The saying “90 percent of directing is casting” has been attributed to everyone from John Ford to Robert Altman to Martin Scorsese, but in the case of Netflix’s much-buzzed-about romantic political drama “The Diplomat,” you might even be able to crank that number to 95, especially as casting director Julie Schubert tells it, getting your first-choice leads is the ultimate Hail Mary pass.
“Keri Russell was on the very first list,” says Schubert, who can barely contain her enthusiasm for the versatile actress. “She is truly one of the nicest human beings you will ever meet in your entire life. And one of the hardest working people you will ever meet in your entire life. She’s top to bottom: pure joy.”
As written, Ambassador Kate Wyler checks a lot of boxes for Russell’s abilities, but for the role of Kate’s roguish, charismatic, upward climbing husband-with-benefits Hal, there’s...
“Keri Russell was on the very first list,” says Schubert, who can barely contain her enthusiasm for the versatile actress. “She is truly one of the nicest human beings you will ever meet in your entire life. And one of the hardest working people you will ever meet in your entire life. She’s top to bottom: pure joy.”
As written, Ambassador Kate Wyler checks a lot of boxes for Russell’s abilities, but for the role of Kate’s roguish, charismatic, upward climbing husband-with-benefits Hal, there’s...
- 6/20/2023
- by Jason Clark
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Rakontur has wrapped production on The Last of the Cocaine Cowboys, a four-part documentary miniseries on Medellín Cartel co-founder Carlos Lehder.
Described by the U.S. Department of Justice as “the Henry Ford of the cocaine industry,” Lehder co-founded Colombia’s infamous drug cartel alongside Pablo Escobar, Jorge Ochoa and Jose Rodriguez Gacha in the 1970s. He conspired with heads of state to corrupt entire nations and open cocaine smuggling routes in the Bahamas, Cuba, Panama, Nicaragua and Mexico, also buying his own Bahamian island, Norman’s Cay, and transforming it into an air and sea cocaine shipping hub. Lehder simultaneously rose to political power in Colombia as head of the National Latin Movement and helped elect Pablo Escobar to Parliament, with the cartel at its peak smuggling 300 kilos of cocaine per day, and generating 20 billion a year.
Lehder in 1987 became the first Medellín Cartel leader to be captured and extradited to the United States,...
Described by the U.S. Department of Justice as “the Henry Ford of the cocaine industry,” Lehder co-founded Colombia’s infamous drug cartel alongside Pablo Escobar, Jorge Ochoa and Jose Rodriguez Gacha in the 1970s. He conspired with heads of state to corrupt entire nations and open cocaine smuggling routes in the Bahamas, Cuba, Panama, Nicaragua and Mexico, also buying his own Bahamian island, Norman’s Cay, and transforming it into an air and sea cocaine shipping hub. Lehder simultaneously rose to political power in Colombia as head of the National Latin Movement and helped elect Pablo Escobar to Parliament, with the cartel at its peak smuggling 300 kilos of cocaine per day, and generating 20 billion a year.
Lehder in 1987 became the first Medellín Cartel leader to be captured and extradited to the United States,...
- 9/7/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
If you were planning on rewatching Martin Scorsese’s mob masterpiece “Goodfellas” in memory of late stars Ray Liotta and Paul Sorvino, you have until August 31 before it leaves Netflix. Scorsese classics “Taxi Driver” and “The Departed” also take a bow at the end of the month.
You also have a limited time to revisit Tom Cruise defying gravity and the speed limit in three “Mission Impossible” movies, as well as Captain Smith going down with the ship in “Titanic,” which sails off the service on August 31 as well.
Also Read:
Here’s What’s New on Netflix in August 2022
Check out the full list of what’s leaving Netflix in August below.
August 4
“They’ve Gotta Have Us: Season 1”
August 5
“Screwball”
August 7
“We Summon the Darkness”
August 9
“Demonic”
“The Saint”
August 10
“Mr. Peabody & Sherman”
August 15
“Endless Love”
“Selfless”
August 20
“The Conjuring”
August 23
“Young & Hungry:” Seasons 1-...
You also have a limited time to revisit Tom Cruise defying gravity and the speed limit in three “Mission Impossible” movies, as well as Captain Smith going down with the ship in “Titanic,” which sails off the service on August 31 as well.
