Lagardère Studios is ramping up its content strategy with launch of Cameron’s, a new production label dedicated to international programming.
Cameron’s is being created by Jean-Charles Felli and Christophe Tomas, who previously founded Save Ferris Studios. The label will be delivering content mainly for streaming services. Felli and Tomas have tapped Gregory Cantien as managing director of Cameron’s. Cantien has been working at Save Ferris Studios where he co-produced “Meurtres à Tahiti.” He has also been involved in international projects commissioned by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and HBO.
Lagardère Studios has also just acquired the Spanish company Veranda. It previously had a minority stake in the banner and picked up the remaining stake from Grupo Good.
Created in 2010 by Aitor Montánchez and Ignasi Comillas, Veranda produces TV drama series such as “Merli,” light entertainment shows such as “Persona Infiltrada,” and documentaries like “Les flors del mal.
Cameron’s is being created by Jean-Charles Felli and Christophe Tomas, who previously founded Save Ferris Studios. The label will be delivering content mainly for streaming services. Felli and Tomas have tapped Gregory Cantien as managing director of Cameron’s. Cantien has been working at Save Ferris Studios where he co-produced “Meurtres à Tahiti.” He has also been involved in international projects commissioned by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and HBO.
Lagardère Studios has also just acquired the Spanish company Veranda. It previously had a minority stake in the banner and picked up the remaining stake from Grupo Good.
Created in 2010 by Aitor Montánchez and Ignasi Comillas, Veranda produces TV drama series such as “Merli,” light entertainment shows such as “Persona Infiltrada,” and documentaries like “Les flors del mal.
- 10/15/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Broadway’s fall season kicked into gear last week, with no fewer than eight new shows in previews, including three that just began performances. Overall box office, alas, was pretty much stuck in the summer doldrums, with total receipts of $29,320,908 up a measly 1% over the previous week – and that’s with three additional shows running.
Total attendance of 254,824 was up by a barely-worth-noting .4%.
Keep in mind, a hefty percentage of the newcomers were at subscription-heavy (so discount priced) non-profit theaters, keeping receipts low. Also, none of these shows had been reviewed – so raves, pans or anything in between hadn’t yet gotten the word out. That said, only one show attracted some big-spending ticket buyers. More about that Lin-Manuel Miranda-related exception below.
In order of opening nights, the newcomers are:
The Height of the Storm, opening tomorrow at the Samuel J. Friedman, the Manhattan Theater Club presentation of the...
Total attendance of 254,824 was up by a barely-worth-noting .4%.
Keep in mind, a hefty percentage of the newcomers were at subscription-heavy (so discount priced) non-profit theaters, keeping receipts low. Also, none of these shows had been reviewed – so raves, pans or anything in between hadn’t yet gotten the word out. That said, only one show attracted some big-spending ticket buyers. More about that Lin-Manuel Miranda-related exception below.
In order of opening nights, the newcomers are:
The Height of the Storm, opening tomorrow at the Samuel J. Friedman, the Manhattan Theater Club presentation of the...
- 9/23/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
That Dutch director Arne Toonen has not yet crossed over in to the English language market is more than a little baffling to me. We first came across Toonen with his Guy Ritchie flavored crime thriller Black Out a few years back and he struck us then as a director absolutely built for international success. His work is pop in all the right ways ... beautifully designed and composed, crackling with energy and absolutely oozing style. Black Out was also, however, very much not the sort of work that typically finds support in his native land and so Toonen has largely spent the intervening years occupied with commercial work and more youth oriented fare, where he ahs experienced significant commercial success. But he's back now...
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- 4/24/2019
- Screen Anarchy
Federation Entertainment has picked up worldwide rights for “Amsterdam Vice,” a crime thriller series which will work as a prequel to A.C. Baantjer’s popular Dutch book franchise.
“Amsterdam Vice” is set in the roaring 80’s, in the center of Amsterdam, where modern life clashes with the old village mentality. The series follows Jud Cox, a detective who has just been promoted to the toughest department within the capital cities’ police forces, and paired with another cop. Together they are investigating a murder case which leads them to discover that an attack is being plotted on the coronation day of Princess Beatrix.
Federation Entertainment, which will start pre-selling the series at MipTV, said “Amsterdam Vice” will be a “character-driven drama, starring two unlikely detectives, one from the city and one from the country, much like Amsterdam itself: gritty, yet warm-hearted and witty.”
The series is being produced by Rachel van Bommel,...
