Stage and television entertainer Keith Chegwin has died following a long term battle with a 'progressive lung condition.' He was 60 years old. Chegwin was a regular in pantomime, most recently starring in a pantomime tour of Beauty and the Beast in March last year. He also appeared in West End shows including Tom Brown's School Days and The Good Old Bad Old Days. He starred as Fleance in Roman Polanski's Macbeth in 1971.
- 12/11/2017
- by Stephanie Wild
- BroadwayWorld.com
Thanks to today’s release of the first trailer for their new film “Coco,” our Pixar withdrawal is that much closer to — blessedly — coming to an end. After director Lee Unkrich unveiled the poster on Twitter last week, it was only a matter of a time before the adorable and colorful trailer was released. It doesn’t disappoint.
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“Coco” will be the second of the studio’s 2017 releases after “Cars 3,” and will be helmed by Unkrich and Adrian Molina, who previously directed “Toy Story 3” and “Monsters University,” respectively, so you might just want to get your tissues out now.
In “Coco,” Miguel (voiced by newcomer Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming a musician despite his family’s disapproval of music. Desperate to prove himself and paired up...
Read More: ‘Coco’ Cast, Plot Details Announced: Gael García Bernal and Benjamin Bratt to Lead Pixar’s Day of the Dead Story
“Coco” will be the second of the studio’s 2017 releases after “Cars 3,” and will be helmed by Unkrich and Adrian Molina, who previously directed “Toy Story 3” and “Monsters University,” respectively, so you might just want to get your tissues out now.
In “Coco,” Miguel (voiced by newcomer Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming a musician despite his family’s disapproval of music. Desperate to prove himself and paired up...
- 3/15/2017
- by Allison Picurro
- Indiewire
[Editor’s Note: Spoilers follow for “Girls” Season 6, Episode 4 and onwards.]
The “Girls” pregnancy story may have been planned from the start, but we got one major hint that someone would end up with child less than halfway through the series, Vulture points out.
In the Season 3 premiere “Females Only,” Hannah (Lena Dunham) and Adam (Adam Driver) ran into his ex Natalia (Shiri Appleby) with her supportive friend Angie (Amy Schumer) at Ray’s new coffee and pizza joint.
Read More: ‘Girls’ Producer on Why That Shocking Twist Was Planned From the Beginning
Natalia was still very hurt by Adam jilting her, and at first Angie tried to guilt-trip Adam by claiming Natalia was expecting. “She’s pregnant with your child… How does it feel like to abandon your son?” Angie demanded.
Natalia owned up to the bluff and revealed she was not pregnant. Instead, she showed maturity and expressed how hurt she was by his abandonment, which Adam apologized for,...
The “Girls” pregnancy story may have been planned from the start, but we got one major hint that someone would end up with child less than halfway through the series, Vulture points out.
In the Season 3 premiere “Females Only,” Hannah (Lena Dunham) and Adam (Adam Driver) ran into his ex Natalia (Shiri Appleby) with her supportive friend Angie (Amy Schumer) at Ray’s new coffee and pizza joint.
Read More: ‘Girls’ Producer on Why That Shocking Twist Was Planned From the Beginning
Natalia was still very hurt by Adam jilting her, and at first Angie tried to guilt-trip Adam by claiming Natalia was expecting. “She’s pregnant with your child… How does it feel like to abandon your son?” Angie demanded.
Natalia owned up to the bluff and revealed she was not pregnant. Instead, she showed maturity and expressed how hurt she was by his abandonment, which Adam apologized for,...
- 3/14/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Dave Chappelle is back! The comedian is returning to TV this March, with two stand-up specials streaming on Netflix. These specials mark Chappelle’s first in 12 years, since his “Dave Chappelle’s Block Party” came out in 2005.
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The two specials —”Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin,” which was filmed at The Palladium in Los Angeles last March; and “Dave Chappelle: Deep in the Heart of Texas,” which was filmed at Acl Live at the Moody Theater in Austin, TX, in April 2015— have never aired before. Both specials were directed by Stan Lathan (“Def Comedy Jam”). Chappelle is currently on the road doing concert dates in preparation for a third Netflix special.
“Dave Chappelle is a legendary voice in comedy – searing, vital, and now more than ever, essential,” said Netflix executive Lisa Nishimura in a statement,...
Read More: ‘Dear White People’ Review: Justin Simien’s Netflix Series Sets the Standard for Movie-to-tv Adaptations
The two specials —”Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin,” which was filmed at The Palladium in Los Angeles last March; and “Dave Chappelle: Deep in the Heart of Texas,” which was filmed at Acl Live at the Moody Theater in Austin, TX, in April 2015— have never aired before. Both specials were directed by Stan Lathan (“Def Comedy Jam”). Chappelle is currently on the road doing concert dates in preparation for a third Netflix special.
“Dave Chappelle is a legendary voice in comedy – searing, vital, and now more than ever, essential,” said Netflix executive Lisa Nishimura in a statement,...
- 3/14/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
Julia Louis-Dreyfus doesn’t want to talk about Donald Trump — not on “Veep,” anyway.
Though the current political climate lends itself perfectly to comedy, the cast and showrunner of “Veep” explained why the show wouldn’t engage directly with the new president.
“We set up an alternate reality,” Louis-Dreyfus said from the SXSW stage. “We don’t have any real-life celebrities, journalists, and frankly, in terms of actual political history, we don’t reference anyone beyond Reagan.”