Also Read:
Here’s What’s New on Netflix in August 2022
Check out the full list of what’s leaving Netflix in August below.
August 4
“They’ve Gotta Have Us: Season 1”
August 5
“Screwball”
August 7
“We Summon the Darkness”
August 9
“Demonic”
“The Saint”
August 10
“Mr. Peabody & Sherman”
August 15
“Endless Love”
“Selfless”
August 20
“The Conjuring”
August 23
“Young & Hungry:” Seasons 1-...
- 7/31/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
You’ve undoubtedly seen countless documentaries on outrageous drug cases. But have you seen any that span two decades? “Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami” is about to change that. The follow-up to director Billy Corben’s “Cocaine Cowboys” centers on two unlikely drug kingpins Augusto “Willy” Falcon and Salvador “Sal” Magluta thriving during Miami’s drug war and the rise of cocaine usage.
Read More: ‘Clickbait’ Teaser: Zoe Kazan & Betty Gabriel Investigate A Disappearance That Has Gone Viral
The docuseries is executive produced by Corben, Alfred Spellman (“Raw Deal: A Question of Consent“), Adam Bardach (“Living With Lew“), David Cypkin (“Screwball“), Marie Therese Guirgis (“On Her Shoulders“).
Continue reading ‘Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings Of Miami’ Trailer: New Doc Series Revisits Miami’s Drug War at The Playlist.
Read More: ‘Clickbait’ Teaser: Zoe Kazan & Betty Gabriel Investigate A Disappearance That Has Gone Viral
The docuseries is executive produced by Corben, Alfred Spellman (“Raw Deal: A Question of Consent“), Adam Bardach (“Living With Lew“), David Cypkin (“Screwball“), Marie Therese Guirgis (“On Her Shoulders“).
Continue reading ‘Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings Of Miami’ Trailer: New Doc Series Revisits Miami’s Drug War at The Playlist.
- 7/22/2021
- by Brynne Ramella
- The Playlist
6 random things that happed on this day, February 16th, in showbiz history
1938 Screwball classic Bringing Up Baby premieres in San Francisco with a release following two days later. It's one of the best films of 1938 or maybe even the best... but it was not appreciated in its day.
1957 The Seventh Seal premieres in Sweden and becomes the first of four consecutive Swedish Oscar submissions from Ingmar Bergman. Unfortunatly Oscar ignores it...
1938 Screwball classic Bringing Up Baby premieres in San Francisco with a release following two days later. It's one of the best films of 1938 or maybe even the best... but it was not appreciated in its day.
1957 The Seventh Seal premieres in Sweden and becomes the first of four consecutive Swedish Oscar submissions from Ingmar Bergman. Unfortunatly Oscar ignores it...
- 2/16/2021
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Who got signed, promoted, hired or fired? The Hollywood Reporter’s Rep Sheet rounds up the week in representation news. To submit announcements for consideration, contact rebecca.sun@thr.com.
Docs in the Box?
Documentary filmmaker Billy Corben and his Miami-based production company, Rakontur, have signed with Black Box Management. Corben's documentaries tend to be set in the world of sports, Miami or both, including the ESPN 30 for 30 episodes "Broke," "The U" and its follow-up; Cocaine Cowboys; Dawg Fight; Screwball; and Magic City Hustle. He is now directing a doc about pro wrestling icon "Macho Man" Randy Savage for A&e....
Docs in the Box?
Documentary filmmaker Billy Corben and his Miami-based production company, Rakontur, have signed with Black Box Management. Corben's documentaries tend to be set in the world of sports, Miami or both, including the ESPN 30 for 30 episodes "Broke," "The U" and its follow-up; Cocaine Cowboys; Dawg Fight; Screwball; and Magic City Hustle. He is now directing a doc about pro wrestling icon "Macho Man" Randy Savage for A&e....
- 8/19/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Who got signed, promoted, hired or fired? The Hollywood Reporter’s Rep Sheet rounds up the week in representation news. To submit announcements for consideration, contact rebecca.sun@thr.com.
Docs in the Box?
Documentary filmmaker Billy Corben and his Miami-based production company, Rakontur, have signed with Black Box Management. Corben's documentaries tend to be set in the world of sports, Miami or both, including the ESPN 30 for 30 episodes "Broke," "The U" and its follow-up; Cocaine Cowboys; Dawg Fight; Screwball; and Magic City Hustle. He is now directing a doc about pro wrestling icon "Macho Man" Randy Savage for A&e....
Docs in the Box?
Documentary filmmaker Billy Corben and his Miami-based production company, Rakontur, have signed with Black Box Management. Corben's documentaries tend to be set in the world of sports, Miami or both, including the ESPN 30 for 30 episodes "Broke," "The U" and its follow-up; Cocaine Cowboys; Dawg Fight; Screwball; and Magic City Hustle. He is now directing a doc about pro wrestling icon "Macho Man" Randy Savage for A&e....
- 8/19/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
(Welcome to Now Stream This, a column dedicated to the best movies streaming on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and every other streaming service out there.) The streaming world is growing more and more crowded, but there are plenty of wonderful movies to discover out there. Sometimes they’re buried under lots of junk, but you can rest assured […]
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- 8/16/2019
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Netflix has released their list of new titles coming in the month of August, as well as a last call for everything getting ready to leave the streaming service.
Highlights arriving this month include the second season of David Fincher’s crime drama “Mindhunter,” coming August 16, and the third season of the pro-wrestling dramedy “Glow” debuting August 9. New series like “Wu Assassins,” “Styling Hollywood” and “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” will also premiere on the platform this month.
This month is the last chance to watch David Fincher’s “Zodiac,” all three “Final Destination” movies, and both the 1988 and 2007 versions of “Hairspray.” See the full list of new and expiring titles, and start planning out your viewing calendar, here:
Also Read: 'The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance' - Look Behind the Gelfling Apocalypse in Comic-Con Clip (Video)
Comings
August 1 “Are We Done Yet?” “Boyka: Undisputed” “Four Weddings and a...
Highlights arriving this month include the second season of David Fincher’s crime drama “Mindhunter,” coming August 16, and the third season of the pro-wrestling dramedy “Glow” debuting August 9. New series like “Wu Assassins,” “Styling Hollywood” and “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” will also premiere on the platform this month.
This month is the last chance to watch David Fincher’s “Zodiac,” all three “Final Destination” movies, and both the 1988 and 2007 versions of “Hairspray.” See the full list of new and expiring titles, and start planning out your viewing calendar, here:
Also Read: 'The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance' - Look Behind the Gelfling Apocalypse in Comic-Con Clip (Video)
Comings
August 1 “Are We Done Yet?” “Boyka: Undisputed” “Four Weddings and a...
- 8/1/2019
- by Kylie Harrington
- The Wrap
A&E Network is partnering with WWE Studios to produce five original two-hour documentaries under the award-winning “Biography” banner showcasing some of the most iconic WWE Superstars of all time, including “Macho Man” Randy Savage®, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, Booker T®, Stone Cold Steve Austin® and Shawn Michaels®. Through these in-depth films helmed by some of the industry’s top directors and storytellers, “Biography” continues its focus on meaningful events and personalities as well as their impact on our culture. Through new and archival interviews and never-before-seen footage, each feature length film will give fans an in-depth look at the early lives, rise to fame and careers of some of the most influential stars in WWE history.
“We are thrilled for the tremendous opportunity to partner with WWE Studios to produce these special films that honor some of the most impactful personalities who have left a lasting imprint on pop culture,” said Elaine Frontain Bryant,...
“We are thrilled for the tremendous opportunity to partner with WWE Studios to produce these special films that honor some of the most impactful personalities who have left a lasting imprint on pop culture,” said Elaine Frontain Bryant,...
- 4/18/2019
- by Andrew Wendowski
- Age of the Nerd
Wrestling legends “Macho Man” Randy Savage, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, Booker T, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels will be profiled in five two-hour documentaries under A&E Network’s Biography banner as part of a deal with WWE Studios.
The iconic WWE superstars will be profiled with new and archival interviews and never-before-seen footage, each providing an in-depth look at the early lives, rise to fame, and wrestling careers of some of the most influential stars in WWE history.
“We are thrilled for the tremendous opportunity to partner with WWE Studios to produce these special films that honor some of the most impactful personalities who have left a lasting imprint on pop culture,” said Elaine Frontain Bryant, Evp and head of programming, A&E Network.