“Amsterdam Vice” is set in the roaring 80’s, in the center of Amsterdam, where modern life clashes with the old village mentality. The series follows Jud Cox, a detective who has just been promoted to the toughest department within the capital cities’ police forces, and paired with another cop. Together they are investigating a murder case which leads them to discover that an attack is being plotted on the coronation day of Princess Beatrix.
Federation Entertainment, which will start pre-selling the series at MipTV, said “Amsterdam Vice” will be a “character-driven drama, starring two unlikely detectives, one from the city and one from the country, much like Amsterdam itself: gritty, yet warm-hearted and witty.”
The series is being produced by Rachel van Bommel,...
- 4/2/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Activision shows a ton of Black Ops 4 content for their fans, but alienates others in the proccess.
Call of Duty has definitely changed over the last 15 years. As those years have gone by, we all knew that the series would eventually have to make some changes to stay relevant. Today, Activision and Treyarch showed off a ton of content for the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, but there are a few fans a tad bit upset. The multiplayer mode was shown first and it actually looks like a pretty decent experience. Treyarch also kept to their word and made it boots on the ground only, that means No Jetpacks And No Wall Running. Specialist are back with new weapons and there will be a total of 8 in the game.
The one Specialist I'm super excited to Finally see in the series is the support character named Crash. His main...
Call of Duty has definitely changed over the last 15 years. As those years have gone by, we all knew that the series would eventually have to make some changes to stay relevant. Today, Activision and Treyarch showed off a ton of content for the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, but there are a few fans a tad bit upset. The multiplayer mode was shown first and it actually looks like a pretty decent experience. Treyarch also kept to their word and made it boots on the ground only, that means No Jetpacks And No Wall Running. Specialist are back with new weapons and there will be a total of 8 in the game.
The one Specialist I'm super excited to Finally see in the series is the support character named Crash. His main...
- 5/17/2018
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (s0leb)
- Cinelinx
We don’t yet know what “Stranger Things 3” has in store for us, but we do have last night’s “Saturday Night Live” skit. Natalie Portman plays Eleven in the bit, which riffs on a polarizing episode from the show’s most recent season in which the telekinetic wunderkind played by Millie Bobby Brown met a “sister” with supernatural powers of her own.
Read More:Natalie Portman Returns to ‘SNL’ for an Even More Vulgar Rap: ‘Black Out and Go Motherf—king Black Swan’ — Watch
This being “SNL,” none of the powers on display are especially impressive — and all of them come with downsides. Just as Eleven’s ability to move objects with her mind is paired with frequent nosebleeds, Fourteen (Beck Bennett) can start fires with his mind — but every time he does, he throws up in his mouth a little bit. They aren’t alone: Nine (Cecily Strong) can read minds,...
Read More:Natalie Portman Returns to ‘SNL’ for an Even More Vulgar Rap: ‘Black Out and Go Motherf—king Black Swan’ — Watch
This being “SNL,” none of the powers on display are especially impressive — and all of them come with downsides. Just as Eleven’s ability to move objects with her mind is paired with frequent nosebleeds, Fourteen (Beck Bennett) can start fires with his mind — but every time he does, he throws up in his mouth a little bit. They aren’t alone: Nine (Cecily Strong) can read minds,...
- 2/4/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Sequels are always an iffy proposition. There was a time that a hot film spawned an almost mirror-image sequel as a fast cash grab. After it was clear that was not what audiences wanted, sequels grew smarter and more sophisticated. In many cases, though, the first question asked is, “Does this really merit a sequel?” Sometimes, the creators have more they want to say or, after time has passed, feel there is something new to explore.
Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner took Philip K. Dick’s prose work and envisioned a near future that was a darker reflection of 1982. We had gobs of atmosphere, some very restrained and impactful performances, and were left to wonder. While talk of a sequel has bopped up every few years, everyone held out until now. Director Denis Villeneuve’s sequel, Blade Runner 2049, recruited many of the original cast and crew to take use...
Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner took Philip K. Dick’s prose work and envisioned a near future that was a darker reflection of 1982. We had gobs of atmosphere, some very restrained and impactful performances, and were left to wonder. While talk of a sequel has bopped up every few years, everyone held out until now. Director Denis Villeneuve’s sequel, Blade Runner 2049, recruited many of the original cast and crew to take use...
- 1/17/2018
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Welcome back for another week of horror and sci-fi home entertainment releases, readers! January 16th features plenty of intriguing offerings, from cult classics to sequels of cult classics to even a few recent films as well. If you happened to miss Blade Runner 2049, Happy Death Day, or The Snowman in theaters, all three are making their way home this Tuesday. Severin Films has put together The Amicus Collection (which features Asylum, And Now The Screaming Starts and The Beast Must Die), and Scream Factory is giving Eye of the Cat the Blu-ray treatment as well.