Showrunner David Mandel explained further, noting that most of the writing for Season 6 was wrapped up in June 2016 — well before the election in November.
“This is basically what we were going to do,” Mandel said of how the new season turned out.
Read More: ‘Veep’ Season 6 Trailer: Post-Presidency Life Is Just Like the Old Days, Except Worse in Every Conceivable Way — Watch
The reigning queen of the Emmys joined Mandel and cast members Sam Richardson,...
Though the current political climate lends itself perfectly to comedy, the cast and showrunner of “Veep” explained why the show wouldn’t engage directly with the new president.
“We set up an alternate reality,” Louis-Dreyfus said from the SXSW stage. “We don’t have any real-life celebrities, journalists, and frankly, in terms of actual political history, we don’t reference anyone beyond Reagan.”
Showrunner David Mandel explained further, noting that most of the writing for Season 6 was wrapped up in June 2016 — well before the election in November.
“This is basically what we were going to do,” Mandel said of how the new season turned out.
Read More: ‘Veep’ Season 6 Trailer: Post-Presidency Life Is Just Like the Old Days, Except Worse in Every Conceivable Way — Watch
The reigning queen of the Emmys joined Mandel and cast members Sam Richardson,...
- 3/13/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
“Game of Thrones” fans are counting the months, days and hours until the return of the popular HBO series. But season 7 will not premiere until July. In the meantime, “GoT” buffs have been treated to a supercut that shows that Tyrion Lannister is the king of one-liners.
Read More: ‘Game of Thrones’: Showrunners Confirm Final Season Episode Count and Tease Which Family Wins the Iron Throne — SXSW 2017
The clip was curated by Sky Atlantic in celebration of “the wit and wisdom of the one and only Tyrion Lannister.” It features 77 seconds of one-liners delivered by the eloquent and irreverent youngest son of Lord Tywin Lannister. The bon mots mostly show the character’s strong dislike for religion and his love for alcohol. Watch the supercut below.
Read More: HBO’s Ice Cold Stunt Proves There’s Still Plenty of Fire Left in ‘Game of Thrones’
Season 7 of “Game of Thrones...
Read More: ‘Game of Thrones’: Showrunners Confirm Final Season Episode Count and Tease Which Family Wins the Iron Throne — SXSW 2017
The clip was curated by Sky Atlantic in celebration of “the wit and wisdom of the one and only Tyrion Lannister.” It features 77 seconds of one-liners delivered by the eloquent and irreverent youngest son of Lord Tywin Lannister. The bon mots mostly show the character’s strong dislike for religion and his love for alcohol. Watch the supercut below.
Read More: HBO’s Ice Cold Stunt Proves There’s Still Plenty of Fire Left in ‘Game of Thrones’
Season 7 of “Game of Thrones...
- 3/13/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
In just a few short years, Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano have gone from working at an ad agency in New York to writing about the animals that live in New York on HBO’s “Animals.” At their panel at SXSW this year, moderated by IndieWire’s Eric Kohn and accompanied by producer Jen Roskind, the three of them detailed how a small independent pilot managed to get picked up by HBO. They also offered some sneak peeks into what the unpredictable series has to offer, going into Season 2.
When the first episode was created, with only Matarese and Luciano on board hoping to turn it into a full-fledged web series, screenings of “Animals” was kept exclusively to small crowds in and around their native New York. After being featured at a festival though, they were found by the Duplass brothers, who decided to go ahead and fund the show independently.
When the first episode was created, with only Matarese and Luciano on board hoping to turn it into a full-fledged web series, screenings of “Animals” was kept exclusively to small crowds in and around their native New York. After being featured at a festival though, they were found by the Duplass brothers, who decided to go ahead and fund the show independently.
- 3/13/2017
- by Maya Reddy
- Indiewire
After screening around the festival circuit — including turns at New York Film Festival, the Telluride Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival (where it picked up Best Director accolades) — Cristian Mungiu’s lauded “Graduation” is finally bound for a theatrical release.
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According to the official synopsis, “Romeo Aldea is a physician living in a small mountain town in Transylvania, who has raised his daughter Eliza with the idea that once she turns 18, she will leave to study and live abroad. His plan is close to succeeding — Eliza has won a scholarship to study psychology in the UK. She just has to pass her final exams — a formality for such a good student.”
Yet, just hours before her first exam, something horrific happens. Per the synopsis, “Eliza is assaulted in an attack that could jeopardize her entire future.
Read More: Romanian Director Cristian Mungiu Wraps Shooting for New Film ‘Family Photos’
According to the official synopsis, “Romeo Aldea is a physician living in a small mountain town in Transylvania, who has raised his daughter Eliza with the idea that once she turns 18, she will leave to study and live abroad. His plan is close to succeeding — Eliza has won a scholarship to study psychology in the UK. She just has to pass her final exams — a formality for such a good student.”
Yet, just hours before her first exam, something horrific happens. Per the synopsis, “Eliza is assaulted in an attack that could jeopardize her entire future.
- 3/13/2017
- by Kerry Levielle
- Indiewire
Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. Displayed below are a few of the city’s most reliable theaters and links to screenings of their weekend offerings — films you’re not likely to see in a theater again anytime soon, and many of which are, also, on 35mm. If you have a chance to attend any of these, we’re of the mind that it’s time extremely well-spent.
Anthology Film Archives
Andy Warhol‘s rarely screened Chelsea Girls will have a 50th-anniversary screening introduced by Jonas Mekas.
Multiple shorts programs also screen this weekend.
