The March 14th Grammys telecast, which Rolling Stone declared the best Grammys ever, was full of show-stopping performances, surprising wins, and broken records. Many artists had huge nights, with Megan Thee Stallion taking home three awards (including Best New Artist), Taylor Swift breaking the record for the most Album of the Year wins for a female artist, and Harry Styles winning his first Grammy. Just how much of an impact does winning these awards have on an artist’s sales and streams?
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- 3/18/2021
- by Andrew Firriolo
- Rollingstone.com
As a fictional singer-songwriter who once fictionally peed their fictional pants at a fictional Grammys ceremony once sang, via real-life, dry-trousered songwriter Jason Isbell, “Maybe it’s time to let the old ways die.” And, like, it really is. The 2021 Grammy broadcast was already poised for reinvention, with producer Ken Ehrlich stepping down following a decades-long tenure. As Covid-19 forced a deeper rethink, and Late Late Show with James Corden’s Ben Winston took over the production, along with longtime BET Awards producer Jesse Collins (who also just worked on...
- 3/15/2021
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
What can you say about a Grammy Night that begins with Harry Styles in a feather boa and ends with Billie Eilish saying, “What’s up, Ringo?” Just this: They should always do the Grammys this way. Last night was the best Grammy show ever, by an absurd margin — nearly four hours focused on artists doing their own songs, every performance excellent. No audience, and barely any awards. No stupid comedy bits. No presenters reading scripted banter. No Zoom screens. No “let’s ride the subway with Sting” montage. Just music.
- 3/15/2021
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
Megan Thee Stallion was the big winner at the 63rd Grammy Awards, winning three trophies in a night when Beyonce broke the record for most number of Grammy wins. Scoring an individual haul that stands at 28 Grammys, Beyonce has now surpassed the record previously held by Alisson Krauss.
Taylor Swift also entered the record books. With her Grammy for Album of the Year for Folklore, she became the first singer-songwriter to win the prize three times, and overall fourth musician to achieve this feat.
Megan won three Grammys - Best New Artist, Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance - at the in-person live/virtual ceremony hosted by Trevor Noah on Sunday night (Monday according to India time) that had as a highlight an extended in-tribute section honouring those who died in the last one year.
"There's going to be stages that are intricately designed to be socially distanced but...
Taylor Swift also entered the record books. With her Grammy for Album of the Year for Folklore, she became the first singer-songwriter to win the prize three times, and overall fourth musician to achieve this feat.
Megan won three Grammys - Best New Artist, Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance - at the in-person live/virtual ceremony hosted by Trevor Noah on Sunday night (Monday according to India time) that had as a highlight an extended in-tribute section honouring those who died in the last one year.
"There's going to be stages that are intricately designed to be socially distanced but...
- 3/15/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
“Music’s Biggest Night,” as the Grammy Awards are known, went off without a hitch on Sunday night (March 14). Hosted by Trevor Noah, and produced by a new team led by “James Corden” executive producer Ben Winston, there was an expectation of a more innovative approach and look to an awards show, and the Grammys did not disappoint. Featuring an indoor in-the-round set-up, not unlike Jools Holland’s in the U.K., artists were able to watch each other as they performed — which, considering the lack of live music for the last year, was a rare luxury afforded to the few and mighty. In addition, elaborate pre-taped performances allowed for the spectacle one would want from a music show.
There was plenty of pizzaz and plenty of prizes to go around as many winning artists walked home with one major-ish award each — Beyonce, H.E.R. and Billie Eilish nabbed two a...
There was plenty of pizzaz and plenty of prizes to go around as many winning artists walked home with one major-ish award each — Beyonce, H.E.R. and Billie Eilish nabbed two a...
- 3/15/2021
- by Shirley Halperin and Michele Amabile Angermiller
- Variety Film + TV
The 63rd Annual Grammy Award winners were announced on March 14 in 84 categories ranging from the top prize of Album of the Year to outstanding achievements in genres including pop, rock, rap, Latin, classical, comedy and more. Scroll down to see who won every single prize, updated throughout the day and night as winners were announced.
The majority of awards were presented during the Premiere Ceremony that started at Noon Pacific/3:00pm Eastern. That pre-show was hosted by Jhene Aiko, a three-time nominee this year, and featured performers including Burna Boy, Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, Igor Levit, Lido Pimienta, Poppy and Rufus Wainwright.
The main event started at 5:00pm Pacific/8:00pm Eastern with host Trevor Noah, who in addition to being the star of “The Daily Show” was a Grammy nominee in 2020 for his comedy album “Son of Patricia.” It featured performances by nominated acts like Taylor Swift,...
The majority of awards were presented during the Premiere Ceremony that started at Noon Pacific/3:00pm Eastern. That pre-show was hosted by Jhene Aiko, a three-time nominee this year, and featured performers including Burna Boy, Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, Igor Levit, Lido Pimienta, Poppy and Rufus Wainwright.
The main event started at 5:00pm Pacific/8:00pm Eastern with host Trevor Noah, who in addition to being the star of “The Daily Show” was a Grammy nominee in 2020 for his comedy album “Son of Patricia.” It featured performances by nominated acts like Taylor Swift,...
- 3/15/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery and Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Harry Styles kicked off the live-performance-loaded Grammy Awards on Sunday with his hit “Watermelon Sugar,” which turned out to be a harbinger when later in the night the former One Direction singer won Best Pop Solo Performance for the song.
It kicked off a Grammy night on CBS that featured several back-to-back-to-back performances that led in and out of the handing out of awards, including from all of the Record of the Year nominees. The format included several artists waiting for their turn hanging hear the stage to bob their heads along to the music.
The highlight of the night might have been Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion performing their normally Nsfw song “Wap” live for the first time, complete with a stripper pole and an oversize bed on which the two definitely did not observe social distancing protocols.
Also standing out was Lil Baby performing the politically charged...
It kicked off a Grammy night on CBS that featured several back-to-back-to-back performances that led in and out of the handing out of awards, including from all of the Record of the Year nominees. The format included several artists waiting for their turn hanging hear the stage to bob their heads along to the music.
The highlight of the night might have been Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion performing their normally Nsfw song “Wap” live for the first time, complete with a stripper pole and an oversize bed on which the two definitely did not observe social distancing protocols.
Also standing out was Lil Baby performing the politically charged...
- 3/15/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Haim brought the house down with “The Steps” in their first-ever Grammy performance at the 2021 ceremony.
Following the show’s Covid-19 guidelines, the sisters performed in the round without an audience, surrounded only by the other acts — Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, Black Pumas — along with host Trevor Noah and Grammys producers and stage crew. Despite the unusual setup, Haim rocked out to the Women in Music Pt. III track in front of a striking red background.
Haim Killing It As Always
pic.twitter.com/bMZyZdDMFk
— esme folklorian (@wonnderIand) March 15, 2021
Haim...
Following the show’s Covid-19 guidelines, the sisters performed in the round without an audience, surrounded only by the other acts — Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, Black Pumas — along with host Trevor Noah and Grammys producers and stage crew. Despite the unusual setup, Haim rocked out to the Women in Music Pt. III track in front of a striking red background.
Haim Killing It As Always
pic.twitter.com/bMZyZdDMFk
— esme folklorian (@wonnderIand) March 15, 2021
Haim...
- 3/15/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
The 2021 Grammy Awards winners will be revealed on Sunday, March 14 in a two-part ceremony at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The 2021 Grammy Awards nominations were announced way back on November 24, 2020. The 2021 Grammys were originally slated to take place on January 31 but the Covid-19 pandemic pushed this date back by six weeks. Scroll down to see the full 2021 Grammy Awards nominations list.
The majority of Grammys in the 84 categories spread across 30 fields will be handed out in a non-televised event, the Premiere Ceremony, on Sunday afternoon. The televised portion of the Grammy Awards will begin on CBS at 5:00 p.m. Pt/8:00 p.m. Et. Expect that 3.5 hour telecast to be dominated by musical performances with about a dozen presentations of prizes.
General Field
Album Of The Year
“Chilombo,” Jhené Aiko
“Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition),” Black Pumas
“Everyday Life,” Coldplay
“Djesse Vol. 3,” Jacob Collier
“Women in Music Pt. III,...
The majority of Grammys in the 84 categories spread across 30 fields will be handed out in a non-televised event, the Premiere Ceremony, on Sunday afternoon. The televised portion of the Grammy Awards will begin on CBS at 5:00 p.m. Pt/8:00 p.m. Et. Expect that 3.5 hour telecast to be dominated by musical performances with about a dozen presentations of prizes.
