A couple decades ago, legendary filmmaker David Lynch – who we have to thank for Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, the 1984 version of Dune, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Wild at Heart, Lost Highway, The Straight Story, and Mulholland Drive, among other things – started working with The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, The Addams Family, and Welcome to Marwen writer Caroline Thompson on the screenplay for an animated movie called Snootworld… and even though the Netflix streaming service recently turned down the chance to bring Snootworld into our world, Lynch told Deadline that he’s not giving up on getting the movie made.
Lynch said, “I don’t know when I started thinking about Snoots but I’d do these drawings of Snoots and then a story started to emerge. I got together with Caroline and we worked on a script. Just recently I thought someone might be interested in getting behind this...
Lynch said, “I don’t know when I started thinking about Snoots but I’d do these drawings of Snoots and then a story started to emerge. I got together with Caroline and we worked on a script. Just recently I thought someone might be interested in getting behind this...
- 4/8/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive director David Lynch tells us he is hoping to find backers for his under-the-radar animated project Snootworld, even if Netflix recently “rejected” his “fairytale” pitch.
Screen legend Lynch has said little publicly about Snootworld until now and in recent months he has quietly tried to breathe life into the project by seeking out a financier.
He began working on the script two decades ago with former Tim Burton collaborator Caroline Thompson, writer of projects including The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands, as well as 1991 hit The Addams Family.
“I don’t know when I started thinking about Snoots but I’d do these drawings of Snoots and then a story started to emerge,” Lynch told us in a rare interview. “I got together with Caroline and we worked on a script. Just recently I thought someone might be interested in getting behind this...
Screen legend Lynch has said little publicly about Snootworld until now and in recent months he has quietly tried to breathe life into the project by seeking out a financier.
He began working on the script two decades ago with former Tim Burton collaborator Caroline Thompson, writer of projects including The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands, as well as 1991 hit The Addams Family.
“I don’t know when I started thinking about Snoots but I’d do these drawings of Snoots and then a story started to emerge,” Lynch told us in a rare interview. “I got together with Caroline and we worked on a script. Just recently I thought someone might be interested in getting behind this...
- 4/8/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
In the early days of January, Universal Pictures closed the first major Hollywood deal of 2024 by pre-emptively purchasing the short story package Long Lost, with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners producing alongside Simon Kinberg and Audrey Chon of Genre Pictures, as well as Scott Glassgold of Ground Control Entertainment. Colin Bannon, who previously wrote and directed the 2009 comedy Love Conquers Paul, is on board to write the screenplay adaptation of his own 50 page short story, which is said to be “in the vein of What Lies Beneath and Rosemary’s Baby“. Now Deadline reports that Universal has scored another Colin Bannon deal, pre-emptively purchasing his short story thriller package Don’t Look, with Janelle Monáe in talks to star and M3GAN, Malignant, and The Nun 2 writer Akela Cooper writing the screenplay, based on an unpublished Bannon short story.
How does the maker of a little-seen indie from 15 years ago land deals like this?...
How does the maker of a little-seen indie from 15 years ago land deals like this?...
- 2/26/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Christmas comes early on Max, as the streamer adds a bevy of holiday movies to its library for the month of November, alongside new TV debuts, a noteworthy documentary and more. “Elf,” “Christmas Vacation,” “Arthur Christmas,” “The Shop Around the Corner” and “Four Christmases” are some of the holiday films arriving on the streaming platform on Nov. 1.
This month also sees the Season 2 premieres of “Rap Sh!t” (on Nov. 9) and “Julia” (on Nov. 16) and the series premiere of “Two and a Half Men” creator Chuck Lorre’s new sitcom “Bookie” starring Sebastian Maniscalco (on Nov. 30).
On Nov. 11, check out the documentary “Albert Brooks: Defending My Life” in which the comedian, actor and filmmaker’s best friend Rob Reiner peppers him with questions about his life and career.
And Chip and Joanna Gaines renovate a 100-year-old building in “Fixer Upper: The Hotel,” which premieres on Nov. 8.
Check out the full list...
This month also sees the Season 2 premieres of “Rap Sh!t” (on Nov. 9) and “Julia” (on Nov. 16) and the series premiere of “Two and a Half Men” creator Chuck Lorre’s new sitcom “Bookie” starring Sebastian Maniscalco (on Nov. 30).
On Nov. 11, check out the documentary “Albert Brooks: Defending My Life” in which the comedian, actor and filmmaker’s best friend Rob Reiner peppers him with questions about his life and career.
And Chip and Joanna Gaines renovate a 100-year-old building in “Fixer Upper: The Hotel,” which premieres on Nov. 8.
Check out the full list...
- 11/3/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
It’s a lean month for new original content on HBO/Max. November will see the return of two scripted series in Julia and Rap Sh!t, both of which are debuting their respective second seasons, but this month’s fresh highlight is likely to be Bookie, a new comedy series from the partnership of The Big Bang Theory creator Chuck Lorre, and Nick Bakay. The show tracks an LA bookie called Danny (Sebastian Maniscalco), whose business is in peril as California movies to legalize sports gambling.
Elsewhere in November, there quite a few interesting documentaries to keep an eye on, and two that jump out as “must watch”. The first is Albert Brooks: Defending My Life, which chronicles the aging comedian’s life and career. The second is the previously-released Little Richard: I Am Everything, which tries to peel back the whitewashed canon of Richard Penniman in a true...
Elsewhere in November, there quite a few interesting documentaries to keep an eye on, and two that jump out as “must watch”. The first is Albert Brooks: Defending My Life, which chronicles the aging comedian’s life and career. The second is the previously-released Little Richard: I Am Everything, which tries to peel back the whitewashed canon of Richard Penniman in a true...
- 11/1/2023
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
Sarah Lancashire and David Hyde Pierce in ‘Julia’ season 2 (Photograph by Sebastein Gonon/Max)
Max’s November 2023 schedule includes season two of Julia starring Sarah Lancashire as Julia Child and the return of Rap Sh!t with Aida Osman and Mia KaMillion. Bookie, a new comedy about sports gambling created by Chuck Lorre, makes its debut on November 30th with Sebastian Maniscalco starring as an LA bookie.
HBO documentaries Albert Brooks: Defending My Life and South to Black Power will stream on Max this November, along with CNN Films’ Little Richard: I Am Everything.
Series & Films Arriving On Max In November 2023:
November 1
Act of Valor (2012)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Aliens (1986)
The Ant Bully (2006)
Arthur Christmas (2011)
The Avengers (1998)
The Bachelor (1999)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Bells Are Ringing (1960)
Black Beauty (1994)
Boys’ Night Out (1962)
Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)
Brigadoon (1954)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
A Christmas Carol (1938)
Christmas Cookie Challenge, Seasons...
Max’s November 2023 schedule includes season two of Julia starring Sarah Lancashire as Julia Child and the return of Rap Sh!t with Aida Osman and Mia KaMillion. Bookie, a new comedy about sports gambling created by Chuck Lorre, makes its debut on November 30th with Sebastian Maniscalco starring as an LA bookie.
HBO documentaries Albert Brooks: Defending My Life and South to Black Power will stream on Max this November, along with CNN Films’ Little Richard: I Am Everything.
Series & Films Arriving On Max In November 2023:
November 1
Act of Valor (2012)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Aliens (1986)
The Ant Bully (2006)
Arthur Christmas (2011)
The Avengers (1998)
The Bachelor (1999)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Bells Are Ringing (1960)
Black Beauty (1994)
Boys’ Night Out (1962)
Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)
Brigadoon (1954)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
A Christmas Carol (1938)
Christmas Cookie Challenge, Seasons...