Metrograph
A Park Chan-wook retrospective brings Oldboy and Joint Security Area on Saturday and Sunday, respectively, while a documentary about the making of Oldboy, Old Days, screens on the latter day.
Anthology Film Archives
Andy Warhol‘s rarely screened Chelsea Girls will have a 50th-anniversary screening introduced by Jonas Mekas.
Multiple shorts programs also screen this weekend.
Metrograph
A Park Chan-wook retrospective brings Oldboy and Joint Security Area on Saturday and Sunday, respectively, while a documentary about the making of Oldboy, Old Days, screens on the latter day.
- 9/30/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Bww CD Reviews: Stage Door Records' Anthony Newley Sings 'The Good Old Bad Old Days!' is Interesting
For me, Anthony Newley is Matthew Mugg. It wouldn't be until 2015 that I discovered that Anthony Newley is responsible for some of my favorite music, and that he wrote a ton of material with Leslie Bricusse. This piqued my curiosity in Stage Door Records' release of Anthony Newley Sings The Good Old Bad Old Days, which is an altogether fun and somewhat important album for historical reasons.
- 2/25/2015
- by David Clarke
- BroadwayWorld.com
Michael Rosenbaum and the gang are taking a trip down memory lane in the all new side-splitting comedy Back In The Day and because I like you, you’re coming along for the ride. Recently, I sat down with Michael Rosenbaum, to talk about his experiences tackling his first feature as both the writer and director. Not only that, but he stars in the film as well. Michael is a buddy of mine, but we never talk shop so this was a real treat for me.
Back In The Day is the first feature film written and directed by Rosenbaum. He also stars in the film alongside Morena Baccarin Harland Williams, Sarah Colonna, Nick Swardson and Isaiah Mustafa. The film was acquired by Screen Media Films in early October, and will be making it’s way to theaters on January 17, 2014. Can’t wait that long? Well, you are in luck!
Back In The Day is the first feature film written and directed by Rosenbaum. He also stars in the film alongside Morena Baccarin Harland Williams, Sarah Colonna, Nick Swardson and Isaiah Mustafa. The film was acquired by Screen Media Films in early October, and will be making it’s way to theaters on January 17, 2014. Can’t wait that long? Well, you are in luck!
- 1/15/2014
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
So I’d gone over to my cousin’s house to see his new puppy and, as he and I are often wont to do, we got to talking about movies and TV and the like. The conversation drifted around to movies we liked but our kids didn’t.
“I have Blazing Saddles (1974),” he said, nodding at his rack of DVDs. “I don’t show it to the kids.”
I thought of the movie’s fart jokes, gay jokes, horny jokes, race jokes. “Too vulgar?”
He shook his head. “It’s because I don’t think they’ll get it.”
It took me a second, but then I got what he meant, realizing how much of the movie’s humor was built on lampooning clichés entrenched by forty years of Westerns.
Like when Cleavon Little tries to stop his deserting townspeople with the plea, “You’d do it for Randolph Scott!
“I have Blazing Saddles (1974),” he said, nodding at his rack of DVDs. “I don’t show it to the kids.”
I thought of the movie’s fart jokes, gay jokes, horny jokes, race jokes. “Too vulgar?”
He shook his head. “It’s because I don’t think they’ll get it.”
It took me a second, but then I got what he meant, realizing how much of the movie’s humor was built on lampooning clichés entrenched by forty years of Westerns.
Like when Cleavon Little tries to stop his deserting townspeople with the plea, “You’d do it for Randolph Scott!
- 8/18/2013
- by Bill Mesce
- SoundOnSight
Holy Ghost Tent Revival is coming off of a successful 2012, having released their album Sweat Like the Old Days to critical acclaim and toured extensively. Now, the band is keeping their powerful momentum by releasing Alive at the Southern, a live, pay-what-you-want album that will be the starting point in the funding for their follow-up studio album. Alive at the Southern was recorded in Charlottesville, Va. at a show with Shovels & Rope in November. Listen to a new track,“Broken Spirit,” in the player below. This is the first proper recording of the song, which will be featured on...
- 4/24/2013
- Pastemagazine.com
Fast-growing network Investigation Discovery is ramping up its commitment to guilty-pleasure crime-themed programming. The network is set to announce that it will add 15 new series to its 22 returning series next season, including previously announced shows hosted by Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum Charisma Carpenter and NBC News anchor Tamron Hall.
New shows include Southern Fried Homicide, about crime south of the Mason-Dixon Line, hosted by actress Shanna Forrestall; Darkness Out of Town, which chronicles murder that takes place in the countryside; The First Kill, about initial murders that inspired killing sprees; and The Bad Old Days, about real-life killings from the 1950s and 1960s.
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New shows include Southern Fried Homicide, about crime south of the Mason-Dixon Line, hosted by actress Shanna Forrestall; Darkness Out of Town, which chronicles murder that takes place in the countryside; The First Kill, about initial murders that inspired killing sprees; and The Bad Old Days, about real-life killings from the 1950s and 1960s.
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- 4/4/2013
- by Michael Schneider
- TVGuide - Breaking News
If you weren't already aware amidst his scores of other side projects, James Franco has formed a musical side project, entitled Daddy, with his fellow Rhode Island School of Design alumnus Tim O'Keefe. Having only been around a year, they've nonetheless still put out two Motown-inflected EPs -- to the point where remixes are being made -- and now the actor has placed a notable influence of his at the center of his duo's latest music video. Directed by Franco as well, the six-minute clip for "Love in the Old Days (Tim James 1999 Remix)," aims for atmosphere and mystery, but most significantly, it features experimental filmmaker Kenneth Anger as a theremin-playing occult priest. If that wasn't enough, the “Fireworks” and “Scorpio Rising” director also presides over a marriage between two naked lovebirds, before letting them surge with the audience of animal mask-wearing attendees for a post-ceremony rave. You won't find much else in the Nsfw.
