Exclusive: The Murtha Skouras Agency, representing top below-the-line talent, has elevated longtime agents Hillary Cook and Karen Berch to Partner, founding partners Ann Murtha and Spyros Skouras announced on Friday.
Created in 2016 following the mergers of The Murtha Agency and The Skouras Agency, The Murtha Skouras Agency has had Cook and Berch serving in the film and television arm ever since.
“Hillary and Karen, longtime agents of The Murtha Skouras Agency, have been indispensable, passionate members of our team. Both possess a wealth of knowledge, experience and a deep commitment to promoting and celebrating the art of film,” Murtha and Skouras said in a joint statement. “They are also known for their honesty, integrity, unwavering dedication, exceptional work ethic, commitment to excellence, and professionalism. With these promotions, we are delighted to recognize their accomplishments – and future achievements.”
Recently, Cook and Berch saw client Arthur Max receive his fourth Oscar nomination...
Created in 2016 following the mergers of The Murtha Agency and The Skouras Agency, The Murtha Skouras Agency has had Cook and Berch serving in the film and television arm ever since.
“Hillary and Karen, longtime agents of The Murtha Skouras Agency, have been indispensable, passionate members of our team. Both possess a wealth of knowledge, experience and a deep commitment to promoting and celebrating the art of film,” Murtha and Skouras said in a joint statement. “They are also known for their honesty, integrity, unwavering dedication, exceptional work ethic, commitment to excellence, and professionalism. With these promotions, we are delighted to recognize their accomplishments – and future achievements.”
Recently, Cook and Berch saw client Arthur Max receive his fourth Oscar nomination...
- 3/15/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Opposition to the Academy’s plan to award eight Oscars prior to the live telecast continues to grow, with more than 350 new names — including more than a dozen Oscar-winning editors, cinematographers and production designers — added to the petition sent last week to Academy president David Rubin urging a reversal of the plan.
Among the industry professionals signing are Oscar-winning cinematographers John Seale (“The English Patient”), John Toll (“Braveheart”) and Dean Semler (“Dances With Wolves”), and Oscar-winning editors Richard Chew and Paul Hirsch (“Star Wars”), Mikkel Neilsen (“The Sound of Metal”), Pietro Scalia (“JFK”) and Zach Staenberg (“The Matrix”).
Oscar-winning production designers Hannah Beachler (“Black Panther”), Barbara Ling (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”), Adam Stockhausen (“Grand Budapest Hotel”) and David and Sandy Wasco (“La La Land”) also signed on.
Cinematography will be presented during the live show, but editing and production design are among the eight awards to be presented during the 4 p.
Among the industry professionals signing are Oscar-winning cinematographers John Seale (“The English Patient”), John Toll (“Braveheart”) and Dean Semler (“Dances With Wolves”), and Oscar-winning editors Richard Chew and Paul Hirsch (“Star Wars”), Mikkel Neilsen (“The Sound of Metal”), Pietro Scalia (“JFK”) and Zach Staenberg (“The Matrix”).
Oscar-winning production designers Hannah Beachler (“Black Panther”), Barbara Ling (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”), Adam Stockhausen (“Grand Budapest Hotel”) and David and Sandy Wasco (“La La Land”) also signed on.
Cinematography will be presented during the live show, but editing and production design are among the eight awards to be presented during the 4 p.
- 3/17/2022
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
The irrepressible Robin Williams is Joey, a trash-talking Cadillac salesman with three women on the line, who becomes an involuntary hero when Tim Robbins smashes his motorcycle into the car showroom and threatens to kill everybody. Roger Donaldson’s crisis-farce black comedy is still funny — and my favorite Robin Williams feature.
Cadillac Man
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1990 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 97 min. / Street Date January 2, 2018 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Robin Williams, Tim Robbins, Pamela Reed, Fran Drescher, Zack Norman, Lori Petty, Annabella Sciorra, Paul Guilfoyle, Bill Nelson, Eddie Jones, Mimi Cecchini, Tristine Skyler, Judith Hoag, Lauren Tom.
Cinematography: David Gribble
Film Editor: Richard Francis-Bruce
Original Music: J. Peter Robinson
Written by Ken Friedman
Produced by Roger Donaldson, Charles Roven
Directed by Roger Donaldson
Perhaps Robin Williams’ biggest impact was through his cable TV comedy specials, teamed up with Whoopi Goldberg and others. An amazing natural humor machine, Williams could go...