Susan Levison, Svp and head of WWE Studios, said the organization was happy to partner “with award-winning directors Billy Corben, Joe Lavine and George Roy...
The iconic WWE superstars will be profiled with new and archival interviews and never-before-seen footage, each providing an in-depth look at the early lives, rise to fame, and wrestling careers of some of the most influential stars in WWE history.
“We are thrilled for the tremendous opportunity to partner with WWE Studios to produce these special films that honor some of the most impactful personalities who have left a lasting imprint on pop culture,” said Elaine Frontain Bryant, Evp and head of programming, A&E Network.
Susan Levison, Svp and head of WWE Studios, said the organization was happy to partner “with award-winning directors Billy Corben, Joe Lavine and George Roy...
- 4/4/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
A&E Network and WWE Studios are teaming up to produce five original two-hour documentaries about wrestlers under the “Biography” banner. The docs will dive into the lives and careers of former WWE Superstars “Macho Man” Randy Savage, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, Booker T, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels.
Through new and archival interviews and never-before-seen footage, each feature-length film will give fans an in-depth look at the early lives, rises to fame, and careers of some of the most influential stars in professional wrestling history.
Macho Man’s, Piper’s and Booker T’s docs are currently in production. Directors and descriptions for each of those Spring 2020 docs are below.
We’ll get more info on the “Stone Cold” and Michaels’ “Biography” episodes at a later date. Fans will have to wait for 2021 for those two.
Also Read: WWE's Seth Rollins on How The Stomp Came Back and the...
Through new and archival interviews and never-before-seen footage, each feature-length film will give fans an in-depth look at the early lives, rises to fame, and careers of some of the most influential stars in professional wrestling history.
Macho Man’s, Piper’s and Booker T’s docs are currently in production. Directors and descriptions for each of those Spring 2020 docs are below.
We’ll get more info on the “Stone Cold” and Michaels’ “Biography” episodes at a later date. Fans will have to wait for 2021 for those two.
Also Read: WWE's Seth Rollins on How The Stomp Came Back and the...
- 4/4/2019
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Baseball probably had the most complicated performance enhancing drug scandal of any professional sport. Especially as Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa assault the single season home run record, Major League Baseball saw attendance, fandom, and finance all enhanced by drug enhanced home runs. Later on, things came to a head with Alex Rodriguez and his positive test for steroids. Within that scandal, and the whole human growth hormone scandal, are a number of unique characters. A few form the basis for the documentary Screwball, which finds a unique spin on what otherwise could have been a special on ESPN. This take helps set the doc apart and give it a fun bit of variety. The film is a very untraditional non fiction story. Truly a documentary, it also functions like a true crime dramedy, in that all of the non talking head or archival footage is dramatic recreations where the...
- 3/31/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Veteran Actor Elizabeth McGovern steps out with her first producing gig in The Chaperone. The title is also the first narrative release for PBS Distribution, which had a who’s who screening earlier this week at MoMA in New York, hosted by publicity maven Peggy Siegal. McGovern stars opposite Haley Lu Richardson in the period drama, directed by Downton Abbey director, Michael Engler. It is a packed weekend of Specialty releases. Writer-director Kent Jones heads out with Diane, starring Mary Kay Place via IFC Films. Sundance debut doc The Brink opens via Magnolia Pictures, which financed the intimate feature profiling infamous right-winter Steve Bannon. Also opening is Israeli drama Working Woman from Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber. Greenwich Entertainment is maximizing the opening of the baseball season with doc Screwball. American Relapse is a self-distributed non-fiction title which captures 72 hours of two ex-addicts diving in to help others on the streets.
- 3/29/2019
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
Derek Jeter could go from baseball star ... to movie star ... because a Very famous director says the "sh*tshow" Jeter's created with the Miami Marlins would make for a great Hollywood flick!!! We got Billy Corben (the guy behind the 2006 hit "Cocaine Cowboys") in New York promoting his new documentary, "Screwball" -- which is all about Alex Rodriguez and the Biogenesis steroid scandal. And, since his new flick is getting solid reviews on Rotten Tomatoes...