- 3/20/2013
- by Charlie Schmidlin
- The Playlist
In December, artist and filmmaker Brian Butler performed Aleister Crowley’s Bartzabel Working ritual for the L&M Arts gallery space in Venice Beach, California. Naturally, because he's not already busy enough, James Franco participated in the ceremony/art performance. The occult collaboration continued with experimental filmmaking icon Kenneth Anger on a video for James Franco and Tim O'Keefe's band, Daddy. Producer Ted James remixed "Love in the Old Days," which features Anger as a "Priest of Darkness," presiding over a masked ceremony based on Anton Lavey’s Das Tierdrama ritual — inspired by The Island of Doctor Moreau. Butler joined them in the Franco-directed video and also served as the creative director. Franco may...
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- 3/20/2013
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
It’s time for yet another in our quasi-regular poster round-ups and this edition is all about the latest posters to have been released in the past few weeks, this time we’re taking a look at new posters for Oblivion, The Croods, Iron Man 3, three Russian posters for Jack the Giant Slayer, Detour, The Host, the SXSW selection Big Ass Spider! and two fantastic retro posters for the aptly named Old Days and Kiss of the Damned.
Oblivion
The Croods
Iron Man 3
Jack the Giant Slayer
Detour
The Host
Big Ass Spider!
Old Days
Kiss of the Damned...
Oblivion
The Croods
Iron Man 3
Jack the Giant Slayer
Detour
The Host
Big Ass Spider!
Old Days
Kiss of the Damned...
- 2/14/2013
- by Phil
- Nerdly
A great promo photo for NBC's upcoming Hannibal TV series. Also new photos from The Congress and The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.
Poster for Dark Skies, Kiss of the Damned, The Host Jack the Giant Slayer, Old Days, Oblivion, What Maisie Knew, The Numbers Station, and a motion poster for The Last Exorcism Part II.
"New Blu-ray release dates include 'Playing for Keeps' on March 5th; 'Zero Dark Thirty' & 'Rust and Bone' on March 19th; 'Les Miserables' on March 22nd; 'Lincoln' on March 26th; 'The Sweeney' on April 2nd; 'The Impossible,''Any Day Now,' 'The Central Park Five' and 'Wuthering Heights' on April 23rd, …" (full details)
"Naughty Dog Studios have pushed back their much anticipated PS3 game 'The Last of Us' by several weeks - from May 7th until June 14th. Sony have also just confirmed the news…" (full details)
"Oscilloscope...
Poster for Dark Skies, Kiss of the Damned, The Host Jack the Giant Slayer, Old Days, Oblivion, What Maisie Knew, The Numbers Station, and a motion poster for The Last Exorcism Part II.
"New Blu-ray release dates include 'Playing for Keeps' on March 5th; 'Zero Dark Thirty' & 'Rust and Bone' on March 19th; 'Les Miserables' on March 22nd; 'Lincoln' on March 26th; 'The Sweeney' on April 2nd; 'The Impossible,''Any Day Now,' 'The Central Park Five' and 'Wuthering Heights' on April 23rd, …" (full details)
"Naughty Dog Studios have pushed back their much anticipated PS3 game 'The Last of Us' by several weeks - from May 7th until June 14th. Sony have also just confirmed the news…" (full details)
"Oscilloscope...
- 2/14/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
James Franco is full Franco-ing at this point.
Your average everyday actor/writer/Oscar host/corporate pitchman/soap opera star/college student/college professor has yet another feather to add to his hipster hat: Spoken word performer/Motown recording artist.
Franco’s band, Daddy — featuring him and his friend Tim O’Keefe, a classmate at the Rhode Island School of Design — released their first Ep, the Motown-flavored MotorCity, last week. After putting out a video for first single, “Love in the Old Days,” Franco is already giving us a little more. He told Billboard that he is working on a full-length album,...
Your average everyday actor/writer/Oscar host/corporate pitchman/soap opera star/college student/college professor has yet another feather to add to his hipster hat: Spoken word performer/Motown recording artist.
Franco’s band, Daddy — featuring him and his friend Tim O’Keefe, a classmate at the Rhode Island School of Design — released their first Ep, the Motown-flavored MotorCity, last week. After putting out a video for first single, “Love in the Old Days,” Franco is already giving us a little more. He told Billboard that he is working on a full-length album,...
- 10/4/2012
- by Erin Strecker
- EW.com - PopWatch
You say “potato,” and James Franco says “potahto,” because he’s fancy like that. (Side note: Has anyone ever seriously pronounced the word that way, even in Britain?) You say “actor,” and James Franco says “multihyphenate performance artist with minors in degree collection and Huffington Postery.” You say “shoe commercial,” and, evidently, Franco says “short film” — even though the following clip is totally an ad for Stuart Weitzman booties.
The AP reports that Franco has directed “four vignettes” for the high-end footwear magnate, each of which will debut on the brand’s Facebook page. The videos track model Petra Nemcova...
The AP reports that Franco has directed “four vignettes” for the high-end footwear magnate, each of which will debut on the brand’s Facebook page. The videos track model Petra Nemcova...
