed by Sam Mendes
The first World War (WW1) has been a topic that has gone largely under explored in the world of cinema. I suspect this is to do the complicated nature of the war, the difficulty of spinning a narrative in this hugely complex picture and the lack of an obvious bad guy. The war was an awful, and largely pointless loss of life and treasure that reshaped the world and was the main cause World War 2. As far as “satisfying resolutions go” this is right up there with calling a game “Final Fantasy 11… we promise this is the “Final, Final Fantasy this time”. Much better to knock out another WW2 film, where the Nazis are so...
The first World War (WW1) has been a topic that has gone largely under explored in the world of cinema. I suspect this is to do the complicated nature of the war, the difficulty of spinning a narrative in this hugely complex picture and the lack of an obvious bad guy. The war was an awful, and largely pointless loss of life and treasure that reshaped the world and was the main cause World War 2. As far as “satisfying resolutions go” this is right up there with calling a game “Final Fantasy 11… we promise this is the “Final, Final Fantasy this time”. Much better to knock out another WW2 film, where the Nazis are so...
- 5/21/2020
- by Chris Thomas
- Nerdly
Hyena Road is a bit of a difficult film to quantify. On the one hand, it follows perhaps a bit too closely to some cliched images and story formats of soldiers at war. On the other, it has an earnestness and frequently a humility that perhaps could only come from a Canadian perspective of a war that has seemingly little purpose. Paul Gross' third feature film, and his second about Canadian soldiers (his second film, Passchendaele, focused on Wwi), attempts and mostly succeeds at a balanced perspective, neither completely exonerating nor villifying either side in the war. Set in Kandahar province in Afghanistan, Ryan Sanders (Rossif Sutherland), an expert sharpshooter, and his team, manage to escape being killed by a group of Taliban fighters due...
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- 3/11/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Canadian filmmaker and actor Paul Gross is no stranger to tacking tales of war. In 2008 he released "Passchendaele," his epic take on the titular battle, and now, eight years later, he's back with "Hyena Road," a new feature that takes on the contemporary, complicated war in Afghanistan. Read More: 'Demolition,' 'Spotlight,' And 'Hyena War' In The Mix To Open Tiff Starring Rossif Sutherland, Christine Horne, Nabil Elouahabi, Niamatullah Arghandabi, Allan Hawco, Clarke Johnson, and Gross himself, the drama follows Canadian troops in Afghanistan who weather Taliban attacks while struggling to complete construction on a crucial highway link. Here's the official synopsis: Three men, three different paths, caught in conflict but brought together to save lives: a highly skilled sniper who can’t think of his targets as human; an intelligence officer who has never killed while on duty; and a legendary Afghan warrior who left war behind but gets.
- 3/4/2016
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Looking at Paul Gross’s two most recent films as writer-director, 2008’s World War I drama Passchendaele and this month’s Afghanistan pic Hyena Road, you might think he has a master plan; some reason he’s made two military movies in a row. That’s not the case.
“After doing Passchendaele I had no interest in ever doing another war film because they’re just so phenomenally difficult to execute,” he says over the phone from his Toronto home.
Gross, whose big break as an actor came playing Constable Benton Fraser on TV’s "Due South" in the 1990s, was asked to go to Afghanistan to visit the Canadian troops in 2010. Once there, he realized there was a story he wanted to tell.
“It was just mesmerizing to me, I’ve been in a lot of weird places, but never in an active war zone. It was so complicated and so strange,...
“After doing Passchendaele I had no interest in ever doing another war film because they’re just so phenomenally difficult to execute,” he says over the phone from his Toronto home.
Gross, whose big break as an actor came playing Constable Benton Fraser on TV’s "Due South" in the 1990s, was asked to go to Afghanistan to visit the Canadian troops in 2010. Once there, he realized there was a story he wanted to tell.
“It was just mesmerizing to me, I’ve been in a lot of weird places, but never in an active war zone. It was so complicated and so strange,...
- 10/9/2015
- by Marni Weisz - Editor, Cineplex Magazine
- Cineplex
“War Is Hell” was a phrase coined by Union Army General William Tecumseh Sherman during the American Civil War. 150 years later that saying still deeply and hauntingly resonates in Paul Gross’s latest war film, Hyena Road.
Gross who is no stranger to war films, effectively swore off the genre after the tribulations of his 2008 film Passchendaele. But after a "meet-the-troops" visit to Afghanistan in 2010, Gross became absorbed in a story often untold – the every day lives of soldiers that aren’t embellished for dramatic effect; the “born to kill” idiom of many of his contemporaries.
After spending time hearing these soldier's tales, Gross felt a calling to present a very real slice of the Canadian military’s efforts in Afghanistan. This wasn't just to use film as a means of educating those who don’t really understand Canada’s role in the war. It was also to give a voice,...
Gross who is no stranger to war films, effectively swore off the genre after the tribulations of his 2008 film Passchendaele. But after a "meet-the-troops" visit to Afghanistan in 2010, Gross became absorbed in a story often untold – the every day lives of soldiers that aren’t embellished for dramatic effect; the “born to kill” idiom of many of his contemporaries.
After spending time hearing these soldier's tales, Gross felt a calling to present a very real slice of the Canadian military’s efforts in Afghanistan. This wasn't just to use film as a means of educating those who don’t really understand Canada’s role in the war. It was also to give a voice,...