Cadillac Man
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1990 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 97 min. / Street Date January 2, 2018 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Robin Williams, Tim Robbins, Pamela Reed, Fran Drescher, Zack Norman, Lori Petty, Annabella Sciorra, Paul Guilfoyle, Bill Nelson, Eddie Jones, Mimi Cecchini, Tristine Skyler, Judith Hoag, Lauren Tom.
Cinematography: David Gribble
Film Editor: Richard Francis-Bruce
Original Music: J. Peter Robinson
Written by Ken Friedman
Produced by Roger Donaldson, Charles Roven
Directed by Roger Donaldson
Perhaps Robin Williams’ biggest impact was through his cable TV comedy specials, teamed up with Whoopi Goldberg and others. An amazing natural humor machine, Williams could go...
- 1/2/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Don’t let that title fool you: The second entry in the “Fifty Shades of Grey” cinematic trilogy is by no means a darker outing than its predecessor, and the franchise (already set to wrap up with a third feature in 2018) is all the better for it. Whipping up a proper tone for the big screen versions of E.L. James’ wildly popular novels was always going to be the films’ biggest problem, and while director James Foley might not quite nail it, wily injections of humor prove to be an unexpectedly helpful addition to the kinky franchise.
Picking up mere days after the events of Sam Taylor-Johnson’s 2015 “Fifty Shades of Grey,” Foley’s film quickly shifts gears away from the doom and gloom of the first film to give audiences something sexier, sillier and a fair bit soapier. After gliding through a series of literally tattered childhood memories that...
Picking up mere days after the events of Sam Taylor-Johnson’s 2015 “Fifty Shades of Grey,” Foley’s film quickly shifts gears away from the doom and gloom of the first film to give audiences something sexier, sillier and a fair bit soapier. After gliding through a series of literally tattered childhood memories that...
- 2/9/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Two decades later, we're still totally creeped out by "Seven."
The seven-deadly-sins-inspired serial killer thriller, which opened 20 years ago this week (on September 22, 1995), helped put director David Fincher on the map and marked a career milestone for stars Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Spacey. What's more, from its jittery opening credits to its grim shocker of an ending, "Seven" has become a template for how to make a dark, suspenseful crime drama.
Despite its many imitators, however, "Seven" maintains its secrets, from who almost starred in it to how it accomplished its unsettling effects to the softened ending that was almost tacked on. Here are some of those secrets. (Warning: Spoilers follow, though, c'mon, the movie's 20 years old.)
1. "Seven" screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker has a cameo. He's the corpse seen at the beginning of the movie.
2. Walker wrote the screenplay, his first, while living in New York City and...
The seven-deadly-sins-inspired serial killer thriller, which opened 20 years ago this week (on September 22, 1995), helped put director David Fincher on the map and marked a career milestone for stars Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Spacey. What's more, from its jittery opening credits to its grim shocker of an ending, "Seven" has become a template for how to make a dark, suspenseful crime drama.
Despite its many imitators, however, "Seven" maintains its secrets, from who almost starred in it to how it accomplished its unsettling effects to the softened ending that was almost tacked on. Here are some of those secrets. (Warning: Spoilers follow, though, c'mon, the movie's 20 years old.)
1. "Seven" screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker has a cameo. He's the corpse seen at the beginning of the movie.
2. Walker wrote the screenplay, his first, while living in New York City and...
- 9/21/2015
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
Toronto – Americans often lament the influence of corporations in politics. And, of course, news organizations have made their political prejudices clear since the printing press was invented centuries ago. What often gets lost is the sometimes symbiotic relationship between all three entities. James Vanderbilt’s “Truth,” which debuted at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday, is a striking reminder of how a corporation’s political needs can take precedence over their journalistic endeavors to disastrous effect. In September 2004, veteran CBS news producer Mary Mapes (Cate Blanchett) oversaw a piece for the now defunct Wednesday night version of “60 Minutes” about President George W. Bush’s service in the Texas Air National Guard. Bush was running for reelection and leading in the polls partially thanks to third party attacks on the Vietnam War record of the Democratic nominee, John Kerry. Mapes was provided memos that questioned Bush’s service and landed an interview with Ben Barnes,...