- 10/3/2012
- by Hillary Busis
- EW.com - PopWatch
James Franco is not the type to rest on his laurels. Or rest at all, ever, apparently.
Less than a week after debuting "Love in the Old Days," the first video from his new band, Daddy, the "127 Hours" star is back with a follow-up. Like its predecessor, the video for "Crime" features manipulated images of sexy models looking sexy and whatnot. This time around, though, there's no spoken-word recitation. Instead, Franco shares vocal duties with Motown legend Smokey Robinson. According to "Spin," which hosted the video's premiere, Franco had been on a serious Motown kick when he met Robinson by chance on a plane to L.A. "Six months later," Franco said, "I called Smokey from Detroit and asked him to sing on one of the songs and he said sure."
Daddy, Franco's collaboration with musician-artist Tim O'Keefe, released its first Ep, MotorCity, on September 25. There's only one other song...
Less than a week after debuting "Love in the Old Days," the first video from his new band, Daddy, the "127 Hours" star is back with a follow-up. Like its predecessor, the video for "Crime" features manipulated images of sexy models looking sexy and whatnot. This time around, though, there's no spoken-word recitation. Instead, Franco shares vocal duties with Motown legend Smokey Robinson. According to "Spin," which hosted the video's premiere, Franco had been on a serious Motown kick when he met Robinson by chance on a plane to L.A. "Six months later," Franco said, "I called Smokey from Detroit and asked him to sing on one of the songs and he said sure."
Daddy, Franco's collaboration with musician-artist Tim O'Keefe, released its first Ep, MotorCity, on September 25. There's only one other song...
- 9/26/2012
- by Kia Makarechi
- Huffington Post
Either James Franco gets bored easily or he's truly a mutlitalented dude. The Spring Breakers' actor debuted his latest gig—musician—by releasing his first single and music video for "Love in the Old Days," a collaboration with pal Tim O'Keefe about romance in the 1960s. And, just to make sure he's wearing enough hats, Franco also directs the vid. Franco and O'Keefe, recording together as Daddy, were classmates at the Rhode Island School of Design and are releasing their first Ep, titled MotorCity, on Tuesday. The album art features Spring Breakers costars Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine. The...
- 9/23/2012
- E! Online
Yes, James Franco is adding musician to his lengthy resume, and he has the music video to prove it. Franco and musician Tim O’Keefe (a former classmate of Franco’s at the Rhode Island School of Design) are releasing an Ep under the moniker Daddy. Franco directed the duo’s first video, “Love in the Old Days,” a meditation on romance in the 1960s, which features references to his parents and features their wedding photo near the end. Photos: 20 Best and Worst Music to Movie Crossovers Franco said he knows some may scoff at his foray into music, considering the
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- 9/23/2012
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rosenbaum brought his own playful, gregarious, sometimes sarcastic personality to Flash for the Justice League and Justice League Unlimited animated television series, setting the standard as the voice behind the “fastest man alive.” Rosenbaum is one of eight actors returning to their original animated voice from the Justice League series. Fanboy crowds also hold Rosenbaum in high esteem for his impressive performance as Lex Luthor for seven seasons of Smallville. He’ll soon be seen opposite Bradley Cooper and Kristen Bell in ‘Outrun,” and he’s currently in production on “Old Days,” a triple threat for Rosenbaum as he is writer, director and star of the film. Justice League: Doom finds Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Cyborg and Batman on their heels when a team of super villains discover and implement the Dark Knight’s “contingency plans” for stopping any rogue Justice League member. The story is...
- 2/27/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
I’m not sure how much of a “debut” this will prove to be for Andy Serkis — the guy’s got some heavy-lifting at the moment with second unit work on The Hobbit, if you don’t remember — but we all know that the multi-faceted talent can do whatever the hell we wants. And ScreenDaily informs us that he will indeed take the plunge with his “passion project,” which has Sam Tromans and his Sts producing. Along with Jonathan Cavendish, Serkis will produce through his own company, Imaginarium.
Currently untitled, the drama is “a period love story” that, somehow, could be described as “The English Patient up a mountain.” (Should we even take Tromans‘ note of “a fantastic script with a great female role” as anything other than sage council? I think not.) Who knows what that all might entail; just consider me interested as a regular admirer of his great work.
Currently untitled, the drama is “a period love story” that, somehow, could be described as “The English Patient up a mountain.” (Should we even take Tromans‘ note of “a fantastic script with a great female role” as anything other than sage council? I think not.) Who knows what that all might entail; just consider me interested as a regular admirer of his great work.
- 2/15/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Michael Rosenbaum will make his directorial debut on a feature film in Old Days. The former Smallville star will write, direct and star in the project, reports Deadline. The film centres on Jim Owens, a Hollywood actor who returns home to his Indiana hometown for his high school reunion after 15 years. He soon runs into conflict with old friends and reignites his romance with Homeland's Morena Baccarin, who will appear as his childhood sweetheart. Rosenbaum (more)...
- 2/15/2012
- by By Hugh Armitage
- Digital Spy
As someone who has seen every episode of "Smallville," I'm allowed to say this: the show got pretty terrible in its final days, in large part due to the departure of Michael Rosenbaum (aka Lex Luthor) from the series. Rosenbaum also has ties to other superhero properties, providing voice work for animated series like "Justice League," "Static Shock," and "Batman Beyond." But it looks like he's separating himself from genre work for the time being, as Deadline reports the actor is pulling triple duties on a new film called Old Days - writing, starring and directing. More on the plot and which "Firefly" actress will star alongside him ahead. The film will follow Jim Owens (Rosenbaum), a discouraged actor who returns home to Indiana for his 15th high school reunion. There he gets into mischief with his friends and falls for his high school sweetheart. Morena Baccarin, the actress who...