- 10/26/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The Oscar-nominated documentary “Fire of Love” is getting the narrative remake treatment.
The acclaimed non-fiction movie, concerning the scientific research and on-the-job romance of French volcanologist filmmakers Katia and Maurice Krafft, will become a live-action narrative feature film. Searchlight Pictures snagged remake rights to the acclaimed documentary, which debuted at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival before being acquired by National Geographic Documentary Films.
Searchlight will finance and distribute, with Jamie Patricof’s Hunting Lane developing and producing. “Fire of Love” director/producer Sara Dosa and producer Shane Boris are attached to produce this version as well, while producer Ina Fichman will be an executive producer. Other executive producers include Josh Braun and Ben Braun from Submarine Deluxe, and Greg Boustead and Jessica Harrop from Sandbox Films.
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There is no word on who will direct the picture or anything regarding casting.
The acclaimed non-fiction movie, concerning the scientific research and on-the-job romance of French volcanologist filmmakers Katia and Maurice Krafft, will become a live-action narrative feature film. Searchlight Pictures snagged remake rights to the acclaimed documentary, which debuted at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival before being acquired by National Geographic Documentary Films.
Searchlight will finance and distribute, with Jamie Patricof’s Hunting Lane developing and producing. “Fire of Love” director/producer Sara Dosa and producer Shane Boris are attached to produce this version as well, while producer Ina Fichman will be an executive producer. Other executive producers include Josh Braun and Ben Braun from Submarine Deluxe, and Greg Boustead and Jessica Harrop from Sandbox Films.
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There is no word on who will direct the picture or anything regarding casting.
- 3/2/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Filmmaker, writer and actress Leslie Zemeckis has inked with Buchwald for representation in the directing arena.
Zemeckis will film a new role in Here, the Robert Zemeckis adaptation of the Richard McGuire graphic novel starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright for Miramax. Production on Here is underway on location in London.
Zemeckis, an award-winning documentarian and novelist recently received critical acclaim for Grandes Horizontales, an in-depth look at the culture of the courtesan. Among other accolades, Grandes Horizontales won Best Documentary at the London Independent Film Festival and Best Editing and Best Documentary at the Independent Shorts Festival. Her previous directing efforts were Behind the Burly Q, Bound by Flesh, and Mabel, Mabel, Tiger Trainer.
In addition, Zemeckis realized success in the book arena with such best-sellers as Behind the Burly Q, Goddess of Love Incarnate and Feuding Fan Dancers. She starred in such movies as Welcome to Marwen,...
Zemeckis will film a new role in Here, the Robert Zemeckis adaptation of the Richard McGuire graphic novel starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright for Miramax. Production on Here is underway on location in London.
Zemeckis, an award-winning documentarian and novelist recently received critical acclaim for Grandes Horizontales, an in-depth look at the culture of the courtesan. Among other accolades, Grandes Horizontales won Best Documentary at the London Independent Film Festival and Best Editing and Best Documentary at the Independent Shorts Festival. Her previous directing efforts were Behind the Burly Q, Bound by Flesh, and Mabel, Mabel, Tiger Trainer.
In addition, Zemeckis realized success in the book arena with such best-sellers as Behind the Burly Q, Goddess of Love Incarnate and Feuding Fan Dancers. She starred in such movies as Welcome to Marwen,...
- 2/8/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Robert Zemeckis has found the latest technological innovation to add to his digital filmmaking toy box — and he’ll be showing it off with the help of his “Forrest Gump” stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright.
As announced this morning, Zemeckis will roll back the clock on Hanks and Wright and their co-stars in the Richard McGuire adaptation “Here” thanks to a first-of-its-kind partnership with the AI studio Metaphysic. Using a new tool called Metaphysic Live, the creators of “Here” will be able to create high-resolution, photorealistic faceswaps and de-aging effects on top of actors’ performances live and in real-time without the need for further compositing or VFX work.
The technology first caught Zemeckis’ eye via Metaphysic’s 2022 appearance on “America’s Got Talent,” where co-founders Tom Graham and Chris Ume used hyperreal generative AI techniques to create photorealistic avatars of Elvis Presley. Prior to “America’s Got Talent,” Ume made headlines...
As announced this morning, Zemeckis will roll back the clock on Hanks and Wright and their co-stars in the Richard McGuire adaptation “Here” thanks to a first-of-its-kind partnership with the AI studio Metaphysic. Using a new tool called Metaphysic Live, the creators of “Here” will be able to create high-resolution, photorealistic faceswaps and de-aging effects on top of actors’ performances live and in real-time without the need for further compositing or VFX work.
The technology first caught Zemeckis’ eye via Metaphysic’s 2022 appearance on “America’s Got Talent,” where co-founders Tom Graham and Chris Ume used hyperreal generative AI techniques to create photorealistic avatars of Elvis Presley. Prior to “America’s Got Talent,” Ume made headlines...
- 1/31/2023
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
Robert Zemeckis was one of the most prominent directors of the eighties and nineties. His string of hits is almost unmatched. Think about it – Romancing the Stone, the Back to the Future Trilogy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump, Cast Away, What Lies Beneath, etc. This is why it’s so bizarre that a live-action Disney Pinocchio movie directed by Zemeckis and starring his best favorite leading man, Tom Hanks, was essentially dumped to streaming. It came and went without much fanfare, while it would have been a cinematic event fifteen years ago. Wtf Happened?
In this episode of Wtf Happened to this Celebrity, we dig into Zemeckis’ career, which began with the underrated pair I Wanna Hold Your Hand and Used Cars before Romancing the Stone made him an A-lister. We dig into how he was actually fired from Cocoon because the Fox brass thought Romancing the Stone would flop,...
In this episode of Wtf Happened to this Celebrity, we dig into Zemeckis’ career, which began with the underrated pair I Wanna Hold Your Hand and Used Cars before Romancing the Stone made him an A-lister. We dig into how he was actually fired from Cocoon because the Fox brass thought Romancing the Stone would flop,...
- 10/7/2022
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Legendary filmmaker Robert Zemeckis has always loved a good technical challenge. His early classics like "Back to the Future" and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" balance their visual effects wizardry with precise storytelling. Even his infamous motion-capture animated movies are pretty seamless in terms of their narratives, once you look past their uncanny CG humans. But ever since his return to live-action directing 10 years ago, Zemeckis has too often sacrificed good storytelling in favor of showcasing new film tech.
His latest project, "Here," will once again put Zemeckis' technical know-how to the test. It also sounds a whole lot more ambitious than his last two movies as a director ("The Witches" and "Pinocchio"). Is that a good thing? Zemeckis' previous film right before that pair, 2018's "Welcome to Marwen," was so ill-conceived and mishandled, it's hard not to worry about him taking another huge swing at this stage in his career.
His latest project, "Here," will once again put Zemeckis' technical know-how to the test. It also sounds a whole lot more ambitious than his last two movies as a director ("The Witches" and "Pinocchio"). Is that a good thing? Zemeckis' previous film right before that pair, 2018's "Welcome to Marwen," was so ill-conceived and mishandled, it's hard not to worry about him taking another huge swing at this stage in his career.
- 9/30/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
The Fabelmans.“Where’s the horizon?“ barks John Ford to Sam (Gabrielle Labelle), stand-in for a young Steven Spielberg in The Fabelmans, the director’s unsurprising but fascinatingly revealing semi-autobiographical story of his childhood discovering Super 8 movie-making as his parents’ marriage slowly falls apart. “When the horizon is at the top, it’s interesting,” continues Ford, talking about image composition, “when it’s on the bottom, it’s interesting. When it’s in the middle, it’s fucking boring!” This lesson is imparted to Sam at the finale of The Fabelmans, suggesting that the movie is intended to be understood as much as a guide for young filmmakers as it is the origin of one. The scenes of Sam variously agape over, furtively working on, and gradually understanding the power and meaning of the movies is as touching, if not more so, than the telling of his parents’ (Paul Dano...
- 9/19/2022
- MUBI
Even when experimenting with the latest new-fangled technology, Robert Zemeckis is, at heart, a storyteller of the classical variety. While some recent gambles (The Walk and Welcome to Marwen) didn’t match the high marks of Flight and Allied, they still exuded a peculiar attraction, wondering what made the director precisely interested in pursuing these stories in the first place. Coming off his Zaslav tax write-off The Witches, a familiar yet entertaining remake, he once again goes to the well of cinematic refurbishing for Pinocchio. As the third of four adaptations of Carlo Collodi’s story in recent years, unlike the oddities that make up much of his recent career, the curiosity surrounding this project mostly has to do with why Zemeckis felt the urge to revisit the material. Unfortunately, by film’s end, an answer isn’t any clearer.
Fawningly honoring the original text and the 1940 animation, Pinocchio lumbers...
Fawningly honoring the original text and the 1940 animation, Pinocchio lumbers...
- 9/8/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
In our age of shared movie and TV universes, there are none quite like Kevin Smith's nearly 30-year-old "View Askewniverse." It's a DIY franchise where actors can play multiple roles, and the heroes are mostly foul-mouthed underachievers. The property can also vary wildly in its tone, from the sentimental and nostalgic later entries to the earlier films, which bring a harder edge to Smith's rude and crude approach to comedy.
Such is the case with "Clerks," the 1994 film that started it all. For as much as its lewd jokes and quotable punchlines stick in one's memory, it's easy to forget just how caustic the movie truly is. Smith's slice-of-life look at a day in the lives of two 20-something friends and store clerks was inspired by his own time working at a Quick Stop (the same one where he shot the film), and it shows. There's a realness to...
Such is the case with "Clerks," the 1994 film that started it all. For as much as its lewd jokes and quotable punchlines stick in one's memory, it's easy to forget just how caustic the movie truly is. Smith's slice-of-life look at a day in the lives of two 20-something friends and store clerks was inspired by his own time working at a Quick Stop (the same one where he shot the film), and it shows. There's a realness to...
- 8/29/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Janelle Monáe is the latest addition to the ensemble cast of Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” sequel for Netflix.
Monáe joins Daniel Craig in the film, who reprises his role from the original whodunit movie as detective Benoit Blanc. Edward Norton and Dave Bautista are also set to appear in the new installment, written and directed Johnson. Johnson and Ram Bergman will also produce the film under their T-Street banner.
Netflix had no comment on Monáe’s casting.
In March, the streamer bought the rights to “Knives Out 2” and “Knives Out 3” for $468 million, after the original “Knives Out” — starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans, Toni Collette, Ana de Armas and the late Christopher Plummer — earned more than $300 million at the box office. The 2019 murder mystery also garnered an Oscar nomination for Johnson’s original screenplay.
Details surrounding the new project are being kept under wraps, including whether or...
Monáe joins Daniel Craig in the film, who reprises his role from the original whodunit movie as detective Benoit Blanc. Edward Norton and Dave Bautista are also set to appear in the new installment, written and directed Johnson. Johnson and Ram Bergman will also produce the film under their T-Street banner.
Netflix had no comment on Monáe’s casting.
In March, the streamer bought the rights to “Knives Out 2” and “Knives Out 3” for $468 million, after the original “Knives Out” — starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans, Toni Collette, Ana de Armas and the late Christopher Plummer — earned more than $300 million at the box office. The 2019 murder mystery also garnered an Oscar nomination for Johnson’s original screenplay.
Details surrounding the new project are being kept under wraps, including whether or...
- 5/12/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Bright Hill Road On Demand,DVD And Digital including iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Xbox, Vudu, Dish Network and all major cable providers January 12, 2021 This January, Uncork’d Entertainment takes you down the terrifying trail of Bright Hill Road. Starring Siobhan Williams (Welcome to Marwen), Agam Darshi (“Sanctuary”) and Michael Eklund (The Call), Robert Cuffley’s unnerving …
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- 1/4/2021
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Hollywood has few directors who exude the pure, giddy joy one can find in every beat of a Robert Zemeckis film. From the Beatles-infused start of his career in I Wanna Hold Your Hand to sci-fi (Contact) to horror (What Lies Beneath) to a substance-abuse drama (Flight) to a classical throwback (Allied) to the altogether strange (Welcome to Marwen), Zemeckis has mastered the filmic language of momentum and movement to deliver entertainment of the highest order in virtually every decision he makes. Returning to the world of potions after Death Becomes Her, his adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches doesn’t chart bold new territory for the director, but he does brew an entertaining concoction of humor and terror.
While still injecting scares that will haunt any unsuspecting child who tunes in, Zemeckis and co-writers Kenya Barris and Guillermo del Toro’s structure recalls what Nicolas Roeg conjured in his 1990 adaptation,...
While still injecting scares that will haunt any unsuspecting child who tunes in, Zemeckis and co-writers Kenya Barris and Guillermo del Toro’s structure recalls what Nicolas Roeg conjured in his 1990 adaptation,...
- 10/21/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Robert Zemeckis who made “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” shared Roald Dahl’s rare command of kid-enticing stories that dance on the knife’s edge between daydreams and nightmares. He would’ve been the perfect director for a tech-forward new adaptation of “The Witches,” Dahl’s subversively dark fantasy novel about a coven of child-eating ghouls who disguise themselves as well-off women and gather at a luxury English hotel in order to plot their final solution for disposing of the country’s youngsters (it involves lacing the chocolate supply with a potion that turns people into mice). Alas, the version of “The Witches” that’s coming to HBO Max this weekend was made by the Robert Zemeckis who directed “The Polar Express,” and he only knows how to scare children that severely by accident.
There’s something to be said for any movie capable of turning a kid’s lit...
There’s something to be said for any movie capable of turning a kid’s lit...
- 10/21/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
We certainly didn’t need another take on Roald Dahl’s 1983 novel “The Witches” after the superlative 1990 screen adaptation from director Nicolas Roeg and screenwriter Allan Scott, but if Robert Zemeckis’ 2020 version doesn’t cast as powerful a spell as its predecessor, neither is it a foul brew.
Collaborating with Kenya Barris on a screenplay originally written by Guillermo del Toro, Zemeckis throws in more good ideas than bad, which is a relief, considering his recent misfires like “Welcome to Marwen” and eye-assaulting CG horrors like “A Christmas Carol” and “The Polar Express.” And in the same way that Angelica Huston grandly (and campily) ruled the roost in Roeg’s film, Anne Hathaway wickedly assumes the throne as queen of her own coven here.
The action unfolds in the American South in the 1960s, with Jahzir Bruno as our unnamed hero, who goes to live with Grandmother (Octavia Spencer) after the death of his parents.
Collaborating with Kenya Barris on a screenplay originally written by Guillermo del Toro, Zemeckis throws in more good ideas than bad, which is a relief, considering his recent misfires like “Welcome to Marwen” and eye-assaulting CG horrors like “A Christmas Carol” and “The Polar Express.” And in the same way that Angelica Huston grandly (and campily) ruled the roost in Roeg’s film, Anne Hathaway wickedly assumes the throne as queen of her own coven here.
The action unfolds in the American South in the 1960s, with Jahzir Bruno as our unnamed hero, who goes to live with Grandmother (Octavia Spencer) after the death of his parents.
- 10/21/2020
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
“Witches, they’re real, and they hate children,” Chris Rock warns us in the first The Witches trailer. Yes, even with Everybody Hates Chris-style narration, Four Tops orchestration, and CGI animation, Roald Dahl’s message lives on. “It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.” You can rest assured that person will not be a witch.
The children are entrapped in the bodies of mice, and the Warner Bros. feature adaptation of Dahl’s 1983 novel was supposed to be released in theaters. But it will hit HBO Max on Oct. 22. Just in time for Halloween. The film will fly into theatres internationally beginning October 28.
“Based on the timeless story, the reimagined Roald Dahl’s The Witches … brings a fresh sense of humor along with warmth and the unexpected to what is sure to be a Halloween favorite,” reads the official synopsis.
The children are entrapped in the bodies of mice, and the Warner Bros. feature adaptation of Dahl’s 1983 novel was supposed to be released in theaters. But it will hit HBO Max on Oct. 22. Just in time for Halloween. The film will fly into theatres internationally beginning October 28.
“Based on the timeless story, the reimagined Roald Dahl’s The Witches … brings a fresh sense of humor along with warmth and the unexpected to what is sure to be a Halloween favorite,” reads the official synopsis.
- 10/2/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
"Witches!! They're real - and they haaaate children!" Warner Bros has unveiled the first official trailer for Roald Dahl's The Witches, a new live-action movie directed by the iconic filmmaker Robert Zemeckis (who most recently made Welcome to Marwen). Based on Roald Dahl's 1983 classic book "The Witches", the story tells the scary, funny and imaginative tale of a seven year old boy who has a run in with some real life witches. This isn't really a horror movie about scary witches, as much as it is a lively comedy (and something akin more to Harry Potter involving witch magic and a Grand High Witch and more). The extravagant cast features Anne Hathaway as the Grand High Witch, plus Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, Kristin Chenoweth, Chris Rock, Charles Edwards, Morgana Robinson, plus newcomers Jahzir Kadeem Bruno (playing the boy at the center of the story) and Codie-Lei Eastick. This is...
- 10/2/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Warner Bros. is giving moviegoers a Halloween surprise by pivoting the upcoming release of Robert Zemeckis’ “The Witches” to its streaming service HBO Max. “The Witches” will launch October 22 via HBO Max in the U.S., followed by an international theatrical rollout starting October 28. Warner Bros. originally intended to open “The Witches” in theaters on October 9 before the pandemic forced the studio to take the film off the release calendar. Now “The Witches” is back and ready to stream just ahead of Halloween.
Zemeckis’ “The Witches” is an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1983 novel of the same name. Newcomer Jahzir Kadeem Bruno stars as a young boy who moves in with his grandmother (Octavia Spencer) in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. The year is 1967, and the boy and his grandmother find themselves in an unexpected battle against a coven of glamorous witches (led by Anne Hathaway’s Grand High...
Zemeckis’ “The Witches” is an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1983 novel of the same name. Newcomer Jahzir Kadeem Bruno stars as a young boy who moves in with his grandmother (Octavia Spencer) in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. The year is 1967, and the boy and his grandmother find themselves in an unexpected battle against a coven of glamorous witches (led by Anne Hathaway’s Grand High...
- 10/2/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Exclusive: We have learned that Eiza González has signed with WME for representation in all areas.
The Mexico City, Mexico native broke out El Rey’s series From Dusk till Dawn, on which she collaborated with Robert Rodriguez, and came to prominence before stateside audiences in Edgar Wright’s 2017 summer blockbuster Baby Driver as Darling, the heist girlfriend to Jon Hamm’s Buddy in the $227M grossing movie.
From there González scored notable parts in notable movies, including Nyssiana in the Rodriguez-directed 20th Century Fox sci-fi movie Alita: Battle Angel ($404.8M WW), Madame M opposite Jason Statham and Dwayne Johnson in Hobbs & Shaw ($759M WW), and the upcoming Legendary/Warner Bros. sequel Godzilla vs. Kong due out on May 21, 2021.
She most recently starred in Sony Pictures’ Bloodshot opposite Vin Diesel and Guy Pearce, receiving an Imagen Award nomination for Best Actress in a a Feature Film for her performance.
González...
The Mexico City, Mexico native broke out El Rey’s series From Dusk till Dawn, on which she collaborated with Robert Rodriguez, and came to prominence before stateside audiences in Edgar Wright’s 2017 summer blockbuster Baby Driver as Darling, the heist girlfriend to Jon Hamm’s Buddy in the $227M grossing movie.
From there González scored notable parts in notable movies, including Nyssiana in the Rodriguez-directed 20th Century Fox sci-fi movie Alita: Battle Angel ($404.8M WW), Madame M opposite Jason Statham and Dwayne Johnson in Hobbs & Shaw ($759M WW), and the upcoming Legendary/Warner Bros. sequel Godzilla vs. Kong due out on May 21, 2021.
She most recently starred in Sony Pictures’ Bloodshot opposite Vin Diesel and Guy Pearce, receiving an Imagen Award nomination for Best Actress in a a Feature Film for her performance.
González...
- 8/19/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Run, a 7-episode half-hour HBO comedic thriller series, might just prove to be the kind of raucously random flight of fancy—with just enough of a cynical edge— that the world could use right now.
Vicky Jones created the series. A script editor for Phoebe Waller-Bridge on Fleabag and Crashing, Jones also serves as writer and executive producer here. Of course, Waller-Bridge herself is onboard as an executive producer, and even fields an eccentric recurring role.
Domhnall Gleeson (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) and Merritt Wever (Unbelievable) co-star on the series as old college sweethearts who—motivated by mysterious and quickly escalating circumstances—embark on an insane adventure.
Run HBO Trailer
The trailer for HBO’s Run has arrived. The clip showcases an intriguingly random quest that, in fulfillment of a pact, reunites two old college sweethearts. Yet, it clearly contains a dark side that escalates to events necessitating...
Vicky Jones created the series. A script editor for Phoebe Waller-Bridge on Fleabag and Crashing, Jones also serves as writer and executive producer here. Of course, Waller-Bridge herself is onboard as an executive producer, and even fields an eccentric recurring role.
Domhnall Gleeson (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) and Merritt Wever (Unbelievable) co-star on the series as old college sweethearts who—motivated by mysterious and quickly escalating circumstances—embark on an insane adventure.
Run HBO Trailer
The trailer for HBO’s Run has arrived. The clip showcases an intriguingly random quest that, in fulfillment of a pact, reunites two old college sweethearts. Yet, it clearly contains a dark side that escalates to events necessitating...
- 3/20/2020
- by Joseph Baxter
- Den of Geek
Janelle Monáe stars in the upcoming thriller Antebellum, from the producers of Get Out and Us.
The minute-long preview doesn’t provide much insight into Antebellum’s top-secret plot, instead offering a foreboding series of images and sounds blending modern-day technologies and the pre-Civil War period — with Monae’s Veronica caught between the two realities.
“Successful author Veronica Henley (Janelle Monáe) finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it’s too late,” the film’s synopsis states.
Antebellum, written and directed by Gerard Bush...
The minute-long preview doesn’t provide much insight into Antebellum’s top-secret plot, instead offering a foreboding series of images and sounds blending modern-day technologies and the pre-Civil War period — with Monae’s Veronica caught between the two realities.
“Successful author Veronica Henley (Janelle Monáe) finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it’s too late,” the film’s synopsis states.
Antebellum, written and directed by Gerard Bush...
- 11/21/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Filmmakers have chased eye-popping visuals since George Melies’ 1902 “A Trip to the Moon.” Of course, all the visual stylings that helped propel the first sci-fi film to worldwide success now look antique; without the film’s groundbreaking approaches to storytelling, it would be a minor footnote rather than the cultural touchstone that also served as a key plot point in Martin Scorsese’s 2011 “Hugo.”
Scorsese took Melies’ lesson to heart with “The Irishman,” but it’s one that still eluded Ang Lee with “Gemini Man.” The innovative filmmaker, like others before him, was so hellbent on dragging moviegoers into seeing cinema the way he does, that he forgot to give them a compelling story.
When Scorsese agreed to make “The Irishman,” he did so only after a 2015 VFX test comparing Robert De Niro in “Goodfellas” to the then-72-year-old actor’s recreation of some scenes, with Pablo Helman’s Ilm de-aging effects added.
Scorsese took Melies’ lesson to heart with “The Irishman,” but it’s one that still eluded Ang Lee with “Gemini Man.” The innovative filmmaker, like others before him, was so hellbent on dragging moviegoers into seeing cinema the way he does, that he forgot to give them a compelling story.
When Scorsese agreed to make “The Irishman,” he did so only after a 2015 VFX test comparing Robert De Niro in “Goodfellas” to the then-72-year-old actor’s recreation of some scenes, with Pablo Helman’s Ilm de-aging effects added.
- 11/3/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Robert Zemeckis is in early talks to direct Disney’s live-action remake of their animated classic “Pinocchio,” an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
“Paddington” director Paul King was originally circling the project but left earlier this year. Chris Weitz wrote the most recent draft of the script, and he’s also producing with Andrew Miano. The film’s original producer, David Heyman, is also no longer involved.
In November 2018, Tom Hanks was in early talks to star but ultimately passed to star as Geppetto, the puppet maker and Pinocchio’s father, but Zemeckis will lead his own search for a cast.
Also Read: Octavia Spencer in Talks to Join Robert Zemeckis' 'The Witches' Remake With Anne Hathaway
The “Back to the Future” and “Forrest Gump” director is currently at work on another remake, “The Witches” for Warner Bros. The film stars Anne Hathaway and is...
“Paddington” director Paul King was originally circling the project but left earlier this year. Chris Weitz wrote the most recent draft of the script, and he’s also producing with Andrew Miano. The film’s original producer, David Heyman, is also no longer involved.
In November 2018, Tom Hanks was in early talks to star but ultimately passed to star as Geppetto, the puppet maker and Pinocchio’s father, but Zemeckis will lead his own search for a cast.
Also Read: Octavia Spencer in Talks to Join Robert Zemeckis' 'The Witches' Remake With Anne Hathaway
The “Back to the Future” and “Forrest Gump” director is currently at work on another remake, “The Witches” for Warner Bros. The film stars Anne Hathaway and is...
- 10/18/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Robert Zemeckis is in early talks to direct Disney’s live-action “Pinocchio.”
Andrew Miano and Chris Weitz will produce through their company Depth of Field with Weitz penning the script. “Paddington” director Paul King had originally been tapped to direct but had to leave the project for unknown reasons at the beginning of the year. David Heyman, who was on board to produce, is also no longer involved with the film.
Though a deal hasn’t closed yet, Zemeckis has been eyeing the project since this summer. He was still, however, working on his current pic “The Witches” for Warner Bros. and didn’t want to commit to a new film until “The Witches” made more progress in production. With that film in post-production now, Zemeckis began turning his sights on his next project, with “Pinocchio” high on his list.
The famous director will now look to gear up the casting process,...
Andrew Miano and Chris Weitz will produce through their company Depth of Field with Weitz penning the script. “Paddington” director Paul King had originally been tapped to direct but had to leave the project for unknown reasons at the beginning of the year. David Heyman, who was on board to produce, is also no longer involved with the film.
Though a deal hasn’t closed yet, Zemeckis has been eyeing the project since this summer. He was still, however, working on his current pic “The Witches” for Warner Bros. and didn’t want to commit to a new film until “The Witches” made more progress in production. With that film in post-production now, Zemeckis began turning his sights on his next project, with “Pinocchio” high on his list.
The famous director will now look to gear up the casting process,...
- 10/18/2019
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
We have a trailer for you to check out for the Netflix limited series Unbelievable. The series tells the heartbreaking true story of a young woman who is raped, who gives her account to the police only to be discredited and made out to be a liar. She is dismissed until a pair of detectives begin to see a trend in rapes happening across different jurisdictions with similar styles.
The woman is played by Kaitlyn Dever, and the detectives are played by Toni Collette and Merritt Wever.
It’s such a heartbreaking story, but important to watch. It’s so crazy to think how many crimes could have been solved back before different precincts and law enforcement agencies shared information. I can’t wait to see these incredible actresses bring this true story to life.
Check out the trailer below and watch Unbelievable on Netflix on Friday, September 13th.
The woman is played by Kaitlyn Dever, and the detectives are played by Toni Collette and Merritt Wever.
It’s such a heartbreaking story, but important to watch. It’s so crazy to think how many crimes could have been solved back before different precincts and law enforcement agencies shared information. I can’t wait to see these incredible actresses bring this true story to life.
Check out the trailer below and watch Unbelievable on Netflix on Friday, September 13th.
- 7/23/2019
- by Jessica Fisher
- GeekTyrant
Tony Sokol Jul 23, 2019
Janelle Monáe will replace Julia Roberts as the lead in Homecoming season 2.
"The world's just made to fade and all the parties some day blow away, but the memories come home," Janelle Monáe sang on her song "What An Experience." The singer-songwriter will uncover repressed memories in her next role. Monáe, who starred in the films Hidden Figures and Moonlight, will play the lead in Amazon's Homecoming season 2, according to Variety.
According to the official character description, Monáe will play "a tenacious woman who finds herself floating in a canoe, with no memory of how she got there — or even who she is."
Julia Roberts was the lead actor in the psychological thriller drama series, which comes from Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail, during its first season. Roberts will serve as an executive producer on the series under her Red Om Films banner.
Homecoming is based...
Janelle Monáe will replace Julia Roberts as the lead in Homecoming season 2.
"The world's just made to fade and all the parties some day blow away, but the memories come home," Janelle Monáe sang on her song "What An Experience." The singer-songwriter will uncover repressed memories in her next role. Monáe, who starred in the films Hidden Figures and Moonlight, will play the lead in Amazon's Homecoming season 2, according to Variety.
According to the official character description, Monáe will play "a tenacious woman who finds herself floating in a canoe, with no memory of how she got there — or even who she is."
Julia Roberts was the lead actor in the psychological thriller drama series, which comes from Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail, during its first season. Roberts will serve as an executive producer on the series under her Red Om Films banner.
Homecoming is based...
- 7/23/2019
- Den of Geek
Oscar nominee Juliette Lewis, Ryan Kwanten and newcomer Jordan Alexander in her first major leading role, are set as series regulars in Sacred Lies: The Singing Bones, the second season of the anthology series from Blumhouse Television for Facebook Watch. Additionally, Kimiko Glenn, Kristin Bauer, Grammy nominated singer Antonique Smith (Luke Cage), Siobhan Williams, Emily Alyn Lind and Odiseas Georgiadis (Trinkets) will join the series in recurring roles.
Production on Sacred Lies: The Singing Bones begins in July in Vancouver.
The second season of the anthology series will feature a new cast and a storyline that draws inspiration from a story collected from the Brothers Grimm, The Singing Bone, as well as real-life murder cases. This...
Production on Sacred Lies: The Singing Bones begins in July in Vancouver.
The second season of the anthology series will feature a new cast and a storyline that draws inspiration from a story collected from the Brothers Grimm, The Singing Bone, as well as real-life murder cases. This...
- 6/27/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
A couple weeks ago we reported that Sebastian Stan and Edgar Ramirez had joined the already impressive cast of the upcoming spy thriller 355 that includes Jessica Chastain, Penelope Cruz, Lupita Nyong’o, and Fan Bingbing. Marion Cotillard was previously attached to the project, but is reportedly no longer involved. We now have another name added to the roster, and that is Diane Kruger, who we know from Inglorious Basterds and Welcome to Marwen. This cast just continues to grow and become more and more impressive. Here’s the synopsis that has been released for the film:
“a globe-trotting adventure that flips the espionage genre upside-down. Chastain, Nyong’o, Cruz and Fan play spies from international agencies around the world. These women must bond together, overcoming their suspicions and conflicts, to use all their considerable talents and training to stop an event from occurring that could thrust our teetering world into total chaos.
“a globe-trotting adventure that flips the espionage genre upside-down. Chastain, Nyong’o, Cruz and Fan play spies from international agencies around the world. These women must bond together, overcoming their suspicions and conflicts, to use all their considerable talents and training to stop an event from occurring that could thrust our teetering world into total chaos.
- 6/4/2019
- by Jessica Fisher
- GeekTyrant
Stars: Steve Carell, Eiza González, Leslie Mann, Diane Kruger, Janelle Monáe | Written by Caroline Thompson, Robert Zemeckis | Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Robert Zemeckis’ recent cinematic entities have entailed one single word if anything else is “mediocre”. The one-time directing king of spectacle with Cast Away, Back to the Future, Forrest Gump etc., has, in the last decade, delivered slog after slog in the likes of underwhelming pictures in Allied, Beowulf, Flight, The Walk and now Welcome to Marwen. A living breathing tragedy of a film if ever you’re unfortunate to witness one develop in front of your eyes. Zemeckis latest is a masterclass of how to convey every sense of the phrase “tone-deaf” into the medium of film. An absolute disaster from start to finish with one of the most truly painful performances I’ve had to endure in Steve Carell in his constant need for attention in the dramatic sense of performance.
Robert Zemeckis’ recent cinematic entities have entailed one single word if anything else is “mediocre”. The one-time directing king of spectacle with Cast Away, Back to the Future, Forrest Gump etc., has, in the last decade, delivered slog after slog in the likes of underwhelming pictures in Allied, Beowulf, Flight, The Walk and now Welcome to Marwen. A living breathing tragedy of a film if ever you’re unfortunate to witness one develop in front of your eyes. Zemeckis latest is a masterclass of how to convey every sense of the phrase “tone-deaf” into the medium of film. An absolute disaster from start to finish with one of the most truly painful performances I’ve had to endure in Steve Carell in his constant need for attention in the dramatic sense of performance.
- 4/12/2019
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
Adapting true stories into feature films is a tricky task. It’s even more difficult when audiences have already seen the actual subject – in documentaries, for example. More difficult again is the process of adapting a story that does not conform to conventional story structure. Robert Zemeckis’ Welcome to Marwen, which arrives on Blu-ray and […]
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- 4/9/2019
- by Andrew Todd
- Slash Film
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’re highlighting the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
Diane (Kent Jones)
The narrative directorial debut of film scholar, curator, and documentary filmmaker Kent Jones elicits an awful lot of anticipation. Often, first features contain raw emotions and boundless pent-up ideas often toned down in future efforts. Diane, written and directed by Jones–known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, along with his previous theatrical feature which aimed to recapture the spirit of Hitchcock/Truffaut’s conversations by engaging with the best filmmakers working in contemporary cinema–is an observant and nuanced dramas which feels closer to the emotional truths of Kenneth Lonergan and Angus MacLachlan than the formal flair of Scorsese and Hitchcock. – John F.
Diane (Kent Jones)
The narrative directorial debut of film scholar, curator, and documentary filmmaker Kent Jones elicits an awful lot of anticipation. Often, first features contain raw emotions and boundless pent-up ideas often toned down in future efforts. Diane, written and directed by Jones–known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, along with his previous theatrical feature which aimed to recapture the spirit of Hitchcock/Truffaut’s conversations by engaging with the best filmmakers working in contemporary cinema–is an observant and nuanced dramas which feels closer to the emotional truths of Kenneth Lonergan and Angus MacLachlan than the formal flair of Scorsese and Hitchcock. – John F.
- 3/29/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Wise Oscarologists make careful study of awards consultants, those highly skilled campaign managers who orchestrate a film’s awards-season life from the fall festival circuit to the final envelope. However, there also is a shadow world that can make or break a film’s chances, one that lies in the offices of distribution and marketing executives. To understand its power, consider the Best Picture win for “Green Book.”
Green Book (Universal) Best Picture, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay
This time last year, “Green Book” was not in the Oscar conversation. Universal initially planned to release the $23 million, adult-skewing drama at Thanksgiving, with a wide release of more than 2,500 screens. The Thanksgiving-adjacent date would give it a chance to acquire older audiences, much as 20th Century Fox did the year prior with “Murder on the Orient Express;” that title grossed over $100 million domestic with little consideration for Oscar chances (and it proved...
Green Book (Universal) Best Picture, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay
This time last year, “Green Book” was not in the Oscar conversation. Universal initially planned to release the $23 million, adult-skewing drama at Thanksgiving, with a wide release of more than 2,500 screens. The Thanksgiving-adjacent date would give it a chance to acquire older audiences, much as 20th Century Fox did the year prior with “Murder on the Orient Express;” that title grossed over $100 million domestic with little consideration for Oscar chances (and it proved...
- 3/1/2019
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
The upcoming DC Universe series “Stargirl” has rounded out its main cast.
Amy Smart, Neil Jackson, Hunter Sansone and Trae Romano have all joined the show in series regular roles, Variety has learned.
Smart will play Barbara Whitmore, the mother of Courtney Whitmore, a.k.a Stargirl. Now that her teenage daughter Courtney (Brec Bassinger) is older, Barbara is jumping back into the workforce and striving to be the best mother and provider she can be to her daughter, her new husband (Luke Wilson), and her new stepson (Romano).
Romano plays Mike Dugan, Pat’s overly-charming teenage son and Courtney’s new stepbrother. Sansone and Jackson will be playing undisclosed DC characters.
Smart is known for her roles in films like “Crank” and “Crank 2: High Voltage,” “Varsity Blues,” “Road Trip,” and “The Butterfly Effect.” On the TV side, she recently recurred on CBS’ “MacGyver” and has also appered on shows such as “Justified,...
Amy Smart, Neil Jackson, Hunter Sansone and Trae Romano have all joined the show in series regular roles, Variety has learned.
Smart will play Barbara Whitmore, the mother of Courtney Whitmore, a.k.a Stargirl. Now that her teenage daughter Courtney (Brec Bassinger) is older, Barbara is jumping back into the workforce and striving to be the best mother and provider she can be to her daughter, her new husband (Luke Wilson), and her new stepson (Romano).
Romano plays Mike Dugan, Pat’s overly-charming teenage son and Courtney’s new stepbrother. Sansone and Jackson will be playing undisclosed DC characters.
Smart is known for her roles in films like “Crank” and “Crank 2: High Voltage,” “Varsity Blues,” “Road Trip,” and “The Butterfly Effect.” On the TV side, she recently recurred on CBS’ “MacGyver” and has also appered on shows such as “Justified,...
- 2/22/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Stargirl, the live-action series premiering later this year on the DC Universe digital subscription service, has rounded out its core cast with the addition of four actors in series regular roles: Amy Smart, Neil Jackson, Hunter Sansone, and Trae Romano.
Smart will play Barbara Whitmore, the mother of Courtney Whitmore/Stargirl (Brec Bassinger) and new wife of Pat Dugan (Luke Wilson). With her daughter in high school, Barbara is diving back into the workforce but striving to balance workplace demands with the commitments of both matrimony and motherhood.
Smart’s TV credits include MacGyver, Shameless, Scrubs, and a season-long arc on the crictically acclaimed FX series Justified. Smart’s film work includes Break Point, Just Friends, The Butterfly Effect, Starsky & Hutch, Crank, and Crank 2: High Voltage.
Romano will play Mike Dugan, the overly charming offspring of Pat (Wilson) and the unctuous new step-relative to household newcomers Barbara and Courtney Whitmore.
Smart will play Barbara Whitmore, the mother of Courtney Whitmore/Stargirl (Brec Bassinger) and new wife of Pat Dugan (Luke Wilson). With her daughter in high school, Barbara is diving back into the workforce but striving to balance workplace demands with the commitments of both matrimony and motherhood.
Smart’s TV credits include MacGyver, Shameless, Scrubs, and a season-long arc on the crictically acclaimed FX series Justified. Smart’s film work includes Break Point, Just Friends, The Butterfly Effect, Starsky & Hutch, Crank, and Crank 2: High Voltage.
Romano will play Mike Dugan, the overly charming offspring of Pat (Wilson) and the unctuous new step-relative to household newcomers Barbara and Courtney Whitmore.
- 2/22/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
“Vice,” the Oscar frontrunner for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, got a big boost at Saturday’s Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards. It won both of its bids for period/character makeup and special makeup effects.Its Oscar rival “Mary Queen of Scots” lost the race for period/character makeup but won for period/character hairstyling. The third Oscar nominee, Swedish film “Border,” was snubbed by the guild.
Last year, the eventual Oscar champ “Darkest Hour” won two of its three races: special makeup effects and best period/character makeup. It lost best period/character hairstyling to “I, Tonya.”
It took till the ninth guild awards of the season for “A Star is Born” to finally win as it was recognized for its contemporary makeup. Bradley Cooper‘s remake of the Hollywood classic had contended at the first eight guild awards unsuccessfully. “Asib: lost best contemporary hairstyling to “Crazy Rich Asians.
Last year, the eventual Oscar champ “Darkest Hour” won two of its three races: special makeup effects and best period/character makeup. It lost best period/character hairstyling to “I, Tonya.”
It took till the ninth guild awards of the season for “A Star is Born” to finally win as it was recognized for its contemporary makeup. Bradley Cooper‘s remake of the Hollywood classic had contended at the first eight guild awards unsuccessfully. “Asib: lost best contemporary hairstyling to “Crazy Rich Asians.
- 2/17/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Janelle Monáe took the 2019 Grammy Awards stage to perform the Dirty Computer single “Make Me Feel.” The performer is up for Album of the Year at tonight’s ceremony.
Watch: Janelle Monae perform Look What You Made Me Do #Grammys pic.twitter.com/7hNMh6yJhS
— Opinionated Me (@opinion8dmecom) February 11, 2019
Surrounded by futuristic-looking back-up dancers dressed in skintight latex outfits, Monáe took the stage carrying her guitar and surrounded by smoke accented by purple-and-pink lights. As the song progressed, she danced her way to the lower stage and encounters dancers...
Watch: Janelle Monae perform Look What You Made Me Do #Grammys pic.twitter.com/7hNMh6yJhS
— Opinionated Me (@opinion8dmecom) February 11, 2019
Surrounded by futuristic-looking back-up dancers dressed in skintight latex outfits, Monáe took the stage carrying her guitar and surrounded by smoke accented by purple-and-pink lights. As the song progressed, she danced her way to the lower stage and encounters dancers...
- 2/11/2019
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
Boy Erased
Joel Edgerton's Boy Erased, which tells the story of a young man who undergoes gay conversion therapy, has had its expected opening in Brazil this month cancelled amid accusations of censorship. The film is based on the memoir of American Garrard Conley, who now lives openly as a gay man, and has been widely praised by critics.
"I felt that this could happen and I am very sad that this kind of thing happens in an incredible country," tweeted Conley after the announcement, referring to the decision as 'censorship', but he has since deleted the tweet. Universal Pictures has released a statement saying that the decision was purely "a commercial issue based on the cost of the launch campaign versus the estimated box office in theaters." It has pointed out that it is also cancelling the Brazilian release of Welcome To Marwen, which stars Steve Carell as a victim.
Joel Edgerton's Boy Erased, which tells the story of a young man who undergoes gay conversion therapy, has had its expected opening in Brazil this month cancelled amid accusations of censorship. The film is based on the memoir of American Garrard Conley, who now lives openly as a gay man, and has been widely praised by critics.
"I felt that this could happen and I am very sad that this kind of thing happens in an incredible country," tweeted Conley after the announcement, referring to the decision as 'censorship', but he has since deleted the tweet. Universal Pictures has released a statement saying that the decision was purely "a commercial issue based on the cost of the launch campaign versus the estimated box office in theaters." It has pointed out that it is also cancelling the Brazilian release of Welcome To Marwen, which stars Steve Carell as a victim.
- 2/6/2019
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
“Avengers: Infinity War,” which is predicted to win the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, swept the Visual Effects Society Awards on Feb. 5. Among its four wins was one in the Ves equivalent of the Best Picture race — visual effects in a feature motion picture. It prevailed over three of its four Oscar rivals — “Christopher Robin,”“Ready Player One,” “Solo: A Star Wars Story” — plus “Welcome to Marwen.”
The fifth Oscar nominee, “First Man,” won best supporting visual effects over “12 Strong,” “Bird Box,” “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Outlaw King.”
And “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” claimed best visual effects in an animated feature over “The Grinch,” ““Incredibles 2,” “Isle of Dogs” and “Ralph Breaks the Internet.”
On the TV side, “Lost in Space” took four awards while “Jack Ryan” earned one.
In the 16-year history of the Ves Awards, the winner of Best Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture has gone...
The fifth Oscar nominee, “First Man,” won best supporting visual effects over “12 Strong,” “Bird Box,” “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Outlaw King.”
And “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” claimed best visual effects in an animated feature over “The Grinch,” ““Incredibles 2,” “Isle of Dogs” and “Ralph Breaks the Internet.”
On the TV side, “Lost in Space” took four awards while “Jack Ryan” earned one.
In the 16-year history of the Ves Awards, the winner of Best Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture has gone...
- 2/6/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The 17th annual Ves Awards are being handed out tonight at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, and Deadline will be live-blogging the affair and updating the winners list live. Patton Oswalt is hosting the Visual Effects Society’s gala, which celebrates the best VFX artistry and innovation in film, animation, TV, commercials and video games across 24 categories.
The winner of the Ves Award for Photoreal Feature has gone on to win the Visual Effects Oscar 10 of the 16 times it has been presented, but it hasn’t been much of a harbinger for the past half-decade or so. Last year the Ves Award went to War for the Planet of the Apes, while the Academy Award was claimed by Blade Runner 2049, as Roger Deakins won for the first time in his 14th nominations. The Jungle Book won both in 2017, but Ves and Oscar failed to match up in either of the previous two years.
The winner of the Ves Award for Photoreal Feature has gone on to win the Visual Effects Oscar 10 of the 16 times it has been presented, but it hasn’t been much of a harbinger for the past half-decade or so. Last year the Ves Award went to War for the Planet of the Apes, while the Academy Award was claimed by Blade Runner 2049, as Roger Deakins won for the first time in his 14th nominations. The Jungle Book won both in 2017, but Ves and Oscar failed to match up in either of the previous two years.
- 2/6/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
With several major films coming down the pike, 2019 could still be as big a year for the box office as 2018 was. But first, it’s going to have to get out of this sluggish start.
While Super Bowl weekend typically sees a drop in ticket sales, this weekend’s $67 million combined total was the weakest the box office has seen since August 2017, and the worst Super Bowl weekend since 2000. That comes after a January in which monthly grosses only reached $814.9 million. That’s the lowest since 2013 and ranks outside the top 10 among all January monthly totals.
“We were celebrating an incredibly strong finish to a record 2018, and then a big breeze came in,” said comScore’s Paul Dergarabedian.
Also Read: 'Glass' Leads Weakest Super Bowl Weekend Box Office Since 2000
Several factors are to blame for this weak start, the main one being, as always, the movies that are being offered.
While Super Bowl weekend typically sees a drop in ticket sales, this weekend’s $67 million combined total was the weakest the box office has seen since August 2017, and the worst Super Bowl weekend since 2000. That comes after a January in which monthly grosses only reached $814.9 million. That’s the lowest since 2013 and ranks outside the top 10 among all January monthly totals.
“We were celebrating an incredibly strong finish to a record 2018, and then a big breeze came in,” said comScore’s Paul Dergarabedian.
Also Read: 'Glass' Leads Weakest Super Bowl Weekend Box Office Since 2000
Several factors are to blame for this weak start, the main one being, as always, the movies that are being offered.
- 2/3/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Robert Zemeckis’ adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1983 novel “The Witches” will hit theaters on Oct. 16, 2020.
It was reported earlier this month that Oscar winner Anne Hathaway would star as the Grand High Witch, which was played by Anjelica Huston in the first adaptation of the children’s book in 1990. Zemeckis is directing and writing the script based on the book about a boy who stumbles across a coven of child-hating witches who secretly inhabit the world and is forced to stop them even after he’s been transformed into a mouse.
In addition to directing, Zemekis will produce along with Jack Rapke, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro and Luke Kelly.
Del Toro had previously been attached as director, but had to step down due to scheduling conflicts.
Also Read: Anne Hathaway to Star in Robert Zemeckis' 'The Witches' Remake
“The Witches” was previously made into a film by...
It was reported earlier this month that Oscar winner Anne Hathaway would star as the Grand High Witch, which was played by Anjelica Huston in the first adaptation of the children’s book in 1990. Zemeckis is directing and writing the script based on the book about a boy who stumbles across a coven of child-hating witches who secretly inhabit the world and is forced to stop them even after he’s been transformed into a mouse.
In addition to directing, Zemekis will produce along with Jack Rapke, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro and Luke Kelly.
Del Toro had previously been attached as director, but had to step down due to scheduling conflicts.
Also Read: Anne Hathaway to Star in Robert Zemeckis' 'The Witches' Remake
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- 1/31/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
It always helps a potential Academy Award nominee if they feature in a second (or even third) project alongside the one they are hoping to be nominated for. At worst, it helps get their faces out there a bit more and gets a few more Oscar voters to notice them. At best, it helps them garner more votes from the various colleagues they’ve worked with over the two or three projects. It also serves as a timely reminder of their talent, skills, and range.
For example, it helped recent Best Actor nominee Timothee Chalamet that he also appeared in “Hostiles” and “Lady Bird” the same year. Likewise, appearing in Martin Scorsese’s “Silence” (2016) helped Andrew Garfield earn a Best Actor nomination for “Hacksaw Ridge.”
But which potential male acting this year have other projects out that could give them a little boost on their way to the Oscar podium – or,...
For example, it helped recent Best Actor nominee Timothee Chalamet that he also appeared in “Hostiles” and “Lady Bird” the same year. Likewise, appearing in Martin Scorsese’s “Silence” (2016) helped Andrew Garfield earn a Best Actor nomination for “Hacksaw Ridge.”
But which potential male acting this year have other projects out that could give them a little boost on their way to the Oscar podium – or,...
- 1/21/2019
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Critical and audience reception for Universal’s “Glass” hasn’t been as high as it was for its 2017 predecessor “Split,” but M. Night Shyamalan’s latest film is still on pace for a $47 million 4-day opening, which would be the third-highest opening on Martin Luther King Jr. weekend in industry history.
The Mlk opening record belongs to “American Sniper” with $107.2 million, while No. 2 is “Ride Along” with $48.6 million and “Cloverfield” sits at No. 3 with $46.1 million. On the 3-day side, “Glass” is seeing an opening weekend consistent with “Split,” earning $40.5 million from Friday-Sunday, compared to $40 million for Kevin Crumb’s debut.
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While independent trackers had projected a much higher opening for “Glass” — some estimates reached as high as $68 million — this is still a positive result for Universal after a December in which two of its films,...
The Mlk opening record belongs to “American Sniper” with $107.2 million, while No. 2 is “Ride Along” with $48.6 million and “Cloverfield” sits at No. 3 with $46.1 million. On the 3-day side, “Glass” is seeing an opening weekend consistent with “Split,” earning $40.5 million from Friday-Sunday, compared to $40 million for Kevin Crumb’s debut.
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- 1/20/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Coming off the low that was his latest film “Welcome to Marwen,” Robert Zemeckis is planning his comeback with the new movie “The Witches,” and pulling some big names for it too. A remake of the 1990 cult classic starring Anjelica Huston, the new film will now have Anne Hathaway playing the main villainous role.
The famed director responsible for classics like the “Back to the Future” trilogy and “Forrest Gump” hit a bit of a rough patch with the most recent ‘Marwen,’ which came out over Christmas.
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The famed director responsible for classics like the “Back to the Future” trilogy and “Forrest Gump” hit a bit of a rough patch with the most recent ‘Marwen,’ which came out over Christmas.
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- 1/17/2019
- by Margaret Kennedy
- The Playlist
Don't you agree that there is something squalid in defending the likes of Robert Zemeckis? You know the guy won the Best Director Oscar, right? Indeed, one need only glance at virtually any woke online discussion of Back to the Future (1985) or Forrest Gump (1994) to see the reflexive disgust of a whole subset of aging cinephiles—from which I do not exempt myself—in action. Sift through his filmography. On one side, there’s the string of good-natured childhood touchstones that bring with them the baggage of a geeky cinephilic adolescence. On the other, the desert in which one painful commercial failure after another lie like bones in the blistering sun. These days, each new Zemeckis release is greeted with an embarrassed, if qualified shrug of the shoulders.Isn’t it banal, too, to have to admit that you find all the good movies of the year, well, listless, without merit?...
- 1/16/2019
- MUBI
Anne Hathaway will star in Warner Bros.’ “The Witches,” Robert Zemeckis’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1983 novel, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Hathaway will play the Grand High Witch, played by Anjelica Huston in the first adaptation of the children’s book in 1990. Zemeckis is directing and writing the script based on the book about a boy who stumbles across a coven of child-hating witches who secretly inhabit the world and is forced to stop them even after he’s been transformed into a mouse.
Zemeckis is producing with Jack Rapke via their ImageMovers banner, as well as with Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro.
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Hathaway will play the Grand High Witch, played by Anjelica Huston in the first adaptation of the children’s book in 1990. Zemeckis is directing and writing the script based on the book about a boy who stumbles across a coven of child-hating witches who secretly inhabit the world and is forced to stop them even after he’s been transformed into a mouse.
Zemeckis is producing with Jack Rapke via their ImageMovers banner, as well as with Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro.
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- 1/16/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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