Beyond Skyline is also coming to Blu on January 16th, and for all you Joe Dante fans out there, Shout Select has put together a Collector’s Edition release of Matinee that looks like it’s a must-have.
The Amicus Collection (Severin Films, Blu-ray)
Known as The Studio That Dripped Blood, the British film...
Beyond Skyline is also coming to Blu on January 16th, and for all you Joe Dante fans out there, Shout Select has put together a Collector’s Edition release of Matinee that looks like it’s a must-have.
The Amicus Collection (Severin Films, Blu-ray)
Known as The Studio That Dripped Blood, the British film...
- 1/16/2018
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Kirsten Howard Dec 15, 2017
Blade Runner 2049 is heading for a February home release in the UK. Here are the details...
Denis Villeneuve's critically-acclaimed follow-up to Ridley Scott's 1982 sci-fi masterpiece arrived late in 2017 to sprinkle a little neo-noir flavour on a somewhat disappointing year for genre films, and despite a lacklustre box office return, it'll no doubt be hailed as a classic by a larger audience as time goes on.
See related Remembering Bernard and the Genie
Blade Runner 2049 is now well on its way to a home release, and the Us are set to get it on 16th January. Here in the UK, however, we'll have to wait until 28th January for the digital download, and 5th February for the DVD, Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray, 3D Steelbook and 4K Ultra HD. There'll also be a limited edition 4K Ultra HD version that comes with a set of whiskey glasses,...
Blade Runner 2049 is heading for a February home release in the UK. Here are the details...
Denis Villeneuve's critically-acclaimed follow-up to Ridley Scott's 1982 sci-fi masterpiece arrived late in 2017 to sprinkle a little neo-noir flavour on a somewhat disappointing year for genre films, and despite a lacklustre box office return, it'll no doubt be hailed as a classic by a larger audience as time goes on.
See related Remembering Bernard and the Genie
Blade Runner 2049 is now well on its way to a home release, and the Us are set to get it on 16th January. Here in the UK, however, we'll have to wait until 28th January for the digital download, and 5th February for the DVD, Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray, 3D Steelbook and 4K Ultra HD. There'll also be a limited edition 4K Ultra HD version that comes with a set of whiskey glasses,...
- 12/15/2017
- Den of Geek
[Updated with English subtitled version and even more fun when you can understand what they're saying!]Dutch helmer Arne Toonen burst on to our radar here at TwitchFilm a few years back with the release of his 2012 feature Black Out. A hugely stylish crime caper, Black Out planted Toonen's flag as the sort of director with the visual chops to play with the Guy Ritchie's of the world. Which is absolutely true but what audiences outside of the Netherlands didn't realize was just how different this film was from Toonen's previous work, with his prior feature - 2010's Dik Trom - being a hugely successful children's film. And now? Now Toonen has combined his criminal and family urges with De Boskampi's.De Boskampi's is a feature...
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- 3/5/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Dutch helmer Arne Toonen burst on to our radar here at TwitchFilm a few years back with the release of his 2012 feature Black Out. A hugely stylish crime caper, Black Out planted Toonen's flag as the sort of director with the visual chops to play with the Guy Ritchie's of the world. Which is absolutely true but what audiences outside of the Netherlands didn't realize was just how different this film was from Toonen's previous work, with his prior feature - 2010's Dik Trom - being a hugely successful children's film. And now? Now Toonen has combined his criminal and family urges with De Boskampi's.De Boskampi's is a feature film based on a successful children's book by Marjon Hoffman. In this story about underdogs...
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- 2/19/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Arne Toonen's Black Out holds up as a darkly comic crime movie. And I'm not saying that just because I'm quoted on the back cover of the new Region A Blu-ray from Doppelganger Releasing. In the blitzkrieg of films I saw at Fantastic Fest in September 2012, Black Out was not the only one that lodged in my memory, but its rambunctious, irreverent spirit helped distinguish it. A recent viewing on Blu-ray confirmed my initial impression: It's very tempting to describe Arne Toonen's Black Out as The Hangover with bullets and blood, but that would be inaccurate, because the Dutch film adds a layer of self-aware mockery and introduces a roster of aggressively colorful characters to an age-old plot. ... While none of the narrative...
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- 6/4/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Welcome back to This Week In Discs! If you see something you like, click on the title to buy it from Amazon. Black Out Jos (Raymond Thiry) used to be a very bad man. But he’s reformed now, on the straight and narrow, and engaged to be married to a wonderful woman. All of that’s put at risk when he wakes up the day before his wedding in a somewhat compromising situation… namely with a dead body lying beside him and no memory of how it got there. Now he’s in a race to discover what’s happening, who’s behind it and how he can keep his bride-to-be from hearing about it all. This Dutch action/comedy has been a long time coming to our shores — we saw it back at Fantastic Fest 2012 — and it’s an absolute blast from beginning to end as it mixes a dark sense of humor with extreme...
- 6/3/2014
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Is there anything more annoying than waking up in the morning to discover a gun -- and a bloody corpse -- in bed with you? On the day before your wedding? It's very tempting to describe Arne Toonen's Black Out as The Hangover with bullets and blood, but that would be inaccurate, because the Dutch film adds a layer of self-aware mockery and introduces a roster of aggressively colorful characters to an age-old plot. (I wonder: Did Adam wake up in pain one morning, rub his chest and then mutter, 'What did I do last night? And who is this chick?') Black Out immediately distinguishes itself by the cold analysis applied by Jos (Raymond Thirry), the groom to be, to the situation at hand. As...
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- 2/20/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Guy Ritchie, the stylish Brit behind the hyperkinetic one-two punch that was Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, hasn’t made a great crime comedy since 2008′s RocknRolla (blame Warner Bros., which keeps throwing Ritchie big fish like Sherlock Holmes and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.). It might be a while until the auteur bounces back with another instant classic but in the meantime, at least we have Black Out, a mostly clever and entertaining Dutch flick that mimics Ritchie’s furious editing technique, convoluted storytelling and zany characters so meticulously that it almost managed to convince me it was doing something original.
That’s a diss, sure, but originality has never been a requirement in cinema; on the contrary, it’s so rare that we wildly applaud whenever we do see it. And to be fair, Ritchie stood on the shoulders of other filmmakers...
That’s a diss, sure, but originality has never been a requirement in cinema; on the contrary, it’s so rare that we wildly applaud whenever we do see it. And to be fair, Ritchie stood on the shoulders of other filmmakers...
- 2/20/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Are we destined to keep making copies of copies of copies? And is this always going to make us all feel old? The knee-jerk temptation is to react to Arne Toonen’s “Black Out” in much the same way naysayers treated Guy Ritchie’s crime pictures of the late nineties for jacking an aesthetic (specifically Tarantino’s): disdain for a naked reappropriation of an aesthetic that already borrowed from earlier trends and ideas. Ritchie has gone on to validate the supporters of those earlier films by broadening his aesthetic and assembling a tidy, respectable body of work, with few genuine standout pictures. Toonen, who seems a bit more desperate in his naked theft and references, still can’t seem to shake his own crowd-pleasing tendencies. Ritchie wanted to stretch out his aesthetic. Toonen just wants you to laugh. Desperately. “Black Out” begins in a familiar place, as retired crook...
- 2/19/2014
- by Gabe Toro
- The Playlist
Black and Mild: Toonen’s High Octane Adaptation a Bit Derivative
If you could imagine The Hangover remade as a drug fueled action thriller with stylizations that mimic rather than pay homage to early Guy Ritchie flicks, then you’d have something like Aren Toonen’s sophomore film, Black Out on your hands. While it’s slickly paced, this Dutch adaptation of a Swedish novel by Gerben Hellinga may satisfy pulp hounds that prize quick cuts and torrential tangents of backstory and flashback to insistently command their wandering attention, but there’s not much by way of innovation. Sexy babes with tough attitudes and nonsensical outfits stretch the limits of its tenuous believability, but its hyperkinetic design reveals the film to be a simple sugar, a quick burn whose buzz wears off well before the end credits.
Waking up next to a bloodied corpse in his bed, Jos Vreeswijk (Raymond Thiry...
If you could imagine The Hangover remade as a drug fueled action thriller with stylizations that mimic rather than pay homage to early Guy Ritchie flicks, then you’d have something like Aren Toonen’s sophomore film, Black Out on your hands. While it’s slickly paced, this Dutch adaptation of a Swedish novel by Gerben Hellinga may satisfy pulp hounds that prize quick cuts and torrential tangents of backstory and flashback to insistently command their wandering attention, but there’s not much by way of innovation. Sexy babes with tough attitudes and nonsensical outfits stretch the limits of its tenuous believability, but its hyperkinetic design reveals the film to be a simple sugar, a quick burn whose buzz wears off well before the end credits.
Waking up next to a bloodied corpse in his bed, Jos Vreeswijk (Raymond Thiry...