- 2/15/2012
- by Ben Pearson
- firstshowing.net
He spent a few years paying his dues on TV as Lex Luthor in Smallville, and he's snagged a few movie roles here and there. But now Michael Rosenbaum is stepping up to direct his first full-length film, Old Days.He’ll step in front of the camera too, starring as Jim Owens, a frustrated actor who returns home from the bright lights of Hollywood to the slightly dimmer pastures of Indiana and his 15th high school reunion. Naturally, there are complications as Jim gets into trouble with his old friends and rediscovers his feelings for his high school sweetheart (Morena Baccarin, most recently seen in Us telly drama Homeland).Rosenbaum has also recruited Sarah Colonna, Harland Williams and Jay Ferguson for the film, which he’ll kick off shooting early next month. While it’ll be his first spin behind the camera for a film, he’s already got...
- 2/15/2012
- EmpireOnline
Elementary
"Elementary" the contemporary New York set take on Sherlock Holmes at CBS, has cast "Eli Stone" and "Dexter" actor Jonny Lee Miller as the new Holmes.
Miller co-starred in Danny Boyle’s stage version of "Frankenstein" in London with Benedict Cumberbatch, the star of the BBC's "Sherlock", a highly acclaimed contemporary London set take. [Source: Deadline]
Old Days
Michael Rosenbaum ("Smallville") will star in, write and direct the feature "Old Days" which begins shooting March 5th.
Rosenbaum plays a discouraged actor who returns home to Indiana for his high school reunion. There he gets into mischief with his friends and falls for his high school sweetheart (Homeland's Morena Baccarin). [Source: Deadline]
The Hot Flashes
Eric Roberts and Mark Povinelli have signed on as the male leads in the Susan Seidelman-helmed basketball comedy "The Hot Flashes" which also stars Brooke Shields, Daryl Hannah, Melanie Griffith, Wanda Sykes and Camryn Manheim.
The story centers...
"Elementary" the contemporary New York set take on Sherlock Holmes at CBS, has cast "Eli Stone" and "Dexter" actor Jonny Lee Miller as the new Holmes.
Miller co-starred in Danny Boyle’s stage version of "Frankenstein" in London with Benedict Cumberbatch, the star of the BBC's "Sherlock", a highly acclaimed contemporary London set take. [Source: Deadline]
Old Days
Michael Rosenbaum ("Smallville") will star in, write and direct the feature "Old Days" which begins shooting March 5th.
Rosenbaum plays a discouraged actor who returns home to Indiana for his high school reunion. There he gets into mischief with his friends and falls for his high school sweetheart (Homeland's Morena Baccarin). [Source: Deadline]
The Hot Flashes
Eric Roberts and Mark Povinelli have signed on as the male leads in the Susan Seidelman-helmed basketball comedy "The Hot Flashes" which also stars Brooke Shields, Daryl Hannah, Melanie Griffith, Wanda Sykes and Camryn Manheim.
The story centers...
- 2/15/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
This is not in the nature of news but of ruminations. I am still thinking of Bingham, and others who have died too soon in our world of independent film...We all are aware of Donald Krim and of Wouter Barendrecht.
Recently our friend and the director of the documentary To Be Heard -- a wonderful testimonial to the winning spirit of disenfranchised youth in Brooklyn -- Deborah Shaffer also lost her wonderful husband, Larry Bogdanow, a New York architect of restaurant interiors. One of his most enticing and intimate restaurants, Wild Blue, opened on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center in 1999 and was destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001. Deborah continued on, finished the film, got it out into the festivals and short listed for an Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary this year.
There were also the buyers reps, Richard Glasser and Steve Hirsch who passed from this scene much too early in their lives.
At the risk of becoming morbid, I am using this blog as an open forum, a place to ruminate, not on death, but to take a little more time to remember Bingham whose closeness is affecting me deeply still.
I know people live in circumstances where death and even violent death is all around them (Haiti, Rwanda, Colombia, etc.). I cannot imagine their grief and horror, and I know I am blessed as are all my friends and colleagues to be living in such peaceful circumstances. Still losing friends and family is a painful, if inevitable, process.
Sundance seemed to stop this year with the news of Bingham's death. Anne Thompson also remarked on it; time just took on a whole different aspect. It was difficult sticking to the program though we did the best we could. It seemed to end before it became a festival for me.
My most recent memory and my earliest memory of Bingham are condensed into this moment when I wrote this In Memoriam at Sundance:
Most recently, as I was checking out of my hotel the last day of the Art House Convergence, it was early and most of the participants were going to the panel: Art House Lessons for Today from the Halcyon Days: History Repeats Itself, subtitled Nostalgia for the Bad Old Days, a panel with Jeff Lipsky: October Films co-founder with Bingham, founder and president of the recently established Adopt Films, Art Takes Over, 30-year veteran in the independent film world, internationally known for his expertise in independent film marketing, acquisition and distribution, Richard Abramowitz: President of Abramorama; co-founder of Stratosphere Entertainment; Ira Deutchman of Emerging Pictures and Chair of Columbia University’s Film Program; a founder of Cinecom (and the seed planter of my own Film Finders at that time) who later created Fine Line Features; filmmaker, marketer and distributor of over 150 films since 1975 and Gary Palmucci (whose wife if Nancy Gerstman of Zeitgeist): Vice President of Theatrical Distribution for Kino Lorber, long time Kino regular on the festival circuit with Don Krim who also has passed on much too early.
My roommate at the Convergence, Bernice Baeza of the Lark Theater in Larkspur California, was leaving early and so we were almost alone in the hotel lobby, though Carl Spence of Seattle and Palm Springs Film Festivals was about to go into breakfast, and Richard Abramowitz and someone were in a corner by themselves.
We saw an ambulance draw up and it alarmed us. I realized that whoever had been in the corner was now being strapped to a gurney. I began to run to the ambulance to ask what had happened as I saw Bingham laying there with his feet crossed and a serene smile on his face as if he was saying I'm just going to rest for a while. Richard was by his side and as he saw me become alarmed, he asked me to please be very discrete and not to mention this to anyone. He said Bingham had just fallen and Richard called the ambulance to be sure he was not hurt. I agreed and returned to the lobby and said to Carl, Just forget you saw anything; do not mention this to anyone. He agreed and Bernice and I continued to check out. The woman behind the desk said that he had come to the desk and had forgotten his room number, and then could also not recall his name and his speech was slurred. She said he must have suffered a stroke.
Later Richard kept in touch with me as he stayed on watch. He told me getting Bingham to accept an ambulance had been a typical "Bingham" struggle as Bingham had felt it was unnecessary.
When I first met Bingham he was known as the former manager of the Bleeker Street Theater, a legend to me, a non native New Yorker. I had moved from L.A. to New York and was managing Films Inc/ Pmi's Social Issue Documentary Division, founded by Marge Benton who was also Chairman of the Sundance Institute at the time and active with the Democratic campaign to elect Carter. She felt that such a documentary division would help further the causes she loved and election time was an important time to do so.
All the "guys" in the business were very intimidating at the time: Bingham, John Pierson, Douglas Green, Tom Bernard...and I was struggling to hold my own. Last Berlin, as Bingham and I were talking, he admitted to knowing how intimidating he was and we laughed as I admitted to always wanting to cry after having "conversations" with these guys.
Bingham had grown, he had already had two near-death experiences - one during the London Screenings, when stepping off a curb in London, he was pulled back by Mark Ordesky (my former assistant before going to New Line!) as a car rushed forward towards him (from the "wrong direction"), and the other in an auto acccident in Connecticut. I had written him then about my thoughts in the face of his terrible accident and we became more than mere acquaintances when he thanked me for the note.
Bingham knew the value of life and he lived it fully. His much too early death should remind us all to be mindful of how we are living. I myself almost did not want to take the time to write this; the pressure of working at Sundance was very strong and it would have been easier to work through, but the thoughts of Bingham and our common histories would not let go of me.
He himself was about to start a whole new chapter in his life at the San Francisco Film Society, already marred by the premature death of its beloved director Graham Leggat. This alone should be a reminder to us all that no matter what our age, there is always a new chapter to begin if we live creatively.
We need to take the time to consider how we live in this world we all share, how we treat others, how we build our lives around what are truly the important issues....family, friends, our community, our city, our nation and our planet...and cinema which we all believe can truly change the world.
Bingham is out there now and he will always be a part of our world in whatever form we human beings take after shuffling off our mortal coil.
Recently our friend and the director of the documentary To Be Heard -- a wonderful testimonial to the winning spirit of disenfranchised youth in Brooklyn -- Deborah Shaffer also lost her wonderful husband, Larry Bogdanow, a New York architect of restaurant interiors. One of his most enticing and intimate restaurants, Wild Blue, opened on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center in 1999 and was destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001. Deborah continued on, finished the film, got it out into the festivals and short listed for an Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary this year.
There were also the buyers reps, Richard Glasser and Steve Hirsch who passed from this scene much too early in their lives.
At the risk of becoming morbid, I am using this blog as an open forum, a place to ruminate, not on death, but to take a little more time to remember Bingham whose closeness is affecting me deeply still.
I know people live in circumstances where death and even violent death is all around them (Haiti, Rwanda, Colombia, etc.). I cannot imagine their grief and horror, and I know I am blessed as are all my friends and colleagues to be living in such peaceful circumstances. Still losing friends and family is a painful, if inevitable, process.
Sundance seemed to stop this year with the news of Bingham's death. Anne Thompson also remarked on it; time just took on a whole different aspect. It was difficult sticking to the program though we did the best we could. It seemed to end before it became a festival for me.
My most recent memory and my earliest memory of Bingham are condensed into this moment when I wrote this In Memoriam at Sundance:
Most recently, as I was checking out of my hotel the last day of the Art House Convergence, it was early and most of the participants were going to the panel: Art House Lessons for Today from the Halcyon Days: History Repeats Itself, subtitled Nostalgia for the Bad Old Days, a panel with Jeff Lipsky: October Films co-founder with Bingham, founder and president of the recently established Adopt Films, Art Takes Over, 30-year veteran in the independent film world, internationally known for his expertise in independent film marketing, acquisition and distribution, Richard Abramowitz: President of Abramorama; co-founder of Stratosphere Entertainment; Ira Deutchman of Emerging Pictures and Chair of Columbia University’s Film Program; a founder of Cinecom (and the seed planter of my own Film Finders at that time) who later created Fine Line Features; filmmaker, marketer and distributor of over 150 films since 1975 and Gary Palmucci (whose wife if Nancy Gerstman of Zeitgeist): Vice President of Theatrical Distribution for Kino Lorber, long time Kino regular on the festival circuit with Don Krim who also has passed on much too early.