- 9/15/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
On a desolate, nearly ruined future Earth, Tom Cruise (Mission Impossible Franchise) and Academy Award® winner Morgan Freeman (The Dark Knight Rises, Wanted) star in the ground-breaking cinematic event Oblivion, a visually stunning, post- Apocalyptic thriller. A glimpse of a perilous future from visionary filmmaker Joseph Kosinski (Tron: Legacy) and the producers of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Oblivion is “unlike anything you’ve ever seen” (Moviefanatic’s Joel Amos), as one man confronts his mysterious past in a journey of redemption and discovery.
Oblivion is available on Digital Now as well as Blu-ray™ Combo Pack with DVD, Digital including UltraViolet™, and On Demand on August 6, 2013, from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
Here’s a special 10-minute preview:
Based on Kosinski’s acclaimed graphic novel, the film also stars Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace, Seven Psychopaths), Andrea Riseborough (W.E., Happy-Go-Lucky), Nikolaj Coster- Waldau (Mama, “Game of Thrones”) and Oscar®-winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter,...
Oblivion is available on Digital Now as well as Blu-ray™ Combo Pack with DVD, Digital including UltraViolet™, and On Demand on August 6, 2013, from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
Here’s a special 10-minute preview:
Based on Kosinski’s acclaimed graphic novel, the film also stars Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace, Seven Psychopaths), Andrea Riseborough (W.E., Happy-Go-Lucky), Nikolaj Coster- Waldau (Mama, “Game of Thrones”) and Oscar®-winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter,...
- 7/29/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In celebration of the upcoming release of Oblivion on Blu-ray and DVD on August 6th, here is a new image of a post-apocalyptic 2017 San Diego Convention Center in ruins, created by Andree Wallin, the concept illustrator for Oblivion.
Specially commissioned for this year’s convention, the image will be available as limited edition tote bags and handed out daily at the Geek magazine booth (#4014) with a special code word available via Geek magazine’s Twitter account.
More information at:
http://www.geekexchange.com/living-in-oblivion-get-an-exclusive-tote-bag-from-universal-and-geek-71039.html
On a desolate, nearly ruined future Earth, Tom Cruise (Mission Impossible Franchise) and Academy Award® winner Morgan Freeman (The Dark Knight Rises, Wanted) star in the ground-breaking cinematic event Oblivion, a visually stunning, post- Apocalyptic thriller. A glimpse of a perilous future from visionary filmmaker Joseph Kosinski (Tron: Legacy) and the producers of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Oblivion is “unlike anything you...
Specially commissioned for this year’s convention, the image will be available as limited edition tote bags and handed out daily at the Geek magazine booth (#4014) with a special code word available via Geek magazine’s Twitter account.
More information at:
http://www.geekexchange.com/living-in-oblivion-get-an-exclusive-tote-bag-from-universal-and-geek-71039.html
On a desolate, nearly ruined future Earth, Tom Cruise (Mission Impossible Franchise) and Academy Award® winner Morgan Freeman (The Dark Knight Rises, Wanted) star in the ground-breaking cinematic event Oblivion, a visually stunning, post- Apocalyptic thriller. A glimpse of a perilous future from visionary filmmaker Joseph Kosinski (Tron: Legacy) and the producers of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Oblivion is “unlike anything you...
- 7/15/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
We hope you made time to check out Tom Cruise’s Oblivion in theaters. If you loved it or if you missed it, the time for you check it out on Digital Download, Blu-ray or DVD has come. You can get it first on Digital Download July 23 or wait until August 6th for the Blu-ray or DVD. Here’s the press release with all the details.
Tom Cruise And Morgan Freeman Star In An Explosive Action Thriller From The Makers Of Tron: Legacy And Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes Oblivion Be The First To Own It On Digital July 23, 2013 A Must-see In Hi-def Available August 6, 2013 On Blu-ray™ Combo Pack With DVD & Digital Including Ultraviolet™ “A Mind-blowing Epic” – Scott Mantz, Access Hollywood
Universal City, California, June 4, 2013 – On a desolate, nearly ruined future Earth, Tom Cruise (Mission Impossible Franchise) and Academy Award® winner Morgan Freeman (The Dark Knight Rises, Wanted...
Tom Cruise And Morgan Freeman Star In An Explosive Action Thriller From The Makers Of Tron: Legacy And Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes Oblivion Be The First To Own It On Digital July 23, 2013 A Must-see In Hi-def Available August 6, 2013 On Blu-ray™ Combo Pack With DVD & Digital Including Ultraviolet™ “A Mind-blowing Epic” – Scott Mantz, Access Hollywood
Universal City, California, June 4, 2013 – On a desolate, nearly ruined future Earth, Tom Cruise (Mission Impossible Franchise) and Academy Award® winner Morgan Freeman (The Dark Knight Rises, Wanted...