- 2/19/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
A self-aware, borderline self-reflexive action-comedy from the Netherlands, Arne Toonen's Black Out is derivative in a way that undermines its wry sense of self.
It begins with a classic scenario: Semi-reformed criminal Jos wakes up next to a corpse with a gun and no memory of the previous night. From there, the movie aspires to the likes of Tarantino and Guy Ritchie — even going so far as to invoke the former both explicitly (a reference to Kill Bill's gender politics) and implicitly (the director's patented trunk shot) — but doesn't offer anything its forebears haven't already pulled off with more style and wit.
Imitating filmmakers who are themselves endlessly imitative is a strange form of mimesis, one that results in lines like "You've se...
It begins with a classic scenario: Semi-reformed criminal Jos wakes up next to a corpse with a gun and no memory of the previous night. From there, the movie aspires to the likes of Tarantino and Guy Ritchie — even going so far as to invoke the former both explicitly (a reference to Kill Bill's gender politics) and implicitly (the director's patented trunk shot) — but doesn't offer anything its forebears haven't already pulled off with more style and wit.
Imitating filmmakers who are themselves endlessly imitative is a strange form of mimesis, one that results in lines like "You've se...
- 2/19/2014
- Village Voice
The U.S. will soon experience a black out, and that's a very good thing. Arne Toonen's Black Out is a darkly comic Dutch film that quickly asserts its own personality in a smart and jolting manner. Here's the official synopsis: On the morning before his wedding, retired criminal Jos (Raymond Thiry) wakes up next to a murdered man with no memory of the previous night or how he and the body got there. Jos soon discovers that a group of gangsters have pinned him as the lone suspect in the theft of 20 kilos of cocaine...and he's got 24 hours to get it back, or the life of his bride will be in serious danger. Now Jos has no choice but to creep back into...
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- 1/23/2014
- Screen Anarchy
The full Fantasia 2013 lineup has now been revealed, and we have here the third and final wave of titles to share. Prepare to drool!
From the Press Release:
The Fantasia International Film Festival is proud to announce the rest of our 120-feature lineup that comprises our 2013 event, along with a string of additional details that mark our 17th edition as a standout. Fantasia will engulf the city of Montreal from July 18-August 6, 2013. Be sure to visit the Fantasia Film Festival website for detailed essays on every title announced here, as well as all films previously disclosed over the last weeks.
Before we get started on titles... Meet Our 2013 Juries
Main Competition For The Cheval Noir Award For Best Film
Jury President: Laura Kern (Critic, Curator, managing editor, Film Comment)
Jean-Pierre Bergeron (Actor, Director, Screenwriter)
Samuel Jamier (Co-Director of the New York Asian Film Festival, Programmer at Japan Society)
Jarod Neece (Senior Programmer and Operations Manager,...
From the Press Release:
The Fantasia International Film Festival is proud to announce the rest of our 120-feature lineup that comprises our 2013 event, along with a string of additional details that mark our 17th edition as a standout. Fantasia will engulf the city of Montreal from July 18-August 6, 2013. Be sure to visit the Fantasia Film Festival website for detailed essays on every title announced here, as well as all films previously disclosed over the last weeks.
Before we get started on titles... Meet Our 2013 Juries
Main Competition For The Cheval Noir Award For Best Film
Jury President: Laura Kern (Critic, Curator, managing editor, Film Comment)
Jean-Pierre Bergeron (Actor, Director, Screenwriter)
Samuel Jamier (Co-Director of the New York Asian Film Festival, Programmer at Japan Society)
Jarod Neece (Senior Programmer and Operations Manager,...
- 7/9/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
The Fantasia Film Festival is taking place from July 18th to August 6th in Montreal and will feature over 100 films from around the world. We gave you a look at the initial lineup last month and now have an additional list of Fantasia 2013 films that will be screening, including Curse of Chucky, You’re Next, and Frankenstein’s Army:
Horror Is Child’S Play – Don Mancini’S Curse Of Chucky (World Premiere)
A rarity among genre franchises, the Child’S Play series (begun in 1988) has retained the sure-handed guidance of original screenwriter/creator Don Mancini throughout killer doll Chucky’s decades’-long reign of horror. Mancini, who will be hosting our “scar-studded” world premiere, graduated to the director’s chair with 2004’s Seed Of Chucky, after having co-written or written every entry in the series. His longevity with the project is, of course, matched by the fiendish voiceover work by...
Horror Is Child’S Play – Don Mancini’S Curse Of Chucky (World Premiere)
A rarity among genre franchises, the Child’S Play series (begun in 1988) has retained the sure-handed guidance of original screenwriter/creator Don Mancini throughout killer doll Chucky’s decades’-long reign of horror. Mancini, who will be hosting our “scar-studded” world premiere, graduated to the director’s chair with 2004’s Seed Of Chucky, after having co-written or written every entry in the series. His longevity with the project is, of course, matched by the fiendish voiceover work by...
- 7/9/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights to Hilla Medalia’s documentary Dancing In Jaffa following its world premiere at Tribeca. Separately Doppelganger Releasing has acquired Black Out and Image Entertainment announced it will release the found footage thriller Evidence this summer.
Diane Nabatoff, Neta Zwebner-Zaibert and Medalia produced Dancing In Jaffa [pictured], the story of a ballroom dancer who sets up classes for ethnically diverse students in the Israeli city.
Morgan Spurlock and Jeremy Chilnick, La Toya Jackson and Jeffré Phillips and Nigel Lythgoe served as executive producers alongside Dan Setton, J Arnhold, Robert Machinist and Jonathan Shukat.
Sundance Selects/IFC Films negotiated the deal with Preferred Content and UTA Independent Film Group on behalf of the filmmakers. K5 handles international sales.
Doppelganger Releasing has picked up Us rights to Arne Toonen’s Dutch crime comedy Black Out, set to screen at Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal in July. William Schopf of parent...
Diane Nabatoff, Neta Zwebner-Zaibert and Medalia produced Dancing In Jaffa [pictured], the story of a ballroom dancer who sets up classes for ethnically diverse students in the Israeli city.
Morgan Spurlock and Jeremy Chilnick, La Toya Jackson and Jeffré Phillips and Nigel Lythgoe served as executive producers alongside Dan Setton, J Arnhold, Robert Machinist and Jonathan Shukat.
Sundance Selects/IFC Films negotiated the deal with Preferred Content and UTA Independent Film Group on behalf of the filmmakers. K5 handles international sales.
Doppelganger Releasing has picked up Us rights to Arne Toonen’s Dutch crime comedy Black Out, set to screen at Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal in July. William Schopf of parent...
- 6/18/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Brooklyn Film Festival (Bff) announced their lineup and their opening feature, "HairBrained," starring Brendan Fraser and Parker Posey. This year's festival runs May 31 - June 9 and takes place in Williamsburg with screenings held at indieScreen and Windmill Studios. "HairBrained" centers on the plight of 14-year-old genius Eli Pettifog as he sets off to Whittman College, a second choice for Ivy League rejects. He is paired with another unlikely student, Leo, who is a 41-year-old seeking to start over after his gambling career ends. While initially less than trilled about their shared dorming situation, the odd pair form a friendship. Read below for the full lineup. Go here for more info. Narrative Features: A Wife Alone (USA) Dir. Justin Reichman - World Premiere Black Out (The Netherlands) Dir. Arne Toonen - East Coast Premiere Cut to Black (USA) Dir. Dan Eberle - World Premiere Detonator (USA) Dir. Damon Maulucci & Keir Politz...
- 5/8/2013
- by Cristina A. Gonzalez
- Indiewire
The Norwegians may have landed at Fantastic Fest with world premieres of the television series Hellfjord and the documentary The Exorcist in the 21st Century, as well as the North American premiere of Øystein Karlsen's feature directorial debut Fuck Up, but it was the Dutch who left a lasting impression with their film offerings featured in this year's "No Clogs or Tulips" Dutch spotlight.
Several filmmakers and cast members of films premiering at this year's fest traveled to Austin from the Netherlands, including Fantastic Fest 2011 Best Director awardwinner Steffen Haars (New Kids Nitro) -- seen above second from left with director/writer Arne Toonen (Black Out), fellow New Kids Nitro cast members Wesley Van Gaalen and Huub Smit and writer/director Max Porcelijn (Plan C). New Kids Nitro was awarded the Jury Prize for Best Film in the 2012 Fantastic Fest Awards. See more photos after the jump.
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Several filmmakers and cast members of films premiering at this year's fest traveled to Austin from the Netherlands, including Fantastic Fest 2011 Best Director awardwinner Steffen Haars (New Kids Nitro) -- seen above second from left with director/writer Arne Toonen (Black Out), fellow New Kids Nitro cast members Wesley Van Gaalen and Huub Smit and writer/director Max Porcelijn (Plan C). New Kids Nitro was awarded the Jury Prize for Best Film in the 2012 Fantastic Fest Awards. See more photos after the jump.