My roommate at the Convergence, Bernice Baeza of the Lark Theater in Larkspur California, was leaving early and so we were almost alone in the hotel lobby, though Carl Spence of Seattle and Palm Springs Film Festivals was about to go into breakfast, and Richard Abramowitz and someone were in a corner by themselves.
We saw an ambulance draw up and it alarmed us. I realized that whoever had been in the corner was now being strapped to a gurney. I began to run to the ambulance to ask what had happened as I saw Bingham laying there with his feet crossed and a serene smile on his face as if he was saying I'm just going to rest for a while. Richard was by his side and as he saw me become alarmed, he asked me to please be very discrete and not to mention this to anyone. He said Bingham had just fallen and Richard called the ambulance to be sure he was not hurt. I agreed and returned to the lobby and said to Carl, Just forget you saw anything; do not mention this to anyone. He agreed and Bernice and I continued to check out. The woman behind the desk said that he had come to the desk and had forgotten his room number, and then could also not recall his name and his speech was slurred. She said he must have suffered a stroke.
Later Richard kept in touch with me as he stayed on watch. He told me getting Bingham to accept an ambulance had been a typical "Bingham" struggle as Bingham had felt it was unnecessary.
When I first met Bingham he was known as the former manager of the Bleeker Street Theater, a legend to me, a non native New Yorker. I had moved from L.A. to New York and was managing Films Inc/ Pmi's Social Issue Documentary Division, founded by Marge Benton who was also Chairman of the Sundance Institute at the time and active with the Democratic campaign to elect Carter. She felt that such a documentary division would help further the causes she loved and election time was an important time to do so.
All the "guys" in the business were very intimidating at the time: Bingham, John Pierson, Douglas Green, Tom Bernard...and I was struggling to hold my own. Last Berlin, as Bingham and I were talking, he admitted to knowing how intimidating he was and we laughed as I admitted to always wanting to cry after having "conversations" with these guys.
Bingham had grown, he had already had two near-death experiences - one during the London Screenings, when stepping off a curb in London, he was pulled back by Mark Ordesky (my former assistant before going to New Line!) as a car rushed forward towards him (from the "wrong direction"), and the other in an auto acccident in Connecticut. I had written him then about my thoughts in the face of his terrible accident and we became more than mere acquaintances when he thanked me for the note.
Bingham knew the value of life and he lived it fully. His much too early death should remind us all to be mindful of how we are living. I myself almost did not want to take the time to write this; the pressure of working at Sundance was very strong and it would have been easier to work through, but the thoughts of Bingham and our common histories would not let go of me.
He himself was about to start a whole new chapter in his life at the San Francisco Film Society, already marred by the premature death of its beloved director Graham Leggat. This alone should be a reminder to us all that no matter what our age, there is always a new chapter to begin if we live creatively.
We need to take the time to consider how we live in this world we all share, how we treat others, how we build our lives around what are truly the important issues....family, friends, our community, our city, our nation and our planet...and cinema which we all believe can truly change the world.
Bingham is out there now and he will always be a part of our world in whatever form we human beings take after shuffling off our mortal coil.
- 1/29/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
HBO Lena Headey in “Game of Thrones.”
Vow-taking was big this week. Tywin Lannister insists that Jaime kill Ned Stark. Jon and Sam take their vows on the wall. Khal Drogo vows to invade the Seven Kingdoms, because he got Really Mad. King Robert is dead, long live—who, again? “Who’s your daddy” is the question of the day for more than one person. And we first hear someone say “the game of thrones.”
Pluses: Khal Drogo called Dani “moon of my life.
Vow-taking was big this week. Tywin Lannister insists that Jaime kill Ned Stark. Jon and Sam take their vows on the wall. Khal Drogo vows to invade the Seven Kingdoms, because he got Really Mad. King Robert is dead, long live—who, again? “Who’s your daddy” is the question of the day for more than one person. And we first hear someone say “the game of thrones.”
Pluses: Khal Drogo called Dani “moon of my life.
- 5/30/2011
- by Gwen Orel
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Back in the Old Days, before cable ruled the air, Americans only got to see Brit television (most notably, Doctor Who, but also The Prisoner and Monty Python's Flying Circus) via their local PBS station.
Now, thanks to the magic of YouTube, we can revisit those days when the only on-air Comic Cons or Cosplays were the folks at PBS (or whatever public access station was available) dressing up and embarrassing themselves in front of a camera in an effort to get donations. The most interesting aspect is that the low-cost special effects they used to get donations were the same as those used on Doctor Who at the time.
I sincerely hope the folks behind these videos are watching them right now and cringing, praying for the ground to swallow them up. More likely, the people behind them are the ones who put them on YouTube in the first place.
Now, thanks to the magic of YouTube, we can revisit those days when the only on-air Comic Cons or Cosplays were the folks at PBS (or whatever public access station was available) dressing up and embarrassing themselves in front of a camera in an effort to get donations. The most interesting aspect is that the low-cost special effects they used to get donations were the same as those used on Doctor Who at the time.
I sincerely hope the folks behind these videos are watching them right now and cringing, praying for the ground to swallow them up. More likely, the people behind them are the ones who put them on YouTube in the first place.
- 8/26/2009
- by Brad Trechak
- Aol TV.
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