- 10/7/2015
- by Rob Lazar
- Cineplex
Hyena Road, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month, follows the Canadian armed forces in Afghanistan, as they partake in an initiative to increase safe transport across Afghanistan.
In an exclusive sneak peek at the film, director Paul Gross gives us an inside look at how the set for Hyena Road was constructed. Though the film takes place in Afghanistan, Hyena Road was shot on location in Jordan, where an extremely impressive set emulates what the war would have looked like.
Paul Gross' previous film, Passchendaele, also took on the topic as it looked at the famous battle in Canadian Wwi history. But with Hyena Road, the director sheds light on Canada’s more recent participation in war with our troops represented on-screen. This has always been overlooked cinematically, but Paul Gross, with Hyena Road, is ensuring that our story is told.
In an exclusive sneak peek at the film, director Paul Gross gives us an inside look at how the set for Hyena Road was constructed. Though the film takes place in Afghanistan, Hyena Road was shot on location in Jordan, where an extremely impressive set emulates what the war would have looked like.
Paul Gross' previous film, Passchendaele, also took on the topic as it looked at the famous battle in Canadian Wwi history. But with Hyena Road, the director sheds light on Canada’s more recent participation in war with our troops represented on-screen. This has always been overlooked cinematically, but Paul Gross, with Hyena Road, is ensuring that our story is told.
- 9/30/2015
- by Adriana Floridia
- Cineplex
Going UNDERGROUNDEverybody and their dog, it seems, feels this off imperative to try to identify common themes in the handful of festival films they (we) (I) see in a given year. It's the Ghost of Hegel, I suppose, demanding that we make sense of our times by referring to some Zeitgeist. (Zeitgeist? Isn't this just as likely to Strand the FilmsWeLike in some oh-so-precious Music Box, to be unearthed years later by members of some as-yet-unassembled Cinema Guild? But I digress.) There may or may not be tendencies running through this year's feature selections, and if there are, that could have as much to do with the people who selected them than with any global mood. But there does seem to be a generalized turning-inward, with filmmakers making works about themselves and their immediate lives, the cinematic process, and the very complexities of communicating with other human beings. There are...
- 9/17/2015
- by Michael Sicinski
- MUBI
Tiff 40 to open with Jean-Marc Vallée’s Demolition starring Jake Gyllenhaal.Scroll down for Galas, Special Presentation line-ups
The 40th anniversary edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) will feature first looks for Jay Roach’s blacklisted screenwriter biopic Trumbo starring Bryan Cranston as well as Stephen Frears’ Lance Armstrong drama with Ben Foster.
Joining The Program on the roster of world premiere Gala screenings are Ridley Scott’s sci-fi adventure The Martian, Deepa Mehta’s gangster tale Beeba Boys and Kate Winslet Australian drama The Dressmaker.
Click here for Tiff film trailers
Following much speculation, the festival will open with Jean-Marc Vallée’s Demolition starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts.
Hyena Road, the anticipated Afghan War film, will also receive a world premiere. Director Paul Gross’ Passchendaele opened Toronto in 2008.
Among others there are first public screenings for Julie Delpy’s Lolo as well as two gay rights dramas in the form of Peter Sollett’s [link...
The 40th anniversary edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) will feature first looks for Jay Roach’s blacklisted screenwriter biopic Trumbo starring Bryan Cranston as well as Stephen Frears’ Lance Armstrong drama with Ben Foster.
Joining The Program on the roster of world premiere Gala screenings are Ridley Scott’s sci-fi adventure The Martian, Deepa Mehta’s gangster tale Beeba Boys and Kate Winslet Australian drama The Dressmaker.
Click here for Tiff film trailers
Following much speculation, the festival will open with Jean-Marc Vallée’s Demolition starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts.
Hyena Road, the anticipated Afghan War film, will also receive a world premiere. Director Paul Gross’ Passchendaele opened Toronto in 2008.
Among others there are first public screenings for Julie Delpy’s Lolo as well as two gay rights dramas in the form of Peter Sollett’s [link...
- 7/28/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The director of what may just be the most famous Canadian war movie has done it again, this time telling the story of modern-day warfare.
Paul Gross directed and starred in 2008’s critically acclaimed Passchendaele, which documented the gruelling and difficult circumstances of World War I. This year will see the release of Hyena Road, another war movie both directed by and starring Gross. Taking place in modern-day Afghanistan, Hyena Road follows three separate men caught up in various aspects of war.
A sniper, an intelligence officer, and a Mujahedeen fighter all take centre stage, finding themselves in morally ambiguous situations that test their values and beliefs. It looks like it’s taking a unique and contemplative look at modern warfare, allowing Gross to explore the more indistinct aspects of 21st century conflict. Rossif Sutherland, Christine Horne, Allan Hawco and Clark Johnson also star.
Catch Hyena Road in Cineplex theatres October 9th,...
Paul Gross directed and starred in 2008’s critically acclaimed Passchendaele, which documented the gruelling and difficult circumstances of World War I. This year will see the release of Hyena Road, another war movie both directed by and starring Gross. Taking place in modern-day Afghanistan, Hyena Road follows three separate men caught up in various aspects of war.
A sniper, an intelligence officer, and a Mujahedeen fighter all take centre stage, finding themselves in morally ambiguous situations that test their values and beliefs. It looks like it’s taking a unique and contemplative look at modern warfare, allowing Gross to explore the more indistinct aspects of 21st century conflict. Rossif Sutherland, Christine Horne, Allan Hawco and Clark Johnson also star.
Catch Hyena Road in Cineplex theatres October 9th,...
- 7/6/2015
- by Amanda Wood
- Cineplex
Exclusive: Afghan War film Hyena Road is understood to be among a band of Canadian films in the frame to open the 40th anniversary edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff).
Jean-Marc Valleé’s Demolition, Atom Egoyan’s Remember and Deepa Mehta’s Beeba Boys are also regarded as strong contenders, if ready in time, for the prestigious berth.
While a Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) spokesperson said it ran against policy to comment on speculation prior to the programme announcement and there is no mandate for a Canadian film to open the festival, Canadian industry insiders are feeling bullish that a home-grown film will fly the flag.
And with more than three months to go before the 40th edition begins on September 10, speculation is already mounting that Hyena Road could become the opening night selection, which would mark the second time a film directed by Paul Gross has done so after his First World War drama...
Jean-Marc Valleé’s Demolition, Atom Egoyan’s Remember and Deepa Mehta’s Beeba Boys are also regarded as strong contenders, if ready in time, for the prestigious berth.
While a Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) spokesperson said it ran against policy to comment on speculation prior to the programme announcement and there is no mandate for a Canadian film to open the festival, Canadian industry insiders are feeling bullish that a home-grown film will fly the flag.
And with more than three months to go before the 40th edition begins on September 10, speculation is already mounting that Hyena Road could become the opening night selection, which would mark the second time a film directed by Paul Gross has done so after his First World War drama...
- 5/29/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Afghan War film Hyena Road is understood to be among a band of Canadian films in the frame to open the 40th anniversary edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff).
Jean-Marc Valleé’s Demolition, Atom Egoyan’s Remember and Deepa Mehta’s Beeba Boys are also regarded as strong contenders, if ready in time, for the prestigious berth.
While a Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) spokesperson said it ran against policy to comment on speculation prior to the programme announcement and there is no mandate for a Canadian film to open the festival, Canadian industry insiders are feeling bullish that a home-grown film will fly the flag.
And with more than three months to go before the 40th edition begins on September 10, speculation is already mounting that Hyena Road could become the opening night selection, which would mark the second time a film directed by Paul Gross has done so after his First World War drama...
Jean-Marc Valleé’s Demolition, Atom Egoyan’s Remember and Deepa Mehta’s Beeba Boys are also regarded as strong contenders, if ready in time, for the prestigious berth.
While a Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) spokesperson said it ran against policy to comment on speculation prior to the programme announcement and there is no mandate for a Canadian film to open the festival, Canadian industry insiders are feeling bullish that a home-grown film will fly the flag.
And with more than three months to go before the 40th edition begins on September 10, speculation is already mounting that Hyena Road could become the opening night selection, which would mark the second time a film directed by Paul Gross has done so after his First World War drama...
- 5/29/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Afghan War film Hyena Road is understood to be among a band of Canadian films in the frame to open the 40th anniversary edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff).
Jean-Marc Valleé’s Demolition, Atom Egoyan’s Remember and Deepa Mehta’s Beeba Boys are also regarded as strong contenders, if ready in time, for the prestigious berth.
While a Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) spokesperson said it ran against policy to comment on speculation prior to the programme announcement and there is no mandate for a Canadian film to open the festival, Canadian industry insiders are feeling bullish that a home-grown film will fly the flag.
And with more than three months to go before the 40th edition begins on September 10, speculation is already mounting that Hyena Road could become the opening night selection, which would mark the second time a film directed by Paul Gross has done so after his Wwi drama [link=tt...
Jean-Marc Valleé’s Demolition, Atom Egoyan’s Remember and Deepa Mehta’s Beeba Boys are also regarded as strong contenders, if ready in time, for the prestigious berth.
While a Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) spokesperson said it ran against policy to comment on speculation prior to the programme announcement and there is no mandate for a Canadian film to open the festival, Canadian industry insiders are feeling bullish that a home-grown film will fly the flag.
And with more than three months to go before the 40th edition begins on September 10, speculation is already mounting that Hyena Road could become the opening night selection, which would mark the second time a film directed by Paul Gross has done so after his Wwi drama [link=tt...
- 5/29/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Afghan War film Hyena Road is understood to be among a band of Canadian films in the frame to open the 40th anniversary edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff).
Jean-Marc Valleé’s Demolition, Atom Egoyan’s Remember and Deepa Mehta’s Beeba Boys are also regarded as strong contenders, if ready in time, for the prestigious berth.
While a Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) spokesperson said it ran against policy to comment on speculation prior to the programme announcement and there is no mandate for a Canadian film to open the festival, Canadian industry insiders are feeling bullish that a home-grown film will fly the flag.
And with more than three months to go before the 40th edition begins on September 10, speculation is already mounting that Hyena Road could become the opening night selection, which would mark the second time a film directed by Paul Gross has done so after his Wwi drama [link=tt...
Jean-Marc Valleé’s Demolition, Atom Egoyan’s Remember and Deepa Mehta’s Beeba Boys are also regarded as strong contenders, if ready in time, for the prestigious berth.
While a Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) spokesperson said it ran against policy to comment on speculation prior to the programme announcement and there is no mandate for a Canadian film to open the festival, Canadian industry insiders are feeling bullish that a home-grown film will fly the flag.
And with more than three months to go before the 40th edition begins on September 10, speculation is already mounting that Hyena Road could become the opening night selection, which would mark the second time a film directed by Paul Gross has done so after his Wwi drama [link=tt...
- 5/29/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
With Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper heading to theatres next week, cinema’s gaze has shifted to the Middle East, as the eighty-four-year-old director and former pretend cowboy partners up with Bradley Cooper (American Hustle) to tell the story of Chris Kyle, the sniper with the most confirmed kills in U.S. military history.
But what about Canada’s soldiers in the Middle East?
Canadian actor, writer, and director Paul Gross follows up on his Wwi drama, 2008’s Passchendaele, with three different stories of modern warfare all in one movie – Hyena Road.
Don’t expect the romanticism of Passchendaele. Gross will be relying on some of his own overseas experience. The actor spent two weeks at an operating base thirty kilometers away from Kandahar City when Canada’s combat mission was nearing its end in Afghanistan. As such, Hyena Road’s script is principally based on interviews he had with...
But what about Canada’s soldiers in the Middle East?
Canadian actor, writer, and director Paul Gross follows up on his Wwi drama, 2008’s Passchendaele, with three different stories of modern warfare all in one movie – Hyena Road.
Don’t expect the romanticism of Passchendaele. Gross will be relying on some of his own overseas experience. The actor spent two weeks at an operating base thirty kilometers away from Kandahar City when Canada’s combat mission was nearing its end in Afghanistan. As such, Hyena Road’s script is principally based on interviews he had with...
- 1/8/2015
- by Sasha James
- Cineplex
Exclusive: Rhombus Media, WTFilms and Canada Company are teaming up on the Afghanistan war film, set to begin shooting in Manitoba in late September before relocating to Jordan.
Paris-based WTFilms is the international sales outside Canada, where Elevation Pictures will distribute. Canada Company will handle Canadian educational rights.
Passchendaele director Paul Gross will helm the project from his screenplay, described as a high-octane tale in the vein of The Hurt Locker and Lone Survivor.
Gross will play a veteran intelligence officer in the story of three men whose lives intersect in the murky world of modern warfare.
The producers will unveil Hyena Road at a breakfast on Saturday (September 6) and expect to announce further casting shortly.
Rhombus Media will produce in association with Buffalo Gal Pictures and Whizbang Films.
Rhombus head Niv Fichman, whose credits include Enemy and Blindness, produces with Gross, Buffalo Gal’s Phyllis Laing, who previously made My Winnipeg, and [link=tt...
Paris-based WTFilms is the international sales outside Canada, where Elevation Pictures will distribute. Canada Company will handle Canadian educational rights.
Passchendaele director Paul Gross will helm the project from his screenplay, described as a high-octane tale in the vein of The Hurt Locker and Lone Survivor.
Gross will play a veteran intelligence officer in the story of three men whose lives intersect in the murky world of modern warfare.
The producers will unveil Hyena Road at a breakfast on Saturday (September 6) and expect to announce further casting shortly.
Rhombus Media will produce in association with Buffalo Gal Pictures and Whizbang Films.
Rhombus head Niv Fichman, whose credits include Enemy and Blindness, produces with Gross, Buffalo Gal’s Phyllis Laing, who previously made My Winnipeg, and [link=tt...
- 9/6/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Rhombus Media, WTFilms and Canada Company are teaming up on the Afghanistan war film, set to begin shooting in Manitoba in late September before relocating to Jordan.
Paris-based WTFilms is the international sales outside Canada, where Elevation Pictures will distribute. Canada Company will handle Canadian educational rights.
Passchendaele director Paul Gross will helm the project from his screenplay, described as a high-octane tale in the vein of The Hurt Locker and Lone Survivor.
Gross will play a veteran intelligence officer in the story of three men whose lives intersect in the murky world of modern warfare.
The producers will unveil Hyena Road at a breakfast on Saturday (September 6) and expect to announce further casting shortly.
Rhombus Media will produce in association with Buffalo Gal Pictures and Whizbang Films.
Rhombus head Niv Fichman, whose credits include Enemy and Blindness, produces with Gross, Buffalo Gal’s Phyllis Laing, who previously made My Winnipeg, and [link=tt...
Paris-based WTFilms is the international sales outside Canada, where Elevation Pictures will distribute. Canada Company will handle Canadian educational rights.
Passchendaele director Paul Gross will helm the project from his screenplay, described as a high-octane tale in the vein of The Hurt Locker and Lone Survivor.
Gross will play a veteran intelligence officer in the story of three men whose lives intersect in the murky world of modern warfare.
The producers will unveil Hyena Road at a breakfast on Saturday (September 6) and expect to announce further casting shortly.
Rhombus Media will produce in association with Buffalo Gal Pictures and Whizbang Films.
Rhombus head Niv Fichman, whose credits include Enemy and Blindness, produces with Gross, Buffalo Gal’s Phyllis Laing, who previously made My Winnipeg, and [link=tt...
- 9/6/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
What better way to celebrate Canada's birthday than a brand new trailer for an hilarious homegrown comedy? Okay...maybe you prefer fireworks, but I'll take giggling over "Kids in the Hall" vet Dave Foley any day. Maple Pictures' Servitude stars Foley and relative newcomer Joe Dinicol (Passchendaele, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World) in a tale of frustrated waiters at a kitschy steakhouse. After finding out they're all to be fired, they decide to take over their restaurant for one final, glorious, revenge-filled night. Cue a ton of shenanigans, hijinx and enough pointed humour to make anyone in the customer service industry jealous. Along for the ride are a ton of familiar Canuck faces from Enrico Colantoni to Margot Kidder and Aaron Ashmore.
The film is scheduled to be screened at Montreal's Just for Laughs Film Festival on July 28 but until then, check out the brand new trailer and posters after the jump!
The film is scheduled to be screened at Montreal's Just for Laughs Film Festival on July 28 but until then, check out the brand new trailer and posters after the jump!
- 7/1/2011
- by Emma Badame
- Cineplex
After the war drama Passchendaele, Paul Gross comes up with another populist blockbuster. While some may find Gunless funny, Paul Gross's latest action film is also a little bit mindless. That's too bad, because Canada's own conquest of the West is replete with interesting stories to tell.
So, "once upon a time... in the North", a severely wounded American gunslinger rides into a small Canadian frontier town after he had been involved in a confrontation. Before he can leave the town, the Montana Kid (Paul Gross) must wait for the local Chinese seamstress to fix his clothes. In the meantime, he borrows some Chinese clothes. As for the local blacksmith (Tyler Mane), after he had taken care of the Kid's horse, he called the Kid a "common". Provoked, the Montana Kid defies the blacksmith into a duel.
Unfortunately, the only gun available in the town belongs to Jane Taylor...
So, "once upon a time... in the North", a severely wounded American gunslinger rides into a small Canadian frontier town after he had been involved in a confrontation. Before he can leave the town, the Montana Kid (Paul Gross) must wait for the local Chinese seamstress to fix his clothes. In the meantime, he borrows some Chinese clothes. As for the local blacksmith (Tyler Mane), after he had taken care of the Kid's horse, he called the Kid a "common". Provoked, the Montana Kid defies the blacksmith into a duel.
Unfortunately, the only gun available in the town belongs to Jane Taylor...
- 11/1/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Landon Laboiron.s career is the kind any aspiring actor would want. At nineteen, the Canadian farmboy is a veteran of two successful TV series, Wild Roses and the Degrassi: The Next Generation. He appears in Paul Gross. World War One epic Passchendaele and will be seen next in the Kat Dennings / Josh Lucas festival hit Daydream Nation. And he.s about to take on a very famous horror franchise. But Laborion.s fans can catch him now on DVD in another horror thriller called Altitude in which he and some friends rent a small aircraft for a weekend getaway. Things go from bad to worse as a faulty screw and an unknown evil force threaten to make...
- 10/20/2010
- by Anne Brodie
- Monsters and Critics
Do they make ’em all so amazing up in Canada? Cuz if there’s more like Paul Gross up north, I’m on my way... That one above is from H20. This one below is from Passchendaele. I’ll review both eventually. Gunless, just out on DVD in Canada, is a hoot. I’ll get a review of that up soon, too: Too bad Eastwick didn’t last -- it was worth gazing at just for Gross:...
- 9/3/2010
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Yesterday, The Cultural Post revealed the first production images of the upcoming western comedy Gunless. Now, that we all have an idea about how the film's story looks like, let's meet the leading members of the film's cast.
Paul Gross (Passchendaele), who plays the Montana Kid, talks about what it was like to work with the cast of Gunless and the film.
British actress Sienna Guillory (Inkheart), who plays Jane, talks about why she took the role, her impressions of the 1880s, working with Paul Gross, the romance of Gunless and what she took away while filming it.
Dustin Milligan (90210) plays Corporal Jonathan Kent, a constable of the North-West Mounted Police (the ancestor of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police). He talks about his character’s moustache, wanting to work on a western, meeting with writer director William Phillips and what he got out of the film.
Callum Keith Rennie (Battlestar Galactica) plays Ben Cutler,...
Paul Gross (Passchendaele), who plays the Montana Kid, talks about what it was like to work with the cast of Gunless and the film.
British actress Sienna Guillory (Inkheart), who plays Jane, talks about why she took the role, her impressions of the 1880s, working with Paul Gross, the romance of Gunless and what she took away while filming it.
Dustin Milligan (90210) plays Corporal Jonathan Kent, a constable of the North-West Mounted Police (the ancestor of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police). He talks about his character’s moustache, wanting to work on a western, meeting with writer director William Phillips and what he got out of the film.
Callum Keith Rennie (Battlestar Galactica) plays Ben Cutler,...
- 4/22/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
The other day I started the Inglorious Basterds Blu-ray at a friends place and was greeted by an extra-hairy, gunslinging Paul Gross in a trailer for the upcoming Canadian comedy Gunless.* It's the story of -- get this -- a gunslinger who calls out a surly blacksmith (played by Tyler Mane, the new Michael Myers), only to find out that the town doesn't have one working pistol for the showdown. I laughed, put it on my mental movie to-do list, and carried on. But then I watched it again over at Quiet Earth (embedded after the jump), and found myself wondering: When will we get a Paul Gross v. Bruce Campbell showdown?
You know Gross ... right? No? He's the cutie T.J. Burke from Aspen Extreme. The red-clad mountie in Due South. Chris Cutter in Men with Brooms. The writer, director, and star of the 2008 Wwi war movie Passchendaele. And if you missed all that,...
You know Gross ... right? No? He's the cutie T.J. Burke from Aspen Extreme. The red-clad mountie in Due South. Chris Cutter in Men with Brooms. The writer, director, and star of the 2008 Wwi war movie Passchendaele. And if you missed all that,...
- 1/7/2010
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
The last time we saw Paul Gross he was behind the camera directing mayhem in the trenches of the Wwi battle of Passchendaele. Now, in Gunless, an upcoming Canadian riff on the Western, he plays a gunman who is perplexed by the fact that no one in seems to understand or appreciate the brutal code of the American Wild West anymore.
Honestly, like most Canadian comedies, Gunless could be interesting and it could be daft, but it's got a great supporting cast in Callum Keith Rennie, Sienna Guillory, Dustin Milligan and Tyler Mane and the director, William Phillips, second unit directed on Vincenzo Natali's Cypher, so I'm willing to give it a chance.
Synopsis:
When notorious American gunslinger, The Montana Kid, staggers into the tiny Canadian hamlet of Barclay’s Brush, life for the town’s 17 inhabitants is about to get exciting. The Kid immediately gets into an unfortunate altercation with Jack,...
Honestly, like most Canadian comedies, Gunless could be interesting and it could be daft, but it's got a great supporting cast in Callum Keith Rennie, Sienna Guillory, Dustin Milligan and Tyler Mane and the director, William Phillips, second unit directed on Vincenzo Natali's Cypher, so I'm willing to give it a chance.
Synopsis:
When notorious American gunslinger, The Montana Kid, staggers into the tiny Canadian hamlet of Barclay’s Brush, life for the town’s 17 inhabitants is about to get exciting. The Kid immediately gets into an unfortunate altercation with Jack,...
- 1/5/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Toronto -- Hollywood continues to dominate the Canadian boxoffice, at the expense of homegrown films.
That verdict came Friday from Telefilm Canada, the federal government's film financier, as it released its 2008-09 annual report.
Telefilm reported Canadians spent Can$919.6 million ($858.5 million) to see movies at the local multiplex in 2008, the last year surveyed, compared to Can$857.4 million in 2007.
As in past years, virtually all of those dollars went to major studio and indie movies like "Mamma Mia!" and "Juno" as the market share for Canadian film fell for the third year running to 2.9% in 2008, against a year-earlier 3.3%.
Canadian film receipts in 2008 came to Can$26.3 million ($24.5 million), compared to Can$28.1 million in 2007.
English-Canadian films did especially poorly. Paul Gross' "Passchendaele," which earned Can$4.4 million ($4.1 million) in ticket sales, accounted for nearly half of all boxoffice in English-speaking Canada, which came to Can$8.89 million ($8.4 million) in 2008, or a 1.1% share.
"Passchendaele," an epic war romance,...
That verdict came Friday from Telefilm Canada, the federal government's film financier, as it released its 2008-09 annual report.
Telefilm reported Canadians spent Can$919.6 million ($858.5 million) to see movies at the local multiplex in 2008, the last year surveyed, compared to Can$857.4 million in 2007.
As in past years, virtually all of those dollars went to major studio and indie movies like "Mamma Mia!" and "Juno" as the market share for Canadian film fell for the third year running to 2.9% in 2008, against a year-earlier 3.3%.
Canadian film receipts in 2008 came to Can$26.3 million ($24.5 million), compared to Can$28.1 million in 2007.
English-Canadian films did especially poorly. Paul Gross' "Passchendaele," which earned Can$4.4 million ($4.1 million) in ticket sales, accounted for nearly half of all boxoffice in English-speaking Canada, which came to Can$8.89 million ($8.4 million) in 2008, or a 1.1% share.
"Passchendaele," an epic war romance,...
- 10/30/2009
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Toronto -- "Passchendaele" continued its winning ways Saturday night at the eighth annual Directors Guild of Canada Awards as it picked up the best feature film team trophy.
The Canadian war epic earlier this year picked up six trophies, including best Canadian movie and a slew of craft awards, at the Genies, Canada's film awards.
"Passchendale," inspired by the World War I trench combat, also earned a production design trophy for Carol Spier.
Spier, best known for her longtime collaboration on nine David Cronenberg films, also picked up the 2009 Dgc lifetime achievement award.
Cronenberg was on hand to introduce a nervous Spier, insisting there wasn't any tension or envelope beforehand as she'd already been tapped for the tribute.
"Imagine if there was a competition for a lifetime achievement award, and you lost?" the Toronto-based director joked.
On the TV front, the CBS/CTV series "Flashpoint" picked up the best TV drama team award,...
The Canadian war epic earlier this year picked up six trophies, including best Canadian movie and a slew of craft awards, at the Genies, Canada's film awards.
"Passchendale," inspired by the World War I trench combat, also earned a production design trophy for Carol Spier.
Spier, best known for her longtime collaboration on nine David Cronenberg films, also picked up the 2009 Dgc lifetime achievement award.
Cronenberg was on hand to introduce a nervous Spier, insisting there wasn't any tension or envelope beforehand as she'd already been tapped for the tribute.
"Imagine if there was a competition for a lifetime achievement award, and you lost?" the Toronto-based director joked.
On the TV front, the CBS/CTV series "Flashpoint" picked up the best TV drama team award,...
- 10/25/2009
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Traditionally, Canadian films have opened the Toronto International Film Festival. It's only natural -- one of the biggest film festivals taking place in Canada makes it the perfect springboard for Canuck cinema. Last year it was Paul Gross' Passchendaele. And before that: Fugitive Pieces, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, and Water. But Darwin is once again changing things. That meddlesome man!
The Hollywood Reporter posts that Tiff has picked their opening film, and it will be the Charles Darwin film Creation from director Jon Amiel. (Starring the husband and wife team of Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly.) Fest co-director Cameron Bailey says: "By telling a story on many levels, weaving scenes from past and present, this depiction of Darwin promises to deeply move audiences by drawing them into the conflicted mind of a man who presented a concept that changed the world." But is it a story that needed to be told opening night?...
The Hollywood Reporter posts that Tiff has picked their opening film, and it will be the Charles Darwin film Creation from director Jon Amiel. (Starring the husband and wife team of Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly.) Fest co-director Cameron Bailey says: "By telling a story on many levels, weaving scenes from past and present, this depiction of Darwin promises to deeply move audiences by drawing them into the conflicted mind of a man who presented a concept that changed the world." But is it a story that needed to be told opening night?...
- 7/14/2009
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television had announced the winners of the 2009 Genie Awards on Saturday night, April 4, and "Passchendaele" came up victorious. On the awards ceremony held at Canada Aviation Museum in Ottawa, the World War I drama was announced this year's Best Motion Picture in addition to receiving five other nods.
Being the one which collected the most prizes on the special night, this Paul Gross-directed war movie also won kudos for Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design, Achievement in Costume Design, Achievement in Overall Sound and Achievement in Sound Editing. It brought home the Golden Reel Award as well for being the biggest box office gross of the year.
"The Necessities of Life" was another big winner as the movie about an Inuit hunter stranded in a Quebec hospital grabbed four kudos at the awards. It collected Best Director title for Benoit Pilon and Best Leading Actor for Natar Ungalaaq.
Being the one which collected the most prizes on the special night, this Paul Gross-directed war movie also won kudos for Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design, Achievement in Costume Design, Achievement in Overall Sound and Achievement in Sound Editing. It brought home the Golden Reel Award as well for being the biggest box office gross of the year.
"The Necessities of Life" was another big winner as the movie about an Inuit hunter stranded in a Quebec hospital grabbed four kudos at the awards. It collected Best Director title for Benoit Pilon and Best Leading Actor for Natar Ungalaaq.
- 4/6/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
In a bizarre twist, the Canadian Academy of Film & Television chose Passchendaele, Paul Gross‘ flag-waving World War I melodrama about Canadian valor, as the best Canadian film of 2008. I say bizarre because even though Passchendaele was in the running for a best film Genie Award, neither its screenplay nor (writer-)director Gross had even been nominated (though Gross, who didn’t attend the ceremony as he was filming in Los Angeles, managed to get a best actor nod). Passchendaele won five other awards: best art direction, costume design, sound, sound editing, and a special prize for the most (financially) successful Canadian film of the year. Passchendaele has been hailed by some as a Canadian blockbuster to rival Hollywood productions, but detractors assert that though perhaps as big and loud as some Hollywood movies, Passchendaele is also just as shallow and simple-minded. (Paulitics offers an interesting commentary on both the film...
- 4/5/2009
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
2009 Genie Awards 2009 Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television’s Genie Award nominations: Feb. 10, 2009 2009 Genie Award winners: Ottawa, April 4, 2009 ("*" denotes the winner in each category) Best Motion Picture / Meilleur Film Amal - David Miller, Steven Bray Ce qu’il faut pour vivre / The Necessities of Life - Bernadette Payeur, René Chénier Normal - Andrew Boutilier, Carl Bessai * Passchendaele - Niv Fichman, Francis Damberger, Paul Gross, Frank Siracusa Tout est Parfait / Everything is Fine - Nicole Robert Best Documentary / Meilleur Documentaire Infiniment QUÉBEC - Jean-Claude Labrecque, Yves Fortin, Christian Medawar My Winnipeg - Guy Maddin, Phyllis Laing, Jody Shapiro * Up The Yangtze - Yung Chang, Mila Aung-Thwin, John Christou, Germaine Ying-Gee Wong Best Direction / Meilleure RÉALISATION Richie Mehta - Amal Lyne Charlebois - Borderline * Benoit Pilon - Ce qu’il faut pour vivre / The Necessities of Life Carl Bessai - Normal Yves-Christian Fournier - Tout est Parfait / Everything is Fine Performance By...
- 4/5/2009
- by Deborah Arthur
- Alt Film Guide
Toronto -- Canadian actress Kristin Booth on Saturday night managed to bypass efforts by the Genies, Canada's film awards, to bleep out the infamous homegrown film title "Young People Fucking" from the nationwide telecast.
"I'm so fucking excited," Booth blurted out as she accepted the Genie trophy for best supporting actress for her role in the indie comedy after Global Television edited the swear word when listing the nominees, and presenter Jayne Eastwood only said "Young People ..." when announcing Booth as the winner.
Martin Gero's "Young People Fucking" last year led Canada's Conservative government to introduce a film censorship bill that it later withdrew after a public backlash.
Also on Saturday night, Paul Gross' war epic "Passchendaele" picked up six Genies, including best film and a slew of craft awards.
"Passchendaele" also earned the Golden Reel Award as Canadian film's top boxoffice earner in 2008.
And Quebec director Benoit...
"I'm so fucking excited," Booth blurted out as she accepted the Genie trophy for best supporting actress for her role in the indie comedy after Global Television edited the swear word when listing the nominees, and presenter Jayne Eastwood only said "Young People ..." when announcing Booth as the winner.
Martin Gero's "Young People Fucking" last year led Canada's Conservative government to introduce a film censorship bill that it later withdrew after a public backlash.
Also on Saturday night, Paul Gross' war epic "Passchendaele" picked up six Genies, including best film and a slew of craft awards.
"Passchendaele" also earned the Golden Reel Award as Canadian film's top boxoffice earner in 2008.
And Quebec director Benoit...
- 4/4/2009
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television (Acct) have announced the nominees for the 29th Annual Genie Awards. Leading the pack for the awards honoring the best in Canadian film was "The Necessities of Life". The movie about an Inuit hunter stranded in a Quebec hospital collected eight gongs, including best picture, best director for Benoit Pilon and best original screenplay for Bernard Emond.
In the category of best pictures, Pilon's film will be up against "Amal", "Normal", "Passchendaele" and "Everything Is Fine". Meanwhile, for the best original screenplay title, it placed Bernard Emond in competition with Deepa Mehta of "Heaven on Earth", Travis McDonald of "Normal", Randall Cole of "Real Time" and Guillaume Vigneault of "Everything Is Fine".
While "The Necessities of Life" took the most nominations, "Fugitive Pieces", the Samuel Goldwyn Films drama based on best-selling novel by Canadian poet Anne Michaels grabbed six nods. Some of the...
In the category of best pictures, Pilon's film will be up against "Amal", "Normal", "Passchendaele" and "Everything Is Fine". Meanwhile, for the best original screenplay title, it placed Bernard Emond in competition with Deepa Mehta of "Heaven on Earth", Travis McDonald of "Normal", Randall Cole of "Real Time" and Guillaume Vigneault of "Everything Is Fine".
While "The Necessities of Life" took the most nominations, "Fugitive Pieces", the Samuel Goldwyn Films drama based on best-selling novel by Canadian poet Anne Michaels grabbed six nods. Some of the...
- 2/11/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Plot: Shell shocked Sergeant Dunne (Paul Gross) is sent home to Calgary to recuperate after being injured in battle. He.s reassigned to an enlistment center where he encounters a young wannabe soldier named David Mann (Joe Dinicol) who.s been refused entry due to his severe asthma. Meanwhile- Dunne falls in love with David.s sister- morphine addicted nurse, Sarah (Caroline Dhavernas). After learning of the Dunn.s German ancestry- the town quickly turns on the family. Soon, the hot-headed...
- 10/20/2008
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
- Canadians are a humble people by nature it would seem. They care about their country; heck, most of them love it. They just don’t hang giant flags outside their front doors to say so. According to history though, the Canadian armed forces have always had a reputation for being tough, fair and effective. Canadians, despite having only been a legitimate country for a short time, were a major presence in the First World War. In later years, Canadians were trailblazers in the realm of peacekeeping. Canadian war efforts may be discussed at length in classrooms but they are rarely depicted in film. Passchendaele is sure to change this. Paul Gross has been making Passchendaele in his mind for nearly 20 years. It all started when his grandfather, who had fought in the First World War, sat him down one day to talk about something he rarely talked about. He
- 10/16/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
Toronto -- Even before the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival kicked off Thursday with a gala premiere of Paul Gross' wartime romance "Passchendaele," a number of films in the lineup, ranging from the horror film "Vinyan" to the lyrical documentary "Of Time and the City," found buyers.
In the first of what sellers hope will be a flood of Toronto buys, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group acquired domestic and Australian rights to "Vinyan." Fabrice Du Welz's film stars Rufus Sewell and Emmanuelle Beart as a couple searching for their missing son in a jungle filled with feral children.
Wild Bunch is repping sales for the France-u.K.-Belgium co-production, which premiered last weekend at the Venice Film Festival and bows in Toronto tonight. Release plans haven't yet been determined.
At the opening-night screening of "Passchendaele" at Roy Thomas Hall, the invitation-only audience embraced the epic romance as a crowd-pleaser,...
In the first of what sellers hope will be a flood of Toronto buys, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group acquired domestic and Australian rights to "Vinyan." Fabrice Du Welz's film stars Rufus Sewell and Emmanuelle Beart as a couple searching for their missing son in a jungle filled with feral children.
Wild Bunch is repping sales for the France-u.K.-Belgium co-production, which premiered last weekend at the Venice Film Festival and bows in Toronto tonight. Release plans haven't yet been determined.
At the opening-night screening of "Passchendaele" at Roy Thomas Hall, the invitation-only audience embraced the epic romance as a crowd-pleaser,...
- 9/5/2008
- by By Etan Vlessing and Gregg Goldstein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- In an ideal film festival going experience, I'd take my cinephile know how, equate it into educated guesses and a little gut instinct, and cover about 40 films, take in some parties and nab some great interviews. The reality is, with a festival the size of this year's bewildering 312 film choices, the Toronto Film Festival feels like a crap shoot. Instead of watching 80 plus hours of film and collapsing, this year I'm taking a more flexible approach to Tiff. For starters, I'm avoiding anything that opens within a three month theatrical window (I'll be seeing them anywaysand in better conditions). My strategy this year is to select titles that are for the most part, without distribution. The major difference this year is that by scaling back my movie-watching habits, I'll increasing my daily content outtake -- which in the past was always an issue with me because 40 minutes between two
- 9/3/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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