- 3/28/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Screwball is a true-crime story documentary about the Biogenesis scandal that shook Major League Baseball to its core. But there’s one unique twist: child actors are used in all of the re-enactments, transforming the whole story into a deranged comedy. Miami-based filmmakers Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman are Florida-centric in their filmography, so it would […]
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- 3/28/2019
- by Danielle Solzman
- Slash Film
In baseball and comedy, the term “screwball” has roughly the same meaning — something that breaks in a wildly unexpected direction. Or a series of them, in the case of director Billy Corben’s new documentary Screwball, which shines a light on the comedy of errors that led to the 2013 Biogenesis scandal, arguably the biggest in Major League Baseball history. Named for the Miami-area clinic where an unlicensed doctor dispensed performance-enhancing drugs to a variety of athletes, the affair blew up after a whistleblower walked off with boxes of medical records...
- 3/27/2019
- by Alex Bhattacharji
- Rollingstone.com
Written by “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes, “The Chaperone” appears to be targeting men and women above the age of 60. And while that’s a demographic as worthy of attention as any, those same viewers deserve a theatrical experience that doesn’t feel created for small-screen tidiness and flatness.
Adapted from Laura Moriarty’s best-selling novel, “The Chaperone” follows the rise of silent-film star Louise Brooks (Haley Lu Richardson). But before acting, it was dancing, first in Kansas, where Louise was born and raised, and then in New York City. The film spends most of its time on Louise’s summer adventure in the big city, where she is accompanied by Norma (Elizabeth McGovern), the titular caretaker.
Their dynamic is probably what you expect from a coming-of-age period drama: Louise is young and free-spirited, eager to be away from her cookie-cutter small town. She’s a skilled dancer and knows it.
Adapted from Laura Moriarty’s best-selling novel, “The Chaperone” follows the rise of silent-film star Louise Brooks (Haley Lu Richardson). But before acting, it was dancing, first in Kansas, where Louise was born and raised, and then in New York City. The film spends most of its time on Louise’s summer adventure in the big city, where she is accompanied by Norma (Elizabeth McGovern), the titular caretaker.
Their dynamic is probably what you expect from a coming-of-age period drama: Louise is young and free-spirited, eager to be away from her cookie-cutter small town. She’s a skilled dancer and knows it.
- 3/27/2019
- by Sam Fragoso
- The Wrap
The Florida Man Birthday Challenge on social media has made Sunshine State criminal weirdness into a badge of honor for us all: Google your birth date and “Florida Man” and you might get the headline “Florida man wasn’t drinking while driving, just at stop signs” or “Florida man who had sex with dolphin says it seduced him.”
I bring this up to note that if “Cocaine Cowboys” filmmaker Billy Corben — that Miami-based celebrator of all that’s criminally excessive about his state — doesn’t squeeze a jokey documentary series out of it soon, I’d be shocked.
Until then, we have “Screwball,” Corben’s adrenalized rehash of one of the more nationally rippling “Florida man” stories in recent memory, the Biogenesis steroid scandal that in 2013 exposed widespread doping in Major League Baseball. It’s a story that grew out of a petty cash dispute between underground “anti-aging” specialist Anthony...
I bring this up to note that if “Cocaine Cowboys” filmmaker Billy Corben — that Miami-based celebrator of all that’s criminally excessive about his state — doesn’t squeeze a jokey documentary series out of it soon, I’d be shocked.
Until then, we have “Screwball,” Corben’s adrenalized rehash of one of the more nationally rippling “Florida man” stories in recent memory, the Biogenesis steroid scandal that in 2013 exposed widespread doping in Major League Baseball. It’s a story that grew out of a petty cash dispute between underground “anti-aging” specialist Anthony...
- 3/26/2019
- by Robert Abele
- The Wrap
Audience award for best feature went to Billy Corben’s documentary Screwball.
Birds Of Passage by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra has won the $40,000 Knight Marimbas Award at the 36th Miami Film Festival.
The filmmakers’ Ciudad Lunar Productions will split the festival’s top jury prize with the film’s Us distributor The Orchard, which will distribute the film in select markets including Miami on March 15.
Sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the award is presented to the film “that best exemplifies richness and resonance for cinema’s future”. The Audience Award for Best Feature went...
Birds Of Passage by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra has won the $40,000 Knight Marimbas Award at the 36th Miami Film Festival.
The filmmakers’ Ciudad Lunar Productions will split the festival’s top jury prize with the film’s Us distributor The Orchard, which will distribute the film in select markets including Miami on March 15.
Sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the award is presented to the film “that best exemplifies richness and resonance for cinema’s future”. The Audience Award for Best Feature went...
- 3/11/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
“Birds of Passage,” Cristina Gallego’s and Ciro Guerra’s sprawling epic film tracing the origins of the Colombian drug trade, took home the $40,000 Knight Marimbas Award (the top grand jury prize) Saturday night at Miami Dade College’s 36th annual Miami Film Festival.
The south Florida gathering celebrated cinema with an eclectic and diverse slate of films, including “Screwball,” Billy Corben’s documentary about a Major League Baseball scandal. Produced by the Miami-based production company Rakontur, “Screwball” won the fest’s audience award for best feature.
The $40,000 Knight Made in Mia Award for films taking place and shot in south Florida from West Palm to the Keys, went to two films: $30,000 to “Pahokee,” directed by Ivette Lucas and Patrick Bresnan, which won best feature, and $5,000 each to Faren Humes’ “Liberty” and Jayme Gershen’s “Six Degrees of Immigration,” which tied for best short.
Other honors included the $5,000 HBO Ibero-American Short Film Award,...
The south Florida gathering celebrated cinema with an eclectic and diverse slate of films, including “Screwball,” Billy Corben’s documentary about a Major League Baseball scandal. Produced by the Miami-based production company Rakontur, “Screwball” won the fest’s audience award for best feature.
The $40,000 Knight Made in Mia Award for films taking place and shot in south Florida from West Palm to the Keys, went to two films: $30,000 to “Pahokee,” directed by Ivette Lucas and Patrick Bresnan, which won best feature, and $5,000 each to Faren Humes’ “Liberty” and Jayme Gershen’s “Six Degrees of Immigration,” which tied for best short.
Other honors included the $5,000 HBO Ibero-American Short Film Award,...
- 3/10/2019
- by Malina Saval
- Variety Film + TV
"Cuckoo-crazy!" Wow this looks totally nuts. Greenwich Entertainment has debuted an official trailer for a documentary titled Screwball, which is not associated with the other baseball documentaries with similar titles including Fastball and Knuckleball. This Screwball doc is about Yankees star Alex Rodriguez and his steroid scandal. Filmmaker Billy Corben dives deep in this true-crime dramedy investigating the Mlb's infamous doping scandal involving a nefarious clinician from Florida and his most famous client: Alex Rodriguez. It's described as "a madcap Floridian crime comedy in the vein of Elmore Leonard or the Coen Brothers" that "raises serious questions about the ethics of professional sports. Powerful interests would be happy to let this story slip from memory, but Screwball makes it unforgettable." Sounds good, looks nuts. Casting kids for the reenactments is hilarious, but this whole thing looks so crazy. Here's the new official trailer for Billy Corben's documentary Screwball, direct...
- 3/7/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Distributor plans early 2019 theatrical release.
Greenwich Entertainment has acquired Us rights to the Emily Dickinson drama and SXSW selection Wild Nights With Emily starring Molly Shannon.
Madeleine Olnek wrote and directed the feature about the life and love of the celebrated 19th century American poet and depicts her lesser-known vivaciousness and irreverence, including her lifelong romance with another woman.
The filmmakers secured permission from Harvard University Press to use Dickisnon’s own words in the film, and received research support from the Guggenheim foundation.
“Madeleine’s witty, madcap yet poignant and absolutely necessary version of Emily’s life is an...
Greenwich Entertainment has acquired Us rights to the Emily Dickinson drama and SXSW selection Wild Nights With Emily starring Molly Shannon.
Madeleine Olnek wrote and directed the feature about the life and love of the celebrated 19th century American poet and depicts her lesser-known vivaciousness and irreverence, including her lifelong romance with another woman.
The filmmakers secured permission from Harvard University Press to use Dickisnon’s own words in the film, and received research support from the Guggenheim foundation.
“Madeleine’s witty, madcap yet poignant and absolutely necessary version of Emily’s life is an...
- 11/26/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Greenwich Entertainment announced on Friday, along with rakontur, that Greenwich has acquired U.S. rights to Billy Corben’s “Screwball.”
“Screwball” is a surreal documentary detailing the Alex Rodriguez/Biogenesis Major League Baseball doping scandal.
The film made its world premiere to rave reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival and recently played at DocNYC.
Also Read: 'Rbg' and 'Won't You Be My Neighbor?' Among 166 Documentaries Submitted for Oscars
“Billy Corben’s wildly entertaining doc is his latest look at a perverse pursuit of the American Dream,” Greenwich’s Andy Bohn said in a statement.
Penned by Corben (“Cocaine Cowboys”) and David Cypkin, Screwball is a true-crime dramedy investigating Mlb’s infamous doping scandal involving a nefarious clinician and his most famous client: Former New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez.
Corben and Alfred Spellman produced under their rakontur banner. Greenwich is planning a theatrical release in the spring...
“Screwball” is a surreal documentary detailing the Alex Rodriguez/Biogenesis Major League Baseball doping scandal.
The film made its world premiere to rave reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival and recently played at DocNYC.
Also Read: 'Rbg' and 'Won't You Be My Neighbor?' Among 166 Documentaries Submitted for Oscars
“Billy Corben’s wildly entertaining doc is his latest look at a perverse pursuit of the American Dream,” Greenwich’s Andy Bohn said in a statement.
Penned by Corben (“Cocaine Cowboys”) and David Cypkin, Screwball is a true-crime dramedy investigating Mlb’s infamous doping scandal involving a nefarious clinician and his most famous client: Former New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez.
Corben and Alfred Spellman produced under their rakontur banner. Greenwich is planning a theatrical release in the spring...
- 11/17/2018
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
In today’s film news roundup, “Screwball” is getting a domestic release in the spring, Brian Goldsmith re-ups at Lionsgate, horror novel “Snowblind” is in the works as a film, and “Room 13” has been cast.
Acquisition
Greenwich Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to baseball doping documentary “Screwball” and plans a theatrical release to coincide with the start of the Major League Baseball season in April.
The film, directed by Billy Corben (“Cocaine Cowboys”), centers on the Alex Rodriguez/Biogenesis doping scandal, which broke in 2013 when several Mlb players were accused of obtaining performance-enhancing drugs such as human growth hormone from the now-defunct rejuvenation clinic Biogenesis of America.
“Screwball” premiered in September at the Toronto International Film Festival and recently played at DocNYC. Corben and Alfred Spellman produced under their Rakontur banner.
“Billy Corben’s wildly entertaining doc is his latest look at a perverse pursuit of the American Dream,...
Acquisition
Greenwich Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to baseball doping documentary “Screwball” and plans a theatrical release to coincide with the start of the Major League Baseball season in April.
The film, directed by Billy Corben (“Cocaine Cowboys”), centers on the Alex Rodriguez/Biogenesis doping scandal, which broke in 2013 when several Mlb players were accused of obtaining performance-enhancing drugs such as human growth hormone from the now-defunct rejuvenation clinic Biogenesis of America.
“Screwball” premiered in September at the Toronto International Film Festival and recently played at DocNYC. Corben and Alfred Spellman produced under their Rakontur banner.
“Billy Corben’s wildly entertaining doc is his latest look at a perverse pursuit of the American Dream,...
- 11/17/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Greenwich Entertainment has secured U.S. distribution rights to the Billy Corben-helmed documentary Screwball, which explored the 2013 Alex Rodriguez doping scandal. The docu had its world premiere at this year’s Toronto Film Festival, and Greenwich is aiming for a theatrical release in the spring of 2019 to coincide with the start of the new Mlb season.
The film, written by Corben and David Cypkin, followed Major League Baseball’s infamous doping scandal involving a nefarious clinician and his most famous client: the New York Yankees’ Rodriguez.
Corben and Alfred Spellman produced the pic via their rakontur banner.
30West, whose projects currently include the awards-season pics Colette, Destroyer and Ben Is Back, negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers with Greenwich. The distributor most recently released the climbing docu Free Solo.
The film, written by Corben and David Cypkin, followed Major League Baseball’s infamous doping scandal involving a nefarious clinician and his most famous client: the New York Yankees’ Rodriguez.
Corben and Alfred Spellman produced the pic via their rakontur banner.
30West, whose projects currently include the awards-season pics Colette, Destroyer and Ben Is Back, negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers with Greenwich. The distributor most recently released the climbing docu Free Solo.
- 11/16/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
America’s largest documentary festival, Doc NYC, has revealed its full lineup for its ninth edition, running November 8 – 15 at the IFC Center in Greenwich Village and Chelsea’s Sva Theatre and Cinepolis Chelsea. The 2018 festival includes 135 feature-length documentaries among over 300 films and events overall, including 42 world premieres and 17 U.S. or North American premieres.
Today’s lineup announcement follows the fest’s previously announced Short List titles, which include 15 of the year’s award contender documentary features and an inaugural list of 12 of the year’s leading nonfiction shorts.
Read More: The Doc NYC and Oscar Documentary Feature Short Lists: How Close Will They Match Up?
The festival will close out with the world premiere of HBO’s “Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists,” following the beloved New York City journalists Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill, while the festival’s Centerpiece presentation will go for a touch more humor, thanks to...
Today’s lineup announcement follows the fest’s previously announced Short List titles, which include 15 of the year’s award contender documentary features and an inaugural list of 12 of the year’s leading nonfiction shorts.
Read More: The Doc NYC and Oscar Documentary Feature Short Lists: How Close Will They Match Up?
The festival will close out with the world premiere of HBO’s “Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists,” following the beloved New York City journalists Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill, while the festival’s Centerpiece presentation will go for a touch more humor, thanks to...
- 10/11/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The real-life misadventures of central figures in the 2013 Major League Baseball doping scandal play like outrageous twists and turns in the seriocomic crime fiction of Carl Hiassen or Elmore Leonard throughout “Screwball,” an impudently entertaining documentary that suggests what might result if the Monty Python troupe were given carte blanche to produce an investigative report for “60 Minutes.”
It comes to us from Billy Corben, a filmmaker whose previous chronicles of illicit activity and entrepreneurial drug traders in and around Miami might now be viewed as warm-up pitches for his latest effort. This time on the mound, he throws heat and scores impressively with help from a lineup that includes baseball All-Stars, mob-connected lowlifes, tanning and bodybuilding enthusiasts, free-spending Mlb investigators, and an unlicensed anti-aging expert whose lack of bona fide medical credentials scarcely hindered his ability to provide, one way or the other, performance-enhancing drugs for his clients. The latter shady character,...
It comes to us from Billy Corben, a filmmaker whose previous chronicles of illicit activity and entrepreneurial drug traders in and around Miami might now be viewed as warm-up pitches for his latest effort. This time on the mound, he throws heat and scores impressively with help from a lineup that includes baseball All-Stars, mob-connected lowlifes, tanning and bodybuilding enthusiasts, free-spending Mlb investigators, and an unlicensed anti-aging expert whose lack of bona fide medical credentials scarcely hindered his ability to provide, one way or the other, performance-enhancing drugs for his clients. The latter shady character,...
- 9/24/2018
- by Joe Leydon
- Variety Film + TV
The documentary work of Billy Corben could be best be described like a story your colorful uncle tells you as a kid that’s just too weird to be true. Later you come to find out through multiple witnesses that he wasn’t lying–maybe just embellishing a few of the details. Corben and his Miami-based production company Rakontur don’t have to look far for great stories, choosing to highlight eccentric characters in Cocaine Cowboys, Square Grouper, The U, Dawg Fight, and their latest documentary, Screwball.
The film slices the Major League Baseball doping scandal through the lens of the colorful “Doctor” Tony Bosch, a self-proclaimed growth hacker who found himself as a human growth hormone concierge to those that seek out an edge. His clients include Miami bodybuilders, cops, and athletes in every level from high school to professional. The Mlb scandal essentially blows up when the organization...
The film slices the Major League Baseball doping scandal through the lens of the colorful “Doctor” Tony Bosch, a self-proclaimed growth hacker who found himself as a human growth hormone concierge to those that seek out an edge. His clients include Miami bodybuilders, cops, and athletes in every level from high school to professional. The Mlb scandal essentially blows up when the organization...
- 9/15/2018
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
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