General Field
Album Of The Year
“Chilombo,” Jhené Aiko
“Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition),” Black Pumas
“Everyday Life,” Coldplay
“Djesse Vol. 3,” Jacob Collier
“Women in Music Pt. III,...
- 3/13/2021
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The Grammys will be handed out on Sunday night, March 14, during a ceremony hosted by Grammy-nominated comedian and “Daily Show” star Trevor Noah. But who will take home trophies this year? Scroll down for our predictions in 32 categories, listed in order of our racetrack odds with projected winners highlighted in gold. Do you agree with our forecasts?
Our odds are based on the combined predictions of our registered users, including the Editors who cover awards full-time for Gold Derby, the Top 24 Users who got the highest scores predicting last year’s Grammy winners, and the All-Star Top 24 who had the best predictions scores when you combine the results for the past two years, so those two elite groups of prognosticators are especially important to pay attention to.
SEEEverything to know about Grammys 2021
The Grammy nominations shocked us in many ways with left-field bids for under-the-radar artists like Black Pumas and Jacob Collier,...
Our odds are based on the combined predictions of our registered users, including the Editors who cover awards full-time for Gold Derby, the Top 24 Users who got the highest scores predicting last year’s Grammy winners, and the All-Star Top 24 who had the best predictions scores when you combine the results for the past two years, so those two elite groups of prognosticators are especially important to pay attention to.
SEEEverything to know about Grammys 2021
The Grammy nominations shocked us in many ways with left-field bids for under-the-radar artists like Black Pumas and Jacob Collier,...
- 3/11/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Haim have released an expanded edition of their Grammy-nominated album Women in Music Pt. III, originally released last spring. The new edition includes a remix of the Wimpiii track “Gasoline” featuring Taylor Swift, and a remix of “3Am” featuring Thundercat.
Swift previously collaborated with Danielle and Este Haim on the song “No Body, No Crime,” from Swift’s December 2020 album Evermore. That same month, Haim dropped a Toro Y Moi remix of “3 Am.” In February 2020, the band made a cameo appearance in Thundercat’s music video for “Dragonball Durag.”
Haim...
Swift previously collaborated with Danielle and Este Haim on the song “No Body, No Crime,” from Swift’s December 2020 album Evermore. That same month, Haim dropped a Toro Y Moi remix of “3 Am.” In February 2020, the band made a cameo appearance in Thundercat’s music video for “Dragonball Durag.”
Haim...
- 2/19/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
The Grammy races in the rock field are some of the tightest they’ve ever been. From newcomers looking for their first awards to overdue veterans, let’s take a look at who is in the hunt for some gold in the song categories come March.
DISCUSS2021 Grammys Edition: Which Categories Are You 100% Sure About?
Best Rock Performance
Kudos to the recording academy for making this an all-women lineup. Women in rock have been underrepresented in past years, and 2020 was truly the year for women in the genre, with many releasing critically acclaimed albums that defined the year.
By process of elimination, we can take out Big Thief’s “Not”; the band missed Best Alternative Album. Haim (“The Steps”) were also snubbed in the alternative category, but they got into Album of the Year, so there might still be strong support for them across the academy. That said, “The Steps...
DISCUSS2021 Grammys Edition: Which Categories Are You 100% Sure About?
Best Rock Performance
Kudos to the recording academy for making this an all-women lineup. Women in rock have been underrepresented in past years, and 2020 was truly the year for women in the genre, with many releasing critically acclaimed albums that defined the year.
By process of elimination, we can take out Big Thief’s “Not”; the band missed Best Alternative Album. Haim (“The Steps”) were also snubbed in the alternative category, but they got into Album of the Year, so there might still be strong support for them across the academy. That said, “The Steps...
- 1/29/2021
- by Jaime Rodriguez
- Gold Derby
Rock band and three-time Grammy Award nominees Haim will write the original music for a new animated feature for Netflix called ‘The Witch Boy.”
Minkyu Lee, who is Oscar-nominated for his animated short “Adam and Dog,” will direct “The Witch Boy” based on the best-selling graphic novel series of the same name by Molly Knox Ostertag.
“The Witch Boy” is set in a secret, magical community where girls are born to be witches and boys grow into shapeshifters. But one boy, Aster, is surprised to discover his emerging and extraordinary witch powers. When a mysterious danger threatens his world, Aster must embark on a journey to uncover the truth behind himself, his powers and everything that is magical.
Maria Melnik wrote the screenplay. Vertigo Entertainment is producing the film, along with Roy Lee, Miri Yoon and Ryan Harris.
“It has been a lifelong dream of mine to create an animated...
Minkyu Lee, who is Oscar-nominated for his animated short “Adam and Dog,” will direct “The Witch Boy” based on the best-selling graphic novel series of the same name by Molly Knox Ostertag.
“The Witch Boy” is set in a secret, magical community where girls are born to be witches and boys grow into shapeshifters. But one boy, Aster, is surprised to discover his emerging and extraordinary witch powers. When a mysterious danger threatens his world, Aster must embark on a journey to uncover the truth behind himself, his powers and everything that is magical.
Maria Melnik wrote the screenplay. Vertigo Entertainment is producing the film, along with Roy Lee, Miri Yoon and Ryan Harris.
“It has been a lifelong dream of mine to create an animated...
- 1/28/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Los Angeles, Nov 25 (Ians) The 2021 Grammy Awards nominations are all about women power with Beyonce, Taylor Swift and Dua Lipa leading the way.
Beyonce is leading the contender at the 2021 Grammy Awards with nine nods. She is followed by Taylor Swift, Roddy Ricch and Dua Lipa, who earned six nominations each.
Brittany Howard, of Alabama Shakes fame, earned five nominations for her solo debut. Earning four each were Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby, Phoebe Bridgers, Justin Bieber, jazz pianist John Beasley and classical producer David Frost, reports Variety.
As a shocker, The Weeknd didn't get nominated. Despite being predicted to dominate the nominations at the 63rd annual Grammys, the pop-r&b superstar's "Blinding lights" single and "After Hours" album got zero nominations.
Beyonce will be competing against herself in the Record of the Year category. She is nominated in the category for "Black Parade" as well as "Savage". She fights Black Pumas,...
Beyonce is leading the contender at the 2021 Grammy Awards with nine nods. She is followed by Taylor Swift, Roddy Ricch and Dua Lipa, who earned six nominations each.
Brittany Howard, of Alabama Shakes fame, earned five nominations for her solo debut. Earning four each were Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby, Phoebe Bridgers, Justin Bieber, jazz pianist John Beasley and classical producer David Frost, reports Variety.
As a shocker, The Weeknd didn't get nominated. Despite being predicted to dominate the nominations at the 63rd annual Grammys, the pop-r&b superstar's "Blinding lights" single and "After Hours" album got zero nominations.
Beyonce will be competing against herself in the Record of the Year category. She is nominated in the category for "Black Parade" as well as "Savage". She fights Black Pumas,...
- 11/25/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
For once, the country music patriarchy is riding shotgun.
Country may be renowned as a genre where the women do not always get a fair shake, but you would not guess that from how the nominations for the 2021 Grammys shook out. Female solo artists or bands with women as primary lead singers accounted for all five of the nominations in the best country album category. Moreover, female-fronted material was awarded four out of five slots in two other categories, best country song and best country solo performance. That 80-to-100% imbalance is, of course, pretty much the exact inverse of what a fan of the music will hear on the airwaves.
If the Grammys were making a statement, the Recording Academy wasn’t just making it in country. There was a similar readjusting of the scales happening in some of the rock categories. For best rock performance, all six nominees are...
Country may be renowned as a genre where the women do not always get a fair shake, but you would not guess that from how the nominations for the 2021 Grammys shook out. Female solo artists or bands with women as primary lead singers accounted for all five of the nominations in the best country album category. Moreover, female-fronted material was awarded four out of five slots in two other categories, best country song and best country solo performance. That 80-to-100% imbalance is, of course, pretty much the exact inverse of what a fan of the music will hear on the airwaves.
If the Grammys were making a statement, the Recording Academy wasn’t just making it in country. There was a similar readjusting of the scales happening in some of the rock categories. For best rock performance, all six nominees are...
- 11/24/2020
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
The 2021 Grammy Award nominations were announced on Tuesday, November 24, at noon Eastern (9:00 a.m. Pacific). So who made the cut? Scroll down to see the list. Winners of the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards will be revealed on Sunday, January 31 in a two-part ceremony at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The majority of the awards in the 84 categories spread across 30 fields will be handed out in a non-televised event, the Premiere Ceremony, that afternoon. The televised portion of the Grammys will begin on CBS at 5:00 p.m. Pt/8:00 p.m. Et. Expect that 3.5 hour telecast to be dominated by musical performances with about a dozen presentations of prizes. Scroll down for the full and complete list of nominees for the 63rd Grammys.
Keep refreshing this page for the most up-to-date results
General Field
Album Of The Year
“Chilombo,” Jhené Aiko
“Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition),” Black Pumas
“Everyday Life,...
The majority of the awards in the 84 categories spread across 30 fields will be handed out in a non-televised event, the Premiere Ceremony, that afternoon. The televised portion of the Grammys will begin on CBS at 5:00 p.m. Pt/8:00 p.m. Et. Expect that 3.5 hour telecast to be dominated by musical performances with about a dozen presentations of prizes. Scroll down for the full and complete list of nominees for the 63rd Grammys.
Keep refreshing this page for the most up-to-date results
General Field
Album Of The Year
“Chilombo,” Jhené Aiko
“Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition),” Black Pumas
“Everyday Life,...
- 11/24/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The Grammys’ rock categories are usually filled with interesting, though sometimes questionable, choices. This year in particular, the rock genre boasts a lot of noteworthy contenders ranging from hard rock to more Americana-inflected music. Let’s take a look at who’s in the hunt for Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song nominations this year.
The Killers might be the front-runners with their hit “Caution.” The song was number-one on rock and alternative radio, and the band might be overdue for a Grammy at this point with seven past nominations and no wins. Joining them will likely be Brittany Howard with “Stay High,” which could earn her a win due to passion for her potential Album of the Year contender, “Jaime,” not to mention the fact that she’s been nominated five times before for Best Rock Performance, including a win for “Don’t Wanna Fight” in 2016 with her band Alabama Shakes.
The Killers might be the front-runners with their hit “Caution.” The song was number-one on rock and alternative radio, and the band might be overdue for a Grammy at this point with seven past nominations and no wins. Joining them will likely be Brittany Howard with “Stay High,” which could earn her a win due to passion for her potential Album of the Year contender, “Jaime,” not to mention the fact that she’s been nominated five times before for Best Rock Performance, including a win for “Don’t Wanna Fight” in 2016 with her band Alabama Shakes.
- 11/22/2020
- by Jaime Rodriguez
- Gold Derby
The three sisters of Haim are all quarantined separately during the Covid-19 pandemic, so they had to make due with remotely performing their new single, “I Know Alone,” for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Broadcasting via webcam, Este, Danielle and Alana were all set up in their respective houses with keyboards, microphones, and all the other necessary equipment to play the new track, which coincidentally is about feeling alone in a big city. It was a pretty standard at-home performance until the very end, when Haim simultaneously turned off...
Broadcasting via webcam, Este, Danielle and Alana were all set up in their respective houses with keyboards, microphones, and all the other necessary equipment to play the new track, which coincidentally is about feeling alone in a big city. It was a pretty standard at-home performance until the very end, when Haim simultaneously turned off...
- 4/30/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Haim dropped a timely new single, “I Know Alone,” off their upcoming album Women in Music Pt. III, out June 26th.
Directed remotely by Jake Schreier, the song’s video features the sister trio on a basketball court performing a choreographed dance to the somber synth-heavy track. “Been a couple days since I’ve been out/Calling all my friends but they won’t pick up,” they lament in the first verse. “Found another room in a different place/Sleeping through the day and I dream the same.”
In a statement,...
Directed remotely by Jake Schreier, the song’s video features the sister trio on a basketball court performing a choreographed dance to the somber synth-heavy track. “Been a couple days since I’ve been out/Calling all my friends but they won’t pick up,” they lament in the first verse. “Found another room in a different place/Sleeping through the day and I dream the same.”
In a statement,...
- 4/29/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Former The Passage star Emmanuelle Chriqui is set as a series regular opposite Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch in Superman & Lois, the CW’s straight-to-series drama about the iconic DC couple, from The Flash executive producer Todd Helbing, DC Universe architect Greg Berlanti and Warner Bros. TV. Chriqui will play the popular DC character Lana Lang.
Written by Helbing, based on the DC characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Superman & Lois revolves around the world’s most famous superhero and comic books’ most famous journalist, played by Hoechlin and Tulloch, as they deal with all the stress, pressures and complexities that come with being working parents in today’s society.
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Written by Helbing, based on the DC characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Superman & Lois revolves around the world’s most famous superhero and comic books’ most famous journalist, played by Hoechlin and Tulloch, as they deal with all the stress, pressures and complexities that come with being working parents in today’s society.
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- 4/7/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Breaking: Bad Robot has acquired six new projects from a number of up and coming filmmakers. This comes amidst speculation over where Jj Abrams will set his company to a new overall deal when the pact with Paramount expires. He’s meeting all the majors, and while there’s talk of Warner Bros, Universal, Netflix and others vying, many in town believe his landing place will be Disney, where Abrams has been working often, and where he is directing his second Star Wars film after relaunching the franchise there. Bad Robot and Paramount just released the genre film Overlord.
Here are the new films, set with the producer’s discretionary fund through its Paramount deal:
* The Steps — Pic is a twist on a possession story. Blair Butler will write the project, based on an original idea by director Stefan Grube.
* Untitled Megan Amram — Megan Amram (The Good Place and Silicon Valley...
Here are the new films, set with the producer’s discretionary fund through its Paramount deal:
* The Steps — Pic is a twist on a possession story. Blair Butler will write the project, based on an original idea by director Stefan Grube.
* Untitled Megan Amram — Megan Amram (The Good Place and Silicon Valley...
- 11/14/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
J.J. Abrams’ production company Bad Robot has acquired six new projects to develop in house, including films by “black-ish” writer Lisa McQuillan and “The Good Place” writer Megan Amram.
Bad Robot has acquired “The Steps,” written by Blair Butler, based on an original idea by director Stefan Grube and described as a twist on a possession story; the currently untitled project by Amram, which will be a female-driven horror allegory; “The Seven Sisters of Scott County,” which will be written and directed by Courtney Hoffman; an untitled Ben Shiffrin story about time travel; “Everything Must Go,” which will star Bobby Hall and he will also co-write alongside McQuillan; and “Only the Lonely,” to be directed by Grube and written by Dylan Meyer and Peter Glanz.
Most recently, Bad Robot’s film division released the World War II horror film, “Overlord,” which grossed $10.2 million its opening weekend. Up next, Bad Robot...
Bad Robot has acquired “The Steps,” written by Blair Butler, based on an original idea by director Stefan Grube and described as a twist on a possession story; the currently untitled project by Amram, which will be a female-driven horror allegory; “The Seven Sisters of Scott County,” which will be written and directed by Courtney Hoffman; an untitled Ben Shiffrin story about time travel; “Everything Must Go,” which will star Bobby Hall and he will also co-write alongside McQuillan; and “Only the Lonely,” to be directed by Grube and written by Dylan Meyer and Peter Glanz.
Most recently, Bad Robot’s film division released the World War II horror film, “Overlord,” which grossed $10.2 million its opening weekend. Up next, Bad Robot...
- 11/14/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Roster includes feature directorial debut by Star Wars: Episode IX co-editor.
J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, whose World War Two horror Overlord debuted at number three in the North American charts last weekend, has bulked up its production slate with six projects from a crop of up-and-coming filmmakers.
The roster includes The Steps, which is based on an original idea by first-time director Stefan Grube and described as a twist on a possession story. Blair Butler will write the screenplay.
Grube is currently working as an editor alongside Maryann Brandon on Star Wars: Episode IX for Disney, Lucasfilm and Bad Robot,...
J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, whose World War Two horror Overlord debuted at number three in the North American charts last weekend, has bulked up its production slate with six projects from a crop of up-and-coming filmmakers.
The roster includes The Steps, which is based on an original idea by first-time director Stefan Grube and described as a twist on a possession story. Blair Butler will write the screenplay.
Grube is currently working as an editor alongside Maryann Brandon on Star Wars: Episode IX for Disney, Lucasfilm and Bad Robot,...
- 11/14/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
“If your life flashed before your eyes, would you like what you see?” That’s the question that the new film “A Beautiful Now” asks its audience as it takes them on an all-night vigil for the life of one woman teetering on the edge. The film follow Romy (Abigail Spencer), a depressed dancer who has locked herself in her bathroom with a bottle of champagne and a loaded gun. When her friend David (Cheyenne Jackson) lets Romy’s former friends know that she’s threatening suicide, they all converge outside her bathroom and try to talk her down. In the process, they rehash old arguments, bring up their differences, and reveal previously hidden emotions, all while flashbacks detail how Romy got to this place. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below.
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The film is the feature-length debut by Daniela Amavia,...
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The film is the feature-length debut by Daniela Amavia,...
- 9/16/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
We’ve all seen various versions of interventions in movies and television shows. They never go as smoothly as the interveners would like, often turning into a mess of hilarious awkwardness and touchy drama. Filmmaker Clea DuVall has taken those ideas and amplified them as the entire premise of her latest film “The Intervention,” which looks to be a fun, awkward ride with a great ensemble cast.
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The film premiered at Sundance this past January, where star Melanie Lynskey winning the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Individual Performance. Written and directed by DuVall, “The Intervention” stars DuVall, Lynskey, Natasha Lyonne, Vincent Piazza, Jason Ritter, Ben Schwartz, Alia Shawkat and Cobie Smulders.
The film follows Lynskey as “control freak bride-to-be Annie” as she brings together her closeknit group of thirtysomething friends to stage...
Read More: Sundance: Why Newly-Minted Director Clea DuVall Finally Went Behind the Camera for ‘The Intervention’
The film premiered at Sundance this past January, where star Melanie Lynskey winning the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Individual Performance. Written and directed by DuVall, “The Intervention” stars DuVall, Lynskey, Natasha Lyonne, Vincent Piazza, Jason Ritter, Ben Schwartz, Alia Shawkat and Cobie Smulders.
The film follows Lynskey as “control freak bride-to-be Annie” as she brings together her closeknit group of thirtysomething friends to stage...
- 7/5/2016
- by Kyle Kizu
- Indiewire
“The Steps” follows Jeff (Jason Ritter), an uptight New Yorker who was just let go from his job, and his party girl sister Marla (Emmanuelle Chriqui) who go meet their father (James Brolin) who has recently gotten married to a woman (Christine Lahti) with three adult children of her own. The meeting prompts a culture clash that sends both sides of the family into chaos, but when the “step” parents announce they’re adopting a child, tensions rise and bitterness is shared as everyone struggles to learn the meaning of family. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below featuring Jeff and Marla admiring a painting of their father only to find him having sex with his new wife behind the living room couch.
Read More: Watch: ‘The Steps’ Trailer Puts an Adult Twist on ‘Yours, Mine & Ours’
The film is directed by Andrew Currie, who previously directed works like...
Read More: Watch: ‘The Steps’ Trailer Puts an Adult Twist on ‘Yours, Mine & Ours’
The film is directed by Andrew Currie, who previously directed works like...
- 6/30/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan won the Knight Competition Grand Jury Prize and Argentine filmmaker Santiago Mitre’s Paulina won the Lexus Ibero-American Feature Film Prize at the 33rd edition of Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival.
The Saturday awards ceremony preceded the Us premiere of Andrew Currie’s closing night screening The Steps.
Festival executive director Jaie Laplante presided over the ceremony, which marked the culmination of the festival, which ran from March 4-13 and screened 129 films from 40 countries.
In other top honours, the Knight Documentary Achievement Award went to Queen Of Thursdays (USA) from Jorge Alvarez, Orlando Rojas and Dennis Scholl
The Grand Jury Award Best Performance went to Zhao Tao for Mountains May Depart (China), while Yorgos Lanthimos won the Grand Jury Award Best Director prize for The Lobster (Ireland-Greece).
The Jordan Alexander Ressler Screenwriting Award went to Lorenzo Vigas for his Venice Golden Lion winner From Afar (Venezuela-Mexico).
“Every year we see...
The Saturday awards ceremony preceded the Us premiere of Andrew Currie’s closing night screening The Steps.
Festival executive director Jaie Laplante presided over the ceremony, which marked the culmination of the festival, which ran from March 4-13 and screened 129 films from 40 countries.
In other top honours, the Knight Documentary Achievement Award went to Queen Of Thursdays (USA) from Jorge Alvarez, Orlando Rojas and Dennis Scholl
The Grand Jury Award Best Performance went to Zhao Tao for Mountains May Depart (China), while Yorgos Lanthimos won the Grand Jury Award Best Director prize for The Lobster (Ireland-Greece).
The Jordan Alexander Ressler Screenwriting Award went to Lorenzo Vigas for his Venice Golden Lion winner From Afar (Venezuela-Mexico).
“Every year we see...
- 3/13/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan won the Knight Competition Grand Jury Prize and Argentine filmmaker Santiago Mitre’s Paulina won the Lexus Ibero-American Feature Film Prize at the 33rd edition of Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival.
The Saturday awards ceremony preceded the Us premiere of Andrew Currie’s closing night screening The Steps.
Festival executive director Jaie Laplante presided over the ceremony, which marked the culmination of the festival, which ran from March 4-13 and screened 129 films from 40 countries.
In other top honours, the Knight Documentary Achievement Award went to Queen Of Thursdays (USA) from Jorge Alvarez, Orlando Rojas and Dennis Scholl
The Grand Jury Award Best Performance went to Zhao Tao for Mountains May Depart (China), while Yorgos Lanthimos won the Grand Jury Award Best Director prize for The Lobster (Ireland-Greece).
The Jordan Alexander Ressler Screenwriting Award went to Lorenzo Vigas for his Venice Golden Lion winner From Afar (Venezuela-Mexico).
“Every year we see...
The Saturday awards ceremony preceded the Us premiere of Andrew Currie’s closing night screening The Steps.
Festival executive director Jaie Laplante presided over the ceremony, which marked the culmination of the festival, which ran from March 4-13 and screened 129 films from 40 countries.
In other top honours, the Knight Documentary Achievement Award went to Queen Of Thursdays (USA) from Jorge Alvarez, Orlando Rojas and Dennis Scholl
The Grand Jury Award Best Performance went to Zhao Tao for Mountains May Depart (China), while Yorgos Lanthimos won the Grand Jury Award Best Director prize for The Lobster (Ireland-Greece).
The Jordan Alexander Ressler Screenwriting Award went to Lorenzo Vigas for his Venice Golden Lion winner From Afar (Venezuela-Mexico).
“Every year we see...
- 3/13/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Monterey Media has acquired U.S. rights to Andrew Currie's The Steps, a comedy starring Jason Ritter, Emmanuelle Chriqui, James Brolin and Christine Lahti. The pic, which premiered last fall at the Toronto Film Festival, is scheduled for a release in June. The deal was inked with Entertainment One's Seville International. In the pic, uptight New Yorker and his party-girl sister visit their dad’s lake house to meet his new wife and her rough-around-the-edges kids…...
- 3/8/2016
- Deadline
Plus: Second Wachowski comes out as transgender; Sloan Foundation, Coolidge Corner Theatre unveil Science On Screen event; and more…monterey media has acquired all Us rights from Seville International to Andrew Currie’s off-beat comedy The Steps starring Jason Ritter, Emmanuelle Chriqui, James Brolin, and Christine Lahti. The Steps premiered in Toronto and will open in June.Lily Wachowski (formerly Andy Wachowski) has come out as transgender, following a similar revelation by her sibling Lana in 2012. The film-maker declared her status in an interview with Chicago Lgbt weekly Windy City Times on Tuesday and intimated she had been under pressure to come out by a reporter from the Daily Mail.The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Coolidge Corner Theatre have announced the third annual National Evening Of Science On Screen will take place on March 22 in 19 independent theatres across the Us. Each session will feature a film and speaker presentation and selections include The Martian and Psycho...
- 3/8/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Monica Bellucci, Gavin Hood and Deepa Mehta are among tribute recipients in a new series of on-stage talks at next month’s 33rd edition of the Miami International Film Festival.
Running from March 4–13, 2016, the festival produced by Miami Dade College will screen 129 films and closes with the Us premiere of Andrew Currie’s comedy The Steps starring James Brolin.
Forty-six films are directed or co-directed by women and the roster includes 12 world, one international, 16 North American and 13 Us premieres.
As previously announced Alex de la Iglesia’s My Big Night is the opening night selection.
The inaugural Marquee Series category, dedicated to on-stage conversations with major film personalities sharing a major new work, includes Bellucci in conversation with her Ville-Marie director Guy Edoin on March 8.
The programme includes: Eye In The Sky director Gavin Hood on March 5; Goya Award-winning Spanish star of The Olive Tree Iciar Bollaín in conversation on March 6; and Beeba Boys director Deepa Mehta on March...
Running from March 4–13, 2016, the festival produced by Miami Dade College will screen 129 films and closes with the Us premiere of Andrew Currie’s comedy The Steps starring James Brolin.
Forty-six films are directed or co-directed by women and the roster includes 12 world, one international, 16 North American and 13 Us premieres.
As previously announced Alex de la Iglesia’s My Big Night is the opening night selection.
The inaugural Marquee Series category, dedicated to on-stage conversations with major film personalities sharing a major new work, includes Bellucci in conversation with her Ville-Marie director Guy Edoin on March 8.
The programme includes: Eye In The Sky director Gavin Hood on March 5; Goya Award-winning Spanish star of The Olive Tree Iciar Bollaín in conversation on March 6; and Beeba Boys director Deepa Mehta on March...
- 2/1/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The 15th anniversary celebration of the Whistler Film Festival wrapped Sunday night, living up to its title as ‘Canada’s coolest film fest’ by hosting more premieres, filmmakers, industry executives, and celebrities than ever before, including unique experiences from films, music and parties to high adrenaline races.
The Whistler Film Festival’s Pandora Audience Award went to British-American romantic drama "Carol," directed by Todd Haynes from the screenplay by Phyllis Nagy (Variety 10 Screenwriters to Watch class of 2014) starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, which received its Canadian premiere at Whistler. The Wff Audience Award runner-ups were "The Legend of Barney Thomson," character-actor Robert Carlyle's first theatrical feature and directorial debut, which received its North American premiere at the festival, followed by Ricardo Trogi’s mid-life crisis dramedy, Quebec film "Le Mirage," the highest grossing and most popular Canadian film of the year so far. The Wff Audience Award is a non-cash prize presented to the highest-rated film as voted by the audience.
Paul Gratton, Director of Programming had this to say about this year’s event: "We were very fortunate to open this year's fest with the Canadian premiere of "Carol," a film we are convinced will be a major contender in this year's awards season race. The festival took off from there, with many sold out screenings, packed and newsworthy industry sessions, and over 450 guests who made a point of trekking out to beautiful Whistler to support their films and talk business with the high-level movers and shakers also in attendance. 2015 represented another step forward towards making Wff the coolest festival in the world. Can't wait 'til next year.”
Total attendance for this year’s fest was 13,233 attendees (a 18% increase over 11,273 in 2014) . This included 7,740 film-screening attendees and 3,533 special event attendees (Signature Series, Music Café, ShortWork Showcase, R-Rated Party, Awards Brunch, L’Oreal Men Expert Bobsleigh Race and Celebrity Challenge Ski Race), in addition to 2,530 Summit attendees. Several of the feature films were at or near capacity, including: "Born to be Blue," "Chasing Bansky," "Forsaken," "How to Plan and Orgy in a Small Town," "Legend,""Legend of Barney Thomson," "Numb," "The Lady in the Van," "the Steps," and "Trumbo."
Designed to facilitate international alliances and financial partnerships, Wff’s industry Summit program presented 30 interactive sessions that addressed a range of issues affecting the film, television, and digital media industry. Overall Summit attendance was at 86% capacity with 2,530 attendees (a 13% increase over 2,231 in 2014) including 855 delegates (on par with 2014). The Whistler Summit directly connects to Wff’s slate of project development programs designed to provide creative and business immersion experiences for 42 Canadian artists including its Feature Project Lab, Praxis Screenwriters Lab, Aboriginal Filmmaker Fellowship, and Music Café. Wff also collaborates with several industry organizations by hosting specific third party initiatives at the Whistler Summit including the Women in the Director’s Chair Industry Immersion, Women in Film & Television Film Market Preparation Mentorship, and the Mppia Short Film Award Pitch with the Motion Picture Production Industry Association and Creative BC. In addition to the
204 scheduled meetings (a 10% increase over 186 in 2014) that took place during the Summit, there was again a notable increase in unscheduled meetings that took place outside of scheduled blocks proving the festival remains an important place for the industry to meet and do business. Industry guests came from Canada, USA, UK, India, and China to participate, and included some of the top talent and executives in the business.
Film met music when Morning Show, one of the ten-featured BC artists from Wff’s Music Café, performed the live score for "He Hated Pigeons." Wff’s Music Café, which expanded to include two showcases over two days and featured five music supervisors, was well received with several deals in the works and over 526 guests in attendance.
Toronto’s first-time feature director Jamie M. Dagg’s "River" dominated Whistler prize-giving, winning for best Canadian feature, Best Director and Best Screenplay in the Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature presented by the Directors Guild of Canada – British Columbia. The jury also awarded French-Canadian actor Paul Savoie with Best Performance in a Borsos Film for his performance in "The Diary of an Old Man," as well as provided honorable mention for Rossif Sutherland’s work in "River" and Laura Abramsen’s roles in "Basic human Needs" and "The Sabbatical." Lastly, Best Cinematography in a Borsos Film, presented by I.A.T.S.E. Local 669, went to cinematographer Dylan Macleod for "He Hated Pigeons," directed by Ingrid Veninger. The Borsos Jury was comprised of three accomplished film industry artists that included the highly versatile director and screenwriter and WFF15 Alumni Carl Bessai ("Rehearsal), beloved actor and director Marc-André Grondin , and award-winning producer extraordinaire, Kim McCraw.
Other Whistler award winners included "Last Harvest" by first-time female director Hui (Jane) Wang that won the World Documentary Award presented by Tribute.ca with honorable mention for Brian D. Johnson’s "Al Purdy Was Here." The Best Mountain Culture Film presented by Whistler Blackcomb went to Anthony Bonello’s "Eclipse." The Canadian ShortWork Award went to "Withheld" directed by Johnathan Sousa, with an honorable mention to Amanda Strong and Bracken Hanuse Corlett’s Mia’. The International ShortWork Award was awarded to "Dissonance" by Germany filmmaker Till Nowak, with Langara College’s Canadian ShortWork Award for Best Screenplay given to Jem Garrard’s "The World Who Came to Dinner." Emily Carr University of Art and Design’s Lawrence Lam won the ShortWork Student Award presented by Capilano University Film Centre for "The Blue Jet," and Maja Aro won the Mppia Short Film Award for "Hoods" presented by Mppia and Creative BC, which consists of a $15,000 cash award plus up to $100,000 in services. The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (Awfj) Eda Awards gave Best Female-Directed Narrative Feature to Valerie Weiss’ "A Light Beneath Their Feet," Best Female-Directed Documentary to Hui (Jane) Wang’s "Last Harvest," with a special mention for Brian D. Johnson’s "Al Purdy Was Here." In addition, Céline Devaux’s "Sunday Lunch" took home the Best Female-Directed Short Award.
Receiving Wff’s Trailblazer Award and Tribute presented by Pandora, British-born Canadian actor, film producer, and film director Kiefer Sutherland discussed his extensive acting career spanning film, stage and television, with CTV Film Critic Jim Gordon , followed by the Western Canadian Premiere of his latest film, "Forsaken." Scottish-born Robert Carlyle , one of the most recognizable actors today, graced the Festival’s red carpet at this year’s Spotlight event as Wff’s Maverick Award honoree and sat down with Jim Gordon to discuss his bold choices that have led to the creation of some of the most dynamic, memorable, and beloved characters of our time before the North American Premiere of his directorial debut, "The Legend the Barny Thomson." One of Canada's hardest working and most accomplished character actors, Bruce Greenwood was the recipient of Wff’s Career Achievement Award, at the World Premiere of his latest film "Rehearsal," directed by admired Wff Alumni Carl Bessai.
The Whistler Film Festival proudly hosted the Variety 10 Screenwriters to Watch for the fourth consecutive year hosted by Variety Vice President and Executive Editor, Steven Gaydos . This year’s slate of screenwriters in attendance included Bryan Sipe ("Demolition"), John Scott III ("Maggie"), Meg LeFauve ("Inside Out"), Mike Le ("Patient Zero"), and Emma Donoghue ("Room"), who also delivered a Master Class for the Wff Praxis Screenwriters Lab participants.
To top it all off, Lauren Lee Smith ("How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town"), Jakob Davies ("The Birdwatcher"), Taylor Russell and Rustin Gresiuk ("Suspension") were recognized as Wff’s Rising Stars sponsored by Ubcp/Actra at this year’s Keynote Filmmaker Luncheon presented by Pacific Northwest Pictures, and all had films premiering at the fest.
Over 400 guests attended the fest with other notable talent in attendance with films premiering at the fest including: actor Rossif Sutherland ("River"), director Jon Cassar ("Forsaken"), actor Callum Keith Rennie ("Born to Be Blue"), director/writer Sandy Wilson ("My American Cousin), actors Aleks Paunovic, Stefanie von Pfetten, Marie Avgeropoulos and Colin Cunningham ("Numb"), actors Chelah Horsdal and Alex Zahara ("Patterson's Wager"), actor Sage Brocklebank ("Suspension"), actors Gabrielle Rose and Camille Sullivan ("The Birdwatcher"), actor Rebecca Dalton ("The Colossal Failure of the Modern Relationship"), actor Paul Savoie ("The Diary of an Old Man"), director and founder of the Toronto Film Critics Association Brian D. Johnson ("Al Purdy Was Here"), director and co-founder of World Elephant Day Patricia Sims and co-director Michael Clark ("When Elephants Were Young"), "The Steps" director Andrew Currie and actor Steven McCarthy , and award-winning directors Philippe Lesage ("The Demons") and Ricardo Trogi ("The Miracle"). Veteran director Bruce McDonald attended as a mentor of the Wff Praxis Screenwriters Lab, as well as Canadian actress, writer, filmmaker, comedian, and social activist Mary Walsh , who participated in the Women In The Director’s Chair program and got a standing ovation as Wff’s Keynote Speaker at the Filmmaker Luncheon.
The Whistler Film Festival’s Pandora Audience Award went to British-American romantic drama "Carol," directed by Todd Haynes from the screenplay by Phyllis Nagy (Variety 10 Screenwriters to Watch class of 2014) starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, which received its Canadian premiere at Whistler. The Wff Audience Award runner-ups were "The Legend of Barney Thomson," character-actor Robert Carlyle's first theatrical feature and directorial debut, which received its North American premiere at the festival, followed by Ricardo Trogi’s mid-life crisis dramedy, Quebec film "Le Mirage," the highest grossing and most popular Canadian film of the year so far. The Wff Audience Award is a non-cash prize presented to the highest-rated film as voted by the audience.
Paul Gratton, Director of Programming had this to say about this year’s event: "We were very fortunate to open this year's fest with the Canadian premiere of "Carol," a film we are convinced will be a major contender in this year's awards season race. The festival took off from there, with many sold out screenings, packed and newsworthy industry sessions, and over 450 guests who made a point of trekking out to beautiful Whistler to support their films and talk business with the high-level movers and shakers also in attendance. 2015 represented another step forward towards making Wff the coolest festival in the world. Can't wait 'til next year.”
Total attendance for this year’s fest was 13,233 attendees (a 18% increase over 11,273 in 2014) . This included 7,740 film-screening attendees and 3,533 special event attendees (Signature Series, Music Café, ShortWork Showcase, R-Rated Party, Awards Brunch, L’Oreal Men Expert Bobsleigh Race and Celebrity Challenge Ski Race), in addition to 2,530 Summit attendees. Several of the feature films were at or near capacity, including: "Born to be Blue," "Chasing Bansky," "Forsaken," "How to Plan and Orgy in a Small Town," "Legend,""Legend of Barney Thomson," "Numb," "The Lady in the Van," "the Steps," and "Trumbo."
Designed to facilitate international alliances and financial partnerships, Wff’s industry Summit program presented 30 interactive sessions that addressed a range of issues affecting the film, television, and digital media industry. Overall Summit attendance was at 86% capacity with 2,530 attendees (a 13% increase over 2,231 in 2014) including 855 delegates (on par with 2014). The Whistler Summit directly connects to Wff’s slate of project development programs designed to provide creative and business immersion experiences for 42 Canadian artists including its Feature Project Lab, Praxis Screenwriters Lab, Aboriginal Filmmaker Fellowship, and Music Café. Wff also collaborates with several industry organizations by hosting specific third party initiatives at the Whistler Summit including the Women in the Director’s Chair Industry Immersion, Women in Film & Television Film Market Preparation Mentorship, and the Mppia Short Film Award Pitch with the Motion Picture Production Industry Association and Creative BC. In addition to the
204 scheduled meetings (a 10% increase over 186 in 2014) that took place during the Summit, there was again a notable increase in unscheduled meetings that took place outside of scheduled blocks proving the festival remains an important place for the industry to meet and do business. Industry guests came from Canada, USA, UK, India, and China to participate, and included some of the top talent and executives in the business.
Film met music when Morning Show, one of the ten-featured BC artists from Wff’s Music Café, performed the live score for "He Hated Pigeons." Wff’s Music Café, which expanded to include two showcases over two days and featured five music supervisors, was well received with several deals in the works and over 526 guests in attendance.
Toronto’s first-time feature director Jamie M. Dagg’s "River" dominated Whistler prize-giving, winning for best Canadian feature, Best Director and Best Screenplay in the Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature presented by the Directors Guild of Canada – British Columbia. The jury also awarded French-Canadian actor Paul Savoie with Best Performance in a Borsos Film for his performance in "The Diary of an Old Man," as well as provided honorable mention for Rossif Sutherland’s work in "River" and Laura Abramsen’s roles in "Basic human Needs" and "The Sabbatical." Lastly, Best Cinematography in a Borsos Film, presented by I.A.T.S.E. Local 669, went to cinematographer Dylan Macleod for "He Hated Pigeons," directed by Ingrid Veninger. The Borsos Jury was comprised of three accomplished film industry artists that included the highly versatile director and screenwriter and WFF15 Alumni Carl Bessai ("Rehearsal), beloved actor and director Marc-André Grondin , and award-winning producer extraordinaire, Kim McCraw.
Other Whistler award winners included "Last Harvest" by first-time female director Hui (Jane) Wang that won the World Documentary Award presented by Tribute.ca with honorable mention for Brian D. Johnson’s "Al Purdy Was Here." The Best Mountain Culture Film presented by Whistler Blackcomb went to Anthony Bonello’s "Eclipse." The Canadian ShortWork Award went to "Withheld" directed by Johnathan Sousa, with an honorable mention to Amanda Strong and Bracken Hanuse Corlett’s Mia’. The International ShortWork Award was awarded to "Dissonance" by Germany filmmaker Till Nowak, with Langara College’s Canadian ShortWork Award for Best Screenplay given to Jem Garrard’s "The World Who Came to Dinner." Emily Carr University of Art and Design’s Lawrence Lam won the ShortWork Student Award presented by Capilano University Film Centre for "The Blue Jet," and Maja Aro won the Mppia Short Film Award for "Hoods" presented by Mppia and Creative BC, which consists of a $15,000 cash award plus up to $100,000 in services. The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (Awfj) Eda Awards gave Best Female-Directed Narrative Feature to Valerie Weiss’ "A Light Beneath Their Feet," Best Female-Directed Documentary to Hui (Jane) Wang’s "Last Harvest," with a special mention for Brian D. Johnson’s "Al Purdy Was Here." In addition, Céline Devaux’s "Sunday Lunch" took home the Best Female-Directed Short Award.
Receiving Wff’s Trailblazer Award and Tribute presented by Pandora, British-born Canadian actor, film producer, and film director Kiefer Sutherland discussed his extensive acting career spanning film, stage and television, with CTV Film Critic Jim Gordon , followed by the Western Canadian Premiere of his latest film, "Forsaken." Scottish-born Robert Carlyle , one of the most recognizable actors today, graced the Festival’s red carpet at this year’s Spotlight event as Wff’s Maverick Award honoree and sat down with Jim Gordon to discuss his bold choices that have led to the creation of some of the most dynamic, memorable, and beloved characters of our time before the North American Premiere of his directorial debut, "The Legend the Barny Thomson." One of Canada's hardest working and most accomplished character actors, Bruce Greenwood was the recipient of Wff’s Career Achievement Award, at the World Premiere of his latest film "Rehearsal," directed by admired Wff Alumni Carl Bessai.
The Whistler Film Festival proudly hosted the Variety 10 Screenwriters to Watch for the fourth consecutive year hosted by Variety Vice President and Executive Editor, Steven Gaydos . This year’s slate of screenwriters in attendance included Bryan Sipe ("Demolition"), John Scott III ("Maggie"), Meg LeFauve ("Inside Out"), Mike Le ("Patient Zero"), and Emma Donoghue ("Room"), who also delivered a Master Class for the Wff Praxis Screenwriters Lab participants.
To top it all off, Lauren Lee Smith ("How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town"), Jakob Davies ("The Birdwatcher"), Taylor Russell and Rustin Gresiuk ("Suspension") were recognized as Wff’s Rising Stars sponsored by Ubcp/Actra at this year’s Keynote Filmmaker Luncheon presented by Pacific Northwest Pictures, and all had films premiering at the fest.
Over 400 guests attended the fest with other notable talent in attendance with films premiering at the fest including: actor Rossif Sutherland ("River"), director Jon Cassar ("Forsaken"), actor Callum Keith Rennie ("Born to Be Blue"), director/writer Sandy Wilson ("My American Cousin), actors Aleks Paunovic, Stefanie von Pfetten, Marie Avgeropoulos and Colin Cunningham ("Numb"), actors Chelah Horsdal and Alex Zahara ("Patterson's Wager"), actor Sage Brocklebank ("Suspension"), actors Gabrielle Rose and Camille Sullivan ("The Birdwatcher"), actor Rebecca Dalton ("The Colossal Failure of the Modern Relationship"), actor Paul Savoie ("The Diary of an Old Man"), director and founder of the Toronto Film Critics Association Brian D. Johnson ("Al Purdy Was Here"), director and co-founder of World Elephant Day Patricia Sims and co-director Michael Clark ("When Elephants Were Young"), "The Steps" director Andrew Currie and actor Steven McCarthy , and award-winning directors Philippe Lesage ("The Demons") and Ricardo Trogi ("The Miracle"). Veteran director Bruce McDonald attended as a mentor of the Wff Praxis Screenwriters Lab, as well as Canadian actress, writer, filmmaker, comedian, and social activist Mary Walsh , who participated in the Women In The Director’s Chair program and got a standing ovation as Wff’s Keynote Speaker at the Filmmaker Luncheon.
- 12/9/2015
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
Exclusive: Seville International has concluded a raft of key sales on Leena Yadav’s recent Toronto Special Presentation.
Parched has gone to Pyramide International for France, ABC Cinemien for Benelux, Madness for Mexico, Mvk Russia for Russia and Babilla Cine for Colombia.
Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Surveen Chawla, Adil Hussain, Lehar Khan, Riddhi Sen, Mahesh Balraj and Chandan Anand star in the story of four rural Indian women who throw off the shackles of their patriarchal society.
Senior vice-president of international sales Anick Poirier confirmed the deals to Screen International on Monday.
The Seville sales slate includes Toronto selections ma ma from Julio Medem as well as Hany Abu-Assad’s The Idol
Andrew Currie’s The Steps and Andrew Cividino’s Discovery selection Sleeping Giant, winner of the City Of Toronto Award for best Canadian First Feature Film.
Parched has gone to Pyramide International for France, ABC Cinemien for Benelux, Madness for Mexico, Mvk Russia for Russia and Babilla Cine for Colombia.
Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Surveen Chawla, Adil Hussain, Lehar Khan, Riddhi Sen, Mahesh Balraj and Chandan Anand star in the story of four rural Indian women who throw off the shackles of their patriarchal society.
Senior vice-president of international sales Anick Poirier confirmed the deals to Screen International on Monday.
The Seville sales slate includes Toronto selections ma ma from Julio Medem as well as Hany Abu-Assad’s The Idol
Andrew Currie’s The Steps and Andrew Cividino’s Discovery selection Sleeping Giant, winner of the City Of Toronto Award for best Canadian First Feature Film.
- 9/21/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Anick Poirier has been promoted to svp of international sales at Seville International as the company arrives in Toronto with a seven-strong slate.
The Montreal-based boutique sales division of eOne handles sales on festival world premiere selections Andrew Currie’s The Steps, Julio Medem’s Ma Ma and Hany Abu-Assad’s The Idol.
Also receiving their world premieres are Leena Yadav’s Parched and André Turpin’s Endorphine, while Andrew Cividino’s Sleeping Giant and Tim Godsall’s Len And Company are in line for North American premieres.
Poirier most recently served as vp of international sales at Seville International, which launched in March 2014. She joined the eOne fold when the company acquired Les Films Séville in 2008.
She has overseen an inaugural slate that featured Xavier Dolan’s Mommy and upcoming release It’s Only The End Of The World, as well as Sophie Deraspe’s The Wolves and The Olive Tree by Iciar Bollain.
“It...
The Montreal-based boutique sales division of eOne handles sales on festival world premiere selections Andrew Currie’s The Steps, Julio Medem’s Ma Ma and Hany Abu-Assad’s The Idol.
Also receiving their world premieres are Leena Yadav’s Parched and André Turpin’s Endorphine, while Andrew Cividino’s Sleeping Giant and Tim Godsall’s Len And Company are in line for North American premieres.
Poirier most recently served as vp of international sales at Seville International, which launched in March 2014. She joined the eOne fold when the company acquired Les Films Séville in 2008.
She has overseen an inaugural slate that featured Xavier Dolan’s Mommy and upcoming release It’s Only The End Of The World, as well as Sophie Deraspe’s The Wolves and The Olive Tree by Iciar Bollain.
“It...
- 9/10/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Vice-president of international sales Anick Poirier has assembled a sales slate that includes five festival selections including the world premiere of Leena Yadav’s tale of four ordinary women in India.
Parched (pictured) will screen in Special Presentations and stars Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Surveen Chawla, Adil Hussain, Lehar Khan, Riddhi Sen, Mahesh Balraj and Chandan Anand. Gersh represents Us rights.
The roster includes Special Presentation world premieres of Julio Medem’s Ma Ma starring Penélope Cruz as a woman with cancer, as well as Hany Abu-Assad’s The Idol, which Poirier and her team have sold widely.
André Turpin’s Endorphin gets its world premiere in Vanguard and weaves together the lives of three seemingly unconnected women all named Simone De Koninck.
Andrew Currie’s Contemporary World Cinema dysfunctional family drama The Steps also gets its world premiere and stars Jason Ritter, Emmanuelle Chriqui, James Brolin, Christine Lahti and Vinay Virmani.
Rounding out the...
Parched (pictured) will screen in Special Presentations and stars Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Surveen Chawla, Adil Hussain, Lehar Khan, Riddhi Sen, Mahesh Balraj and Chandan Anand. Gersh represents Us rights.
The roster includes Special Presentation world premieres of Julio Medem’s Ma Ma starring Penélope Cruz as a woman with cancer, as well as Hany Abu-Assad’s The Idol, which Poirier and her team have sold widely.
André Turpin’s Endorphin gets its world premiere in Vanguard and weaves together the lives of three seemingly unconnected women all named Simone De Koninck.
Andrew Currie’s Contemporary World Cinema dysfunctional family drama The Steps also gets its world premiere and stars Jason Ritter, Emmanuelle Chriqui, James Brolin, Christine Lahti and Vinay Virmani.
Rounding out the...
- 8/26/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Anick Poirier and her team will commence world sales in Toronto on Quadrant Motion Pictures’ film about a dysfunctional family reunion.
Andrew Currie, whose Fido premiered in Toronto in 2006, directed from a screenplay by Robyn Harding about a family reunion at a lake house in northern Ontario that goes wrong.
James Brolin, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Christine Lahti and Jason Ritter star in the Contemporary World Cinema selection.
Mary Anne Waterhouse, Daniel Iron, Currie and Jason James produced The Steps and Anne-Claire Villeneuve, Mark Slone, Neil Tabatznik and Harding serve as executive producers.
eOne will distribute in Canada.
Andrew Currie, whose Fido premiered in Toronto in 2006, directed from a screenplay by Robyn Harding about a family reunion at a lake house in northern Ontario that goes wrong.
James Brolin, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Christine Lahti and Jason Ritter star in the Contemporary World Cinema selection.
Mary Anne Waterhouse, Daniel Iron, Currie and Jason James produced The Steps and Anne-Claire Villeneuve, Mark Slone, Neil Tabatznik and Harding serve as executive producers.
eOne will distribute in Canada.