- 6/6/2013
- by Jess Orso
- ScifiMafia
On a desolate, nearly ruined future Earth, Tom Cruise (Mission Impossible Franchise) and Academy Award® winner Morgan Freeman (The Dark Knight Rises, Wanted) star in the ground-breaking cinematic event Oblivion, a visually stunning, post- Apocalyptic thriller. A glimpse of a perilous future from visionary filmmaker Joseph Kosinski (Tron: Legacy) and the producers of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Oblivion is “unlike anything you’ve ever seen” (Moviefanatic’s Joel Amos), as one man confronts his mysterious past in a journey of redemption and discovery.
Based on Kosinski’s acclaimed graphic novel, the film also stars Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace, Seven Psychopaths), Andrea Riseborough (W.E., Happy-Go-Lucky), Nikolaj Coster- Waldau (Mama, “Game of Thrones”) and Oscar®-winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter, Frozen River). Oblivion will be available on Digital July 23, 2013 as well as Blu-ray™ Combo Pack with DVD, Digital including UltraViolet™, and On Demand on August 6, 2013, from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
Based on Kosinski’s acclaimed graphic novel, the film also stars Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace, Seven Psychopaths), Andrea Riseborough (W.E., Happy-Go-Lucky), Nikolaj Coster- Waldau (Mama, “Game of Thrones”) and Oscar®-winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter, Frozen River). Oblivion will be available on Digital July 23, 2013 as well as Blu-ray™ Combo Pack with DVD, Digital including UltraViolet™, and On Demand on August 6, 2013, from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
- 6/4/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Smells Like Screen Spirit & Arc Entertainment invite you to RSVP for passes to our special advance screenings of For Greater Glory May 22, 2012 at 7:30 Pm in Austin, Dallas, Houston & San Antonio, TX. Synopsis: What price would you pay for freedom? In the exhilarating action epic For Greater Glory, an impassioned group of men and women each make the decision to risk it all for family, faith and the very future of their country, as the film’s adventure unfolds against the long-hidden, true story of the 1920s Cristero War the daring people’s revolt that rocked 20th Century North America. Academy Award® nominee Andy Garcia headlines an acclaimed cast as General Gorostieta, the retired military man who at first thinks he has nothing personal at stake as he and his wife (Golden Globe winner Eva Longoria) watch Mexico fall into a violent civil war. Yet the man who hesitates in...
- 5/17/2012
- by Dave Campbell
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 40 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of the new action epic “For Greater Glory” starring Andy Garcia and Eva Longoria!
“For Greater Glory,” which opens on June 1, 2012 and tells the true story of the 1920s Cristero War, also stars Oscar Isaac, Peter O’Toole, Bruce Greenwood, Nestor Carbonell, Bruce McGill, Santiago Cabrera, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Eduardo Verástegui, Rubén Blades, Adrian Alonso, Tenoch Huerta, Luis Rosales and Mauricio Kuri from director Dean Wright and writer Michael Love.
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“For Greater Glory,” which opens on June 1, 2012 and tells the true story of the 1920s Cristero War, also stars Oscar Isaac, Peter O’Toole, Bruce Greenwood, Nestor Carbonell, Bruce McGill, Santiago Cabrera, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Eduardo Verástegui, Rubén Blades, Adrian Alonso, Tenoch Huerta, Luis Rosales and Mauricio Kuri from director Dean Wright and writer Michael Love.
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- 5/17/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The neo-noir thriller experienced something of a resurgence in early and late 90s, aided in no small part by the national cynicism that was finding a voice in Generation X, and the rise of independent film, which could operate with a level of nihilism that their major studio counterparts couldn’t get away with. But through the haze of smog-clouded urban hellscapes, Se7en stands alone, providing a moral grounding that stabilizes the constant existential horror of its anonymous American city. While all too many films would like to convince you of the essential banality of our society and institutions, Se7en answers what may be the defining challenge of our times: to see the world for what it is, and love it anyway.
In a set-up typical of any number of cop movies, hard-bitten veteran Somerset (Morgan Freeman) and cocky newcomer Mills (Brad Pitt) partner up to spend one week together...