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- 10/3/2012
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
The last half of Fantastic Fest is always a bittersweet one as the festival wraps up and everyone starts to head home. We did however have a couple of awesome films to look forward to, including the infamous Secret Screenings. As last time, we collected audio blogs with some colleagues regarding some of the final selections including Drafthouse Films' The ABC's of Death, Ben Wheatley's Sightseers, Cloud Atlas, Paranormal Activity 4 and MGM's Red Dawn remake. Joining us for these segments are the likes of Britt Hayes (ScreenCrush), Eric Lefenfeld (Brutal as Hell), Rob Hunter (Film School Rejects) and others. Listen in as we wrap up the wonderful experience of great films and great company at Fantastic Fest 2012! Films discussed in this episode screened at Fantastic Fest include: Drafthouse Films' The ABC's of Death, Ben Wheatley's Sightseers, the Wachowskis' and Tom Tykwer's Cloud Atlas, Arne Toonen's Black Out,...
- 10/1/2012
- by Tim Buel
- firstshowing.net
“A splitting headache, a dead gangster, twenty kilos of missing coke and 24 hours to sort it all out before getting married. Jos is about to have a very bad day.” The above comes as the official brief summary of Black Out from the Fantastic Fest program guide. It’s the most appropriately succinct way to describe what director Arne Toonen delivers in his sophomore effort. His first film, Dik Trom, was a lighthearted family comedy. This time around, he’s going in a far more devious and delightfully violent direction. It all hangs on the gruff elegance of leading man Raymond Thiry, whose Jos is a puzzle meant to be pieced together over the course of the film. When we meet him, he’s confused and frightened by the situation in which he find himself. He’s an ex-con, but he’s since cleaned up his life and met the woman of his dreams, who...
- 9/24/2012
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Films centering around a protagonist attempting to fill in the blanks of his/her past run the gamut from The Hangover to Memento, and in my opinion have been quite overdone. However, Dutch fillmmaker Aren Toonen delivers a fresh take with his comedic crime drama, Black Out. Toonen effectively weaves wickedly funny humor into a crime thriller that keeps viewers engaged.
Jos Vreeswijk (Raymond Thiry) wakes up with more than a hangover, as he finds a dead body in his bed the day before his wedding. Despite the realization that he has no memory of the last two to three days, Jos assesses and addresses his situation very quickly, as he is no stranger to dealing with a crime scene. Through the use of voiceover narration by Jos, we learn that 10 years ago he was a shakedown henchman for drug dealers, but he gave up a life of crime and...
Jos Vreeswijk (Raymond Thiry) wakes up with more than a hangover, as he finds a dead body in his bed the day before his wedding. Despite the realization that he has no memory of the last two to three days, Jos assesses and addresses his situation very quickly, as he is no stranger to dealing with a crime scene. Through the use of voiceover narration by Jos, we learn that 10 years ago he was a shakedown henchman for drug dealers, but he gave up a life of crime and...
- 9/24/2012
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
Is there anything more annoying than waking up in the morning to discover a gun -- and a bloody corpse -- in bed with you? On the day before your wedding? It's very tempting to describe Arne Toonen's Black Out as The Hangover with bullets and blood, but that would be inaccurate, because the Dutch film adds a layer of self-aware mockery and introduces a roster of aggresively colorful characters to an age-old plot. (I wonder: Did Adam wake up in pain one morning, rub his chest and then mutter, 'What did I do last night? And who is this chick?') Black Out immediately distinguishes itself by the cold analysis applied by Jos (Raymond Thirry), the groom to be, to the situation at hand....
- 9/21/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Austin, TX-Wednesday, September 12, 2012- Fantastic Fest is thrilled to announce the final installment of programming for Fantastic Fest 2012, including the world premiere screening of The Collection. Fantastic Fest will take place September 20-27 in Austin, Texas at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar.
American Mary (2011)
Us Premiere
Directors – Jen and Sylvia Soska, 95 mins
Disillusioned with her chosen profession and perpetually broke, medical student Mary Mason finds herself drawn into a shady world of underground surgery and body modification.
Antiviral (2012)
Us Premiere
Director – Brandon Cronenberg, 110 mins
Syd March makes people sick, infecting them with viruses harvested to order from celebrities, but gets more than he bargained for when his most famous source dies from a virus Syd has just infected himself with.
Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
Us Premiere
Director – Peter Strickland, 92 mins
Strange things occur after a British audio technician is summoned to Italy to work on a gory giallo film.
Besties (2012)
World Premiere
Director – Rebecca Perry Cutter,...
American Mary (2011)
Us Premiere
Directors – Jen and Sylvia Soska, 95 mins
Disillusioned with her chosen profession and perpetually broke, medical student Mary Mason finds herself drawn into a shady world of underground surgery and body modification.
Antiviral (2012)
Us Premiere
Director – Brandon Cronenberg, 110 mins
Syd March makes people sick, infecting them with viruses harvested to order from celebrities, but gets more than he bargained for when his most famous source dies from a virus Syd has just infected himself with.
Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
Us Premiere
Director – Peter Strickland, 92 mins
Strange things occur after a British audio technician is summoned to Italy to work on a gory giallo film.
Besties (2012)
World Premiere
Director – Rebecca Perry Cutter,...
- 9/14/2012
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Wow! I literally just jumped up for joy hearing this final wave. I think that this might be my favorite selection of films since I have been attending. Films like American Mary, Antiviral, Berberian Sound Studio, the remake of Who Can Kill A Child? – Come Out and Play and the World Premiere of the sequel to The Collector! These films plus a few others just caps off what I’m sure will be my favorite Fantastic Fest yet!
Also, for those keeping score, Michael picked 7 movies that are definitely showing while I picked 6. However, this could change once the secret screenings show. Again, Fantastic Fest starts next Thursday and we plan to have reviews, interviews and possibly video & audio blogs. Anyway, here’s the announcement:
From the Press Release:
Fantastic Fest is thrilled to announce the final installment of programming for Fantastic Fest 2012, including the world premiere screening of The Collection.
Also, for those keeping score, Michael picked 7 movies that are definitely showing while I picked 6. However, this could change once the secret screenings show. Again, Fantastic Fest starts next Thursday and we plan to have reviews, interviews and possibly video & audio blogs. Anyway, here’s the announcement:
From the Press Release:
Fantastic Fest is thrilled to announce the final installment of programming for Fantastic Fest 2012, including the world premiere screening of The Collection.
- 9/12/2012
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
If the films announced so far weren't enough to get you to travel to Austin later this month, this last wave of programming should have you packing your bags immediately! Read on for details.
From the Press Release:
Fantastic Fest is thrilled to announce the final installment of programming for Fantastic Fest 2012, including the world premiere screening of The Collection. Fantastic Fest (official site here) will take place September 20-27 in Austin, Texas, at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar.
Related Story: Fantastic Fest 2012: First Wave of Films Announced
Related Story: Fantastic Fest 2012: Second Wave of Films Announced
Related Story: Fantastic Fest 2012: Short Films Announced
American Mary (2011)
Us Premiere
Directors - Jen and Sylvia Soska, 95 mins
Disillusioned with her chosen profession and perpetually broke, medical student Mary Mason finds herself drawn into a shady world of underground surgery and body modification.
Antiviral (2012)
Us Premiere
Director - Brandon Cronenberg,...
From the Press Release:
Fantastic Fest is thrilled to announce the final installment of programming for Fantastic Fest 2012, including the world premiere screening of The Collection. Fantastic Fest (official site here) will take place September 20-27 in Austin, Texas, at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar.
Related Story: Fantastic Fest 2012: First Wave of Films Announced
Related Story: Fantastic Fest 2012: Second Wave of Films Announced
Related Story: Fantastic Fest 2012: Short Films Announced
American Mary (2011)
Us Premiere
Directors - Jen and Sylvia Soska, 95 mins
Disillusioned with her chosen profession and perpetually broke, medical student Mary Mason finds herself drawn into a shady world of underground surgery and body modification.
Antiviral (2012)
Us Premiere
Director - Brandon Cronenberg,...
- 9/12/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Oh Fantastic Fest, how we love you. Especially when you round up your line-up in such epic style. How epic you ask? Let us see. In addition to the already announced titles, this year's festival will also include a few additional world premieres like Danger 5 (whether this is a continuation of the web series or a movie take-off I'm not sure), Marcus Dunstan's The Collection, Arne Toonen's Black Out. [Continued ...]...
- 9/12/2012
- QuietEarth.us
[Updated with official poster and English subtitled version of trailer.]It would appear that Dutch director Arne Toonen has been paying attention to all the best bits of Guy Ritchie and has distilled them down for his upcoming action comedy Black Out. The premise for this one is simply fabulous - the day before his wedding an ex-con wakes up with a splitting headache, an unrecognizable corpse in bed next to him, a handgun and accusations that he has stolen twenty kilos of coke - and the execution stylish in the extreme.This lands very much on the action side of the action-comedy spectrum and, once again, I feel compelled to note that there is a rising wave of genre film coming out of The Netherlands in...
- 12/21/2011
- Screen Anarchy
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