- 8/20/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Anne Sewitsky‘s Sundance preemed Homesick, Cannes preemed Romanian imports from Radu Muntean‘s One Floor Below and Corneliu Porumboiu‘s The Treasure along with Athina Rachel Tsangari‘s Locarno shown Chevalier are just four of the film titles in the just announced Contemporary World Cinema programme for Tiff. Among the other noteworthy titles in what is mostly a mix of world preems and North American premieres we find Grímur Hákonarson‘s Rams (just picked up by Cohen Media), Alex van Warmerdam well-received Locarno comedy Schneider vs. Bax , the world preem for Sion Sono’s The Whispering Star, and the Oscilloscope Laboratories picked up Ciro Guerra‘s Embrace Of The Serpent. Here are today’s selections that were added to the already announced Canadian items.
25 April (New Zealand), Leanne Pooley Wp
3000 Nights (Palestine-France-Jordan-Lebanon-uae-Qatar), Mai Masri Wp
An (Japan-France-Germany), Naomi Kawase Nap
The Apostate (Spain-France-Uruguay), Federico Veiroj Wp
As I Open...
25 April (New Zealand), Leanne Pooley Wp
3000 Nights (Palestine-France-Jordan-Lebanon-uae-Qatar), Mai Masri Wp
An (Japan-France-Germany), Naomi Kawase Nap
The Apostate (Spain-France-Uruguay), Federico Veiroj Wp
As I Open...
- 8/18/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Due to the large volume of films that the Toronto International Film Festival screens every year, participants often find themselves unsure of how to decide what to see. To that end, festival organisers often distribute the films into numerous programmes to reflect commonalities among them. The Contemporary World Cinema Programme, to that end, looks at the features from filmmakers from around the world, showcasing the talents being displayed from numerous countries.
The full lineup for the 2015 Tiff Contemporary World Cinema Programme has now been announced, adding to the previously announced slate of Canadian Films in the Programme. The films, as well as their official synopses, can be seen below.
25 April, directed by Leanne Pooley, making its World Premiere
Award-winning filmmaker Leanne Pooley utilizes the letters and memoirs of New Zealand soldiers and nurses along with state of the art animation to tell the true story of the 1915 battle of Gallipoli.
The full lineup for the 2015 Tiff Contemporary World Cinema Programme has now been announced, adding to the previously announced slate of Canadian Films in the Programme. The films, as well as their official synopses, can be seen below.
25 April, directed by Leanne Pooley, making its World Premiere
Award-winning filmmaker Leanne Pooley utilizes the letters and memoirs of New Zealand soldiers and nurses along with state of the art animation to tell the true story of the 1915 battle of Gallipoli.
- 8/18/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
Potential awards season contenders Truth from James Vanderbilt and Marc Abraham’s I Saw The Light starring Tom Hiddleston as Hank Williams land world premiere slots, while Paco Cabezas’s Mr. Right will close the festival.
London is the subject of the seventh annual City To City programme that features world premieres of Tom Geens’ Couple In A Hole starring Paul Higgins and Kate Dickie and Michael Caton-Jones’ Urban Hymn with Letitia Wright and Shirley Henderson. Elaine Constantine’s Northern Soul gets a North American premiere.
The world premiere of Catherine Hardwicke’s Miss You Already is among five additions to the galas alongside Mr. Right, an action comedy starring Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick.
Matthew Cullen’s Martin Amis adaptation London Fields and David Gordon Green’s Our Brand Is Crisis get first public screenings in the Special Presentations roster with I Saw The Light.
Tiff top brass also unveiled the Contemporary World Cinema section, featuring...
London is the subject of the seventh annual City To City programme that features world premieres of Tom Geens’ Couple In A Hole starring Paul Higgins and Kate Dickie and Michael Caton-Jones’ Urban Hymn with Letitia Wright and Shirley Henderson. Elaine Constantine’s Northern Soul gets a North American premiere.
The world premiere of Catherine Hardwicke’s Miss You Already is among five additions to the galas alongside Mr. Right, an action comedy starring Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick.
Matthew Cullen’s Martin Amis adaptation London Fields and David Gordon Green’s Our Brand Is Crisis get first public screenings in the Special Presentations roster with I Saw The Light.
Tiff top brass also unveiled the Contemporary World Cinema section, featuring...
- 8/18/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
• The Vampire Diaries’ Paul Wesley will star in Convergence, a vehicle for him to star in and produce. Little is known about the plot at this time, but the film is said to follow a group of underground biotech engineers who experiment with a new technology that exceeds their expectations. Jeff Richard wrote the script. Filming is planned for next spring in Shanghai and Atlanta. [Deadline] • Sam Huntington, of Being Human fame, has been cast as the lead in Finding Sofia. Nico Casavecchia is directing the indie comedy, which follows Huntington as a young filmmaker who buys a ticket to Buenos...
- 11/18/2014
- by C. Molly Smith
- EW - Inside Movies
The Accountant
Jon Bernthal ("Fury," "The Walking Dead") is in negotiations to join Ben Affleck in Gavin O'Connor's assassin thriller "The Accountant" at Warner Bros. Pictures.
Affleck will star as a mild-mannered accountant who moonlights as a deadly assassin. J.K. Simmons and Anna Kendrick also star and filming begins in January. [Source: The Wrap]
Happy-ish
Kathryn Hahn is set to remain the co-star of Showtime pilot "Happyish," reprising the role she played opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman in the original pilot shot before Hoffman died.
Steve Coogan is taking over Hoffman's role of a man facing a mid-life crisis. Hahn plays Coogan’s wife and mother of their six-year-old son. [Source: Variety]
Ben-Hur
"Ouija" and "Bates Motel" star Olivia Cooke is circling a key role alongside Jack Huston in Timur Bekmambetov's remake of "Ben-Hur" at MGM and Paramount. Morgan Freeman and Pedro Pascal also star.
Huston plays the titular Jewish prince who is forced...
Jon Bernthal ("Fury," "The Walking Dead") is in negotiations to join Ben Affleck in Gavin O'Connor's assassin thriller "The Accountant" at Warner Bros. Pictures.
Affleck will star as a mild-mannered accountant who moonlights as a deadly assassin. J.K. Simmons and Anna Kendrick also star and filming begins in January. [Source: The Wrap]
Happy-ish
Kathryn Hahn is set to remain the co-star of Showtime pilot "Happyish," reprising the role she played opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman in the original pilot shot before Hoffman died.
Steve Coogan is taking over Hoffman's role of a man facing a mid-life crisis. Hahn plays Coogan’s wife and mother of their six-year-old son. [Source: Variety]
Ben-Hur
"Ouija" and "Bates Motel" star Olivia Cooke is circling a key role alongside Jack Huston in Timur Bekmambetov's remake of "Ben-Hur" at MGM and Paramount. Morgan Freeman and Pedro Pascal also star.
Huston plays the titular Jewish prince who is forced...
- 11/15/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Oscar winner Christine Lahti is joining James Brolin and Jason Ritter in The Steps, an indie drama from director-producer Andrew Currie (Fido). The pic follows down-on-his-luck Jeff (Ritter), who accepts his father’s invitation to spend the weekend at his lake house to meet his new wife (Lahti) and family. Robyn Harding scripted. Mary Waterhouse is also producing with Currie. Lahti recently shot indie Safelight with Juno Temple and Evan Peters and Mania Days with Katie Holmes. She recurs on Netflix’s Grace And Frankie opposite Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin.
Cory Hardrict, Jesse Metcalfe, Margot Bingham (Boardwalk Empire), Zulay Henao (Fighting), Rob Riley, Jason Dohring, Mo McRae, Hill Harper (CSI NY), and Lala Anthony (Think Like A Man Too) have joined the cast of Destined for director Qasim “Q” Basir and producer Tommy Oliver’s Confluential Films. Oliver (The Perfect Guy) is producing with Whitewater Films’ Rick Rosenthal...
Cory Hardrict, Jesse Metcalfe, Margot Bingham (Boardwalk Empire), Zulay Henao (Fighting), Rob Riley, Jason Dohring, Mo McRae, Hill Harper (CSI NY), and Lala Anthony (Think Like A Man Too) have joined the cast of Destined for director Qasim “Q” Basir and producer Tommy Oliver’s Confluential Films. Oliver (The Perfect Guy) is producing with Whitewater Films’ Rick Rosenthal...
- 11/15/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
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