In a set-up typical of any number of cop movies, hard-bitten veteran Somerset (Morgan Freeman) and cocky newcomer Mills (Brad Pitt) partner up to spend one week together...
- 9/20/2010
- by Anders Nelson
- JustPressPlay.net
The most viscerally frightening and disturbing homicidal maniac picture since "The Silence of the Lambs" and it's finally making its way to Blu-ray. Warner Home Video has announced the Blu-ray release of the New Line title Se7en (also known as Seven) for September 14...
Below are the Blu-ray specs courtesy of Blu-ray.com
This Blu-ray edition, supervised by director David Fincher, will come in DigiBook form, with a 32-page booklet containing information and photos on the making of the movie, and a special look at its alternate endings.
Special features include:
* Four audio commentary tracks:
* Stars commentary, with director David Fincher and actors Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman
* Story commentary, with Fincher, author Richard Dyer, screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker, editor Richard Francis-Bruce and New Line president of production Michael De Luca
* Picture commentary, with Fincher, director of photography Darius Khondji, production designer Arthur Max, editor Richard Francis-Bruce and author Richard Dyer
* Sound commentary,...
Below are the Blu-ray specs courtesy of Blu-ray.com
This Blu-ray edition, supervised by director David Fincher, will come in DigiBook form, with a 32-page booklet containing information and photos on the making of the movie, and a special look at its alternate endings.
Special features include:
* Four audio commentary tracks:
* Stars commentary, with director David Fincher and actors Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman
* Story commentary, with Fincher, author Richard Dyer, screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker, editor Richard Francis-Bruce and New Line president of production Michael De Luca
* Picture commentary, with Fincher, director of photography Darius Khondji, production designer Arthur Max, editor Richard Francis-Bruce and author Richard Dyer
* Sound commentary,...
- 5/18/2010
- by admin
- Horrorbid
Warner Home Video has announced that David Fincher's Se7en will hit Blu-ray on September 14. Supervised by Fincher, the Blu-ray will come in DigiBook form, with a 32-page booklet containing information and photos on the making of the movie, and a special look at its alternate endings. The special features include: * Four audio commentary tracks: o Stars commentary, with director David Fincher and actors Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman o Story commentary, with Fincher, author Richard Dyer, screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker, editor Richard Francis-Bruce and New Line president of production Michael De Luca o Picture commentary, with Fincher, director of photography Darius Khondji, production designer Arthur Max, editor Richard Francis-Bruce and author Richard Dyer o Sound...
- 5/18/2010
- Comingsoon.net
When it comes to movies about serial killers, it's really hard to find one that's caused more of a stir than David Fincher's Seven. We still think about the ending every now and again and feel like we've been hit by a bus. Now, thanks to the advent of Blu-ray, on September 14th we're going to get the chance to see every gory detail in glorious high definition.
The best part? The disc is dripping with extras! Dig on the full listing below courtesy of Blu-ray.com.
Synopsis:
Lt. William Somerset, a burnt-out veteran cop, is on the brink of retirement. Forced to train his ambitious and eager replacement, Somerset is teamed with Detective David Mills on an investigation that draws these disparate cops deeper and deeper into the twisted world of a cunning and meticulous criminal. He is methodical, exacting, and grotesquely creative. He is known as John...
The best part? The disc is dripping with extras! Dig on the full listing below courtesy of Blu-ray.com.
Synopsis:
Lt. William Somerset, a burnt-out veteran cop, is on the brink of retirement. Forced to train his ambitious and eager replacement, Somerset is teamed with Detective David Mills on an investigation that draws these disparate cops deeper and deeper into the twisted world of a cunning and meticulous criminal. He is methodical, exacting, and grotesquely creative. He is known as John...
- 5/18/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Arguably one of the finest genre films of the '90s, Seven , is coming to Blu-Ray on September 14. New Line is packaging the film in a Digibook format which comes with a 32 page booklet (much like MGM's Poltergeist ). The special features are listed below; check out this link for a small look at the packaging. - Four audio commentary tracks: o Stars commentary, with director David Fincher and actors Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman o Story commentary, with Fincher, author Richard Dyer, screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker, editor Richard Francis-Bruce and New Line president of production Michael De Luca o Picture commentary, with Fincher, director of photography Darius Khondji, production designer Arthur Max, editor Richard Francis-Bruce and author Richard Dyer o Sound commentary,...
- 5/17/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
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