Sony’s “Kraven the Hunter” is being pushed back from its August release, moving to Dec. 13, 2024. It will screen in IMAX and premium large formats.
The film takes over “Karate Kid’s” original release date, which has been changed to May 30, 2025. It will now bow in theaters after the sixth and final season of “Cobra Kai” debuts on Netflix.
With a coveted Christmastime release date open, Sony is positioning “Kraven” as an R-rated option for the end of the year.
Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, “Kraven the Hunter” unpacks the origin story behind the Marvel villain, set before his notorious vendetta against Spider-Man. Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola, Christopher Abbott and Russell Crowe also star.
The film is directed by J.C. Chandor, with a story by Richard Wenk and screenplay by Wenk, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway. It’s produced by Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach and David Householter.
Sony has also...
The film takes over “Karate Kid’s” original release date, which has been changed to May 30, 2025. It will now bow in theaters after the sixth and final season of “Cobra Kai” debuts on Netflix.
With a coveted Christmastime release date open, Sony is positioning “Kraven” as an R-rated option for the end of the year.
Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, “Kraven the Hunter” unpacks the origin story behind the Marvel villain, set before his notorious vendetta against Spider-Man. Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola, Christopher Abbott and Russell Crowe also star.
The film is directed by J.C. Chandor, with a story by Richard Wenk and screenplay by Wenk, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway. It’s produced by Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach and David Householter.
Sony has also...
- 4/27/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
Craving answers about “Kraven the Hunter”? Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s got one very important bit of information for you: “Fuck yes, it’s gonna be rated R,” he said (from afar) during Sony’s presentation Monday night at CinemaCon 2023.
That prerecorded video set the tone for the very, very bloody first footage, which Sony rolled to the riled-up attendees — movie theater owners, mostly — at the Caesar’s Palace Colosseum in Las Vegas. What we got wasn’t technically a trailer, we were told: Sony executive Sanford Panitch said the full “Kraven” trailer will be released in theaters this summer.
The teaser (let’s call it) ended with the reveal of the film’s baddie, the classic Spider-Man villain The Rhino; the audience seemed to dig that.
“Kraven the Hunter,” based on the Marvel Comics, is Sony’s first-ever R-rated Marvel movie.
Per Sony’s logline: “Kraven the Hunter” brings viewers on...
That prerecorded video set the tone for the very, very bloody first footage, which Sony rolled to the riled-up attendees — movie theater owners, mostly — at the Caesar’s Palace Colosseum in Las Vegas. What we got wasn’t technically a trailer, we were told: Sony executive Sanford Panitch said the full “Kraven” trailer will be released in theaters this summer.
The teaser (let’s call it) ended with the reveal of the film’s baddie, the classic Spider-Man villain The Rhino; the audience seemed to dig that.
“Kraven the Hunter,” based on the Marvel Comics, is Sony’s first-ever R-rated Marvel movie.
Per Sony’s logline: “Kraven the Hunter” brings viewers on...
- 4/25/2023
- by Tony Maglio
- Indiewire
Author: Competitions
To celebrate the release of Passengers, available on digital download, 4K Ultra HD™, Blu-ray 3D™, Blu-ray™ & DVD now from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, we are offering you the chance to win some out-of- this-world prizes. We have 1 grand prize to give away including a copy of Passengers on Blu-ray, a t-shirt, a water bottle, a digital watch, an eye mask, and a candy pack. We will also be giving away 2 copies of the Passengers Blu-ray to lucky runner-up’s!
Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt star in a high-stakes adventure about two passengers, Aurora and Jim, onboard a spaceship transporting them to a new life on another planet. The trip takes a deadly turn when their hibernation pods mysteriously wake them 90 years before they reach their destination. As they try to unravel the mystery behind the malfunction, they discover that the ship itself is in grave danger. With the...
To celebrate the release of Passengers, available on digital download, 4K Ultra HD™, Blu-ray 3D™, Blu-ray™ & DVD now from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, we are offering you the chance to win some out-of- this-world prizes. We have 1 grand prize to give away including a copy of Passengers on Blu-ray, a t-shirt, a water bottle, a digital watch, an eye mask, and a candy pack. We will also be giving away 2 copies of the Passengers Blu-ray to lucky runner-up’s!
Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt star in a high-stakes adventure about two passengers, Aurora and Jim, onboard a spaceship transporting them to a new life on another planet. The trip takes a deadly turn when their hibernation pods mysteriously wake them 90 years before they reach their destination. As they try to unravel the mystery behind the malfunction, they discover that the ship itself is in grave danger. With the...
- 5/8/2017
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons were just the beginning and now with Inferno, two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks (Best Actor: Forrest Gump, 1994; Philadelphia, 1993), two-time Academy Award winner Ron Howard (Best Director & Best Picture, A Beautiful Mind, 2001) and bestselling author Dan Brown are reunited for the latest intense thriller in this billion-dollar franchise. After waking up in a hospital room in Florence, Italy, with no memory of what has occurred for the last few days, Robert Langdon (Hanks) suddenly finds himself the target of a manhunt while solving the most intricate riddle he’s ever faced. Joining the international adventure are Felicity Jones (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), Irrfan Khan (Jurassic World), Omar Sy (X-Men: Days of Future Past), Ben Foster (Hell or High Water) and Sidse Babett Knudsen (“Westworld”). Inferno debuts on digital,4K Ultra HD™, Blu-ray™ and DVD January 24 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
The Inferno Blu-ray,...
The Inferno Blu-ray,...
- 1/18/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Three-time Emmy® nominee Amy Schumer (“Inside Amy Schumer”) stars as a commitment-phobic journalist in Trainwreck, the film Fandango calls “the funniest movie of the year,” is coming to Digital HD October 20, 2015, and Blu-ray™, DVD and On Demand on November 10, 2015, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Schumer takes her undeniable talents to the big screen tossing aside rom-com conventions with a timely and outrageously funny portrait of an unapologetically independent career woman whose hard-partying personal life is turned upside down when she meets Mr. Might-Be-Right. Directed and produced by comedy guru Judd Apatow (Bridesmaids, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, “Girls”), Trainwreck Unrated arrives on Blu-ray™ & DVD with even more hysterical moments, including deleted scenes, gag reel, line-o-rama & more!
Since she was a little girl, Amy (Amy Schumer) has been taught that monogamy isn’t realistic. Now a magazine writer, Amy lives by that credo, enjoying an uninhibited life free from stifling, boring romantic commitment.
Since she was a little girl, Amy (Amy Schumer) has been taught that monogamy isn’t realistic. Now a magazine writer, Amy lives by that credo, enjoying an uninhibited life free from stifling, boring romantic commitment.
- 11/9/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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Principal photography has commenced on Inferno, the new film in Columbia Pictures’ Robert Langdon series, which has taken in more than $1.2 billion worldwide to date. The film is slated for release on October 14, 2016.
In the film, Academy Award winner Tom Hanks reprises his role as Robert Langdon. He is joined by an international cast of actors, including Felicity Jones, Irrfan Khan, Omar Sy, Ben Foster, and Sidse Babett Knudsen.
The film is directed by Ron Howard and produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard. The screenplay is by David Koepp, based on the book by Dan Brown. The project’s executive producers are David Householter, Dan Brown, Anna Culp, and William M. Connor.
Inferno continues the Harvard symbologist’s adventures on screen: when Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Sienna Brooks, a doctor he hopes will help...
Principal photography has commenced on Inferno, the new film in Columbia Pictures’ Robert Langdon series, which has taken in more than $1.2 billion worldwide to date. The film is slated for release on October 14, 2016.
In the film, Academy Award winner Tom Hanks reprises his role as Robert Langdon. He is joined by an international cast of actors, including Felicity Jones, Irrfan Khan, Omar Sy, Ben Foster, and Sidse Babett Knudsen.
The film is directed by Ron Howard and produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard. The screenplay is by David Koepp, based on the book by Dan Brown. The project’s executive producers are David Householter, Dan Brown, Anna Culp, and William M. Connor.
Inferno continues the Harvard symbologist’s adventures on screen: when Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Sienna Brooks, a doctor he hopes will help...
- 5/12/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Irrfan Khan, who was earlier seen in big ticket Hollywood films The Amazing Spider Man and Life of Pi, continues his association with the west with his next venture that will be helmed by Ron Howard. In fact Director/producer Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer have cast an energetic company of some of the world's most talented and interesting rising international stars to join Tom Hanks in Inferno, the new film in the Robert Langdon series. The Imagine Entertainment production, which has a screenplay by David Koepp based on the book by Dan Brown, is slated for release on October 14, 2016 and will begin principal photography at the end of April. The project's executive producers are Dan Brown, Anna Culp, Bill Connor, and David Householter. Inferno continues the Harvard symbologist's adventures on screen, when Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Sienna Brooks,...
- 4/14/2015
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Director/producer Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer have cast an energetic company of some of the world’s most talented and interesting rising international stars to join Tom Hanks in Inferno, the new film in Columbia Pictures’ Robert Langdon series, which has taken in more than $1.2 billion worldwide to date. The Imagine Entertainment production, which has a screenplay by David Koepp based on the book by Dan Brown, is slated for release on October 14, 2016 and will begin principal photography at the end of April. The project’s executive producers are Dan Brown, Anna Culp, Bill Connor, and David Householter. Inferno continues the Harvard symbologist’s adventures on screen: when Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Sienna Brooks, a doctor he hopes will help him recover his memories and prevent a madman from releasing a global plague connected to Dante’s “Inferno.
- 2/18/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Sony Pictures and Imagine Entertainment have announced the supporting cast set to join Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon in Ron Howard's "Inferno" which begins filming at the end of April.
This marks the third film adaptation of a novel by Dan Brown to feature Hanks as Langdon, Howard as director and Brian Grazer as producer following their collaborations on "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels and Demons".
In this entry, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia. He teams up with Sienna Brooks, a doctor he hopes will help him recover his memories, to prevent a madman from releasing a global plague connected to Dante's famed poem "Inferno".
Oscar nominee Felicity Jones ("The Theory of Everything") has been cast as Dr. Sienna Brooks, Irrfan Khan ("Life of Pi," "Slumdog Millionaire") has been cast as Harry Sims (aka. The Provost), Omar Sy ("X-Men: Days of Future Past,...
This marks the third film adaptation of a novel by Dan Brown to feature Hanks as Langdon, Howard as director and Brian Grazer as producer following their collaborations on "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels and Demons".
In this entry, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia. He teams up with Sienna Brooks, a doctor he hopes will help him recover his memories, to prevent a madman from releasing a global plague connected to Dante's famed poem "Inferno".
Oscar nominee Felicity Jones ("The Theory of Everything") has been cast as Dr. Sienna Brooks, Irrfan Khan ("Life of Pi," "Slumdog Millionaire") has been cast as Harry Sims (aka. The Provost), Omar Sy ("X-Men: Days of Future Past,...
- 2/18/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Director/producer Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer have cast an energetic company of some of the world’s most talented and interesting rising international stars to join Tom Hanks in Inferno, the new film in Columbia Pictures‘ Robert Langdon series, which has taken in more than $1.2 billion worldwide to date.
The Imagine Entertainment production, which has a screenplay by David Koepp based on the book by Dan Brown, is slated for release on October 14, 2016 and will begin principal photography at the end of April.
I’m excited to exclusively announce the cast of #InfernoMovie! Check them out here: http://t.co/sx6gTueRe2
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) February 17, 2015
The project’s executive producers are Dan Brown, Anna Culp, Bill Connor, and David Householter.
Inferno continues the Harvard symbologist’s adventures on screen: when Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Sienna Brooks, a...
The Imagine Entertainment production, which has a screenplay by David Koepp based on the book by Dan Brown, is slated for release on October 14, 2016 and will begin principal photography at the end of April.
I’m excited to exclusively announce the cast of #InfernoMovie! Check them out here: http://t.co/sx6gTueRe2
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) February 17, 2015
The project’s executive producers are Dan Brown, Anna Culp, Bill Connor, and David Householter.
Inferno continues the Harvard symbologist’s adventures on screen: when Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Sienna Brooks, a...
- 2/17/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
French actor Omar Sy (“X-Men: Days of Future Past”), Indian superstar Irrfan Khan (“Life of Pi”) and Danish actress Sidse Babett Knudsen (“Borgen”) will join two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks and current Oscar nominee Felicity Jones in Ron Howard‘s latest Dan Brown adaptation “Inferno,” TheWrap has learned. Howard and Brian Grazer will produce through their Imagine Entertainment banner, while author Brown will executive produce with Imagine’s Anna Culp, Bill Connor and David Householter. Michael De Luca and Andrea Giannetti will oversee the project for Columbia Pictures. Production starts at the end of April. David Koepp wrote the script based on Brown’s.
- 2/17/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Omar Sy and Irrfan Khan have joined Imagine Entertainment and Columbia Pictures’ third Robert Langdon thriller starring Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones.
Production on Inferno is set to begin at the end of April ahead of an October 14 2016 release.
Ron Howard directs from David Koepp’s adaptation of the Dan Brown follow-up to The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons.
Howard’s Imagine partner Brian Grazer produces and Brown is executive producer with Anna Culp, Bill Connor and David Householter.
Hanks reprises his lead role in the $1.2bn global franchise as the Harvard symbologist who this time awakens in an Italian hospital with amnesia and must team up with a doctor to thwart a madman’s dastardly plot to unleash a plague.
The previously announced Jones, a lead actress Oscar nominee this year for The Theory Of Everything, will play Dr Sienna Brooks, while Khan assumes the role of Harry Sims aka The Provost. Sy (pictured...
Production on Inferno is set to begin at the end of April ahead of an October 14 2016 release.
Ron Howard directs from David Koepp’s adaptation of the Dan Brown follow-up to The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons.
Howard’s Imagine partner Brian Grazer produces and Brown is executive producer with Anna Culp, Bill Connor and David Householter.
Hanks reprises his lead role in the $1.2bn global franchise as the Harvard symbologist who this time awakens in an Italian hospital with amnesia and must team up with a doctor to thwart a madman’s dastardly plot to unleash a plague.
The previously announced Jones, a lead actress Oscar nominee this year for The Theory Of Everything, will play Dr Sienna Brooks, while Khan assumes the role of Harry Sims aka The Provost. Sy (pictured...
- 2/17/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
With the New Year just days away, Universal Pictures has released brand new photos, storylines and dates for some of the most anticipated movies in 2015.
First up is Ted 2.
Hitting theaters on June 26, 2015, Seth MacFarlane returns as writer, director and voice star of Ted 2, Universal and Media Rights Capital’s follow-up to the highest-grossing original R-rated comedy of all time.
Joined once again by star Mark Wahlberg and fellow “Ted” writers Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild, MacFarlane produces the live action/CG-animated comedy alongside Bluegrass Films’ Scott Stuber, as well as John Jacobs and Jason Clark.
http://www.tedisreal.com
Photo Credit: Tippett Studios/Universal Pictures © 2015 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
(L to R) Tina Fey and Amy Poehler reunite for Sisters
Sisters – December 18, 2015
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Ike Barinholtz, John Leguizamo, Dianne Wiest, John Cena and James Brolin
Directed by: Jason Moore
Writer:...
First up is Ted 2.
Hitting theaters on June 26, 2015, Seth MacFarlane returns as writer, director and voice star of Ted 2, Universal and Media Rights Capital’s follow-up to the highest-grossing original R-rated comedy of all time.
Joined once again by star Mark Wahlberg and fellow “Ted” writers Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild, MacFarlane produces the live action/CG-animated comedy alongside Bluegrass Films’ Scott Stuber, as well as John Jacobs and Jason Clark.
http://www.tedisreal.com
Photo Credit: Tippett Studios/Universal Pictures © 2015 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
(L to R) Tina Fey and Amy Poehler reunite for Sisters
Sisters – December 18, 2015
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Ike Barinholtz, John Leguizamo, Dianne Wiest, John Cena and James Brolin
Directed by: Jason Moore
Writer:...
- 12/29/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Adam McKay -- director and co-writer of "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues -- is Moviefone's Guest Editor from December 16 - 20. Watch for exclusive features from him throughout the week. Below, McKay lists Will Ferrell's top five improvised moments, in no particular order. Warning: There's some Nsfw language ahead!
"Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" - "Milk was a bad choice."
Will kept asking me why I had him drinking milk in the scene. I said it seemed like the most horrible beverage to be drinking on a hot street. Finally during one take he came out with the line.
"Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" - "I'm in a glass case of emotion."
We carried that phone booth around on a truck for weeks. Our line producer, David Householter, kept insisting we were going to get the scene even though it wasn't critical to that part of the movie.
"Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" - "Milk was a bad choice."
Will kept asking me why I had him drinking milk in the scene. I said it seemed like the most horrible beverage to be drinking on a hot street. Finally during one take he came out with the line.
"Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" - "I'm in a glass case of emotion."
We carried that phone booth around on a truck for weeks. Our line producer, David Householter, kept insisting we were going to get the scene even though it wasn't critical to that part of the movie.
- 12/17/2013
- by Adam McKay
- Moviefone
Last week we shared a clip from Rapture-Palooza that featured some foul-mouthed crows, and now we have three new clips to show you. Ready to get Raptured? Then read on!
Rapture-Palooza will open in select theatres nationwide and be available On Demand beginning June 7th.
Synopsis
When the Apocalypse actually happens and a billion people are raptured up to heaven, Lindsey (Anna Kendrick, Pitch Perfect) and her boyfriend, Ben (John Francis Daley, TV’s “Bones”), are left behind in suburban Seattle. The young couple try their best to lead a normal life surrounded by talking locusts, blood rain showers, and pot-smoking wraiths. But when The Beast (Craig Robinson, TV’s “The Office”) makes his home base in their neighborhood, Lindsey finds herself the object of his affection. With the help of her family, friends, and a lawn-mowing zombie neighbor (Tom Lennon, TV’s “Reno 911”), the young couple set off to...
Rapture-Palooza will open in select theatres nationwide and be available On Demand beginning June 7th.
Synopsis
When the Apocalypse actually happens and a billion people are raptured up to heaven, Lindsey (Anna Kendrick, Pitch Perfect) and her boyfriend, Ben (John Francis Daley, TV’s “Bones”), are left behind in suburban Seattle. The young couple try their best to lead a normal life surrounded by talking locusts, blood rain showers, and pot-smoking wraiths. But when The Beast (Craig Robinson, TV’s “The Office”) makes his home base in their neighborhood, Lindsey finds herself the object of his affection. With the help of her family, friends, and a lawn-mowing zombie neighbor (Tom Lennon, TV’s “Reno 911”), the young couple set off to...
- 5/29/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
The apocalypse is coming to theaters and on VOD on June 7, 2013. Only this time, Craig Robinson, Anna Kendrick, John Francis Daley, Rob Corddry, Paul Scheer, and many more are along for the ride. Check out the new trailer and poster for Rapture-palooza.
Nowhere is safe from the effects of the Rapture in Rapture-palooza, a new end of the world comedy from Lionsgate.
When the Apocalypse actually happens and a billion people are raptured up to heaven, Lindsey (Anna Kendrick, Pitch Perfect) and her boyfriend Ben (John Francis Daley, TV’s “Bones”) are left behind in suburban Seattle. The young couple tries their best to lead a normal life surrounded by talking locusts, blood rain showers and pot-smoking wraiths. But when The Beast (Craig Robinson, TV’s “The Office”) makes his home base in their neighborhood, Lindsey finds herself the object of his affection. With the help of her family, friends...
Nowhere is safe from the effects of the Rapture in Rapture-palooza, a new end of the world comedy from Lionsgate.
When the Apocalypse actually happens and a billion people are raptured up to heaven, Lindsey (Anna Kendrick, Pitch Perfect) and her boyfriend Ben (John Francis Daley, TV’s “Bones”) are left behind in suburban Seattle. The young couple tries their best to lead a normal life surrounded by talking locusts, blood rain showers and pot-smoking wraiths. But when The Beast (Craig Robinson, TV’s “The Office”) makes his home base in their neighborhood, Lindsey finds herself the object of his affection. With the help of her family, friends...
- 5/17/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: House Of Lies star Josh Lawson and Greg Kinnear have joined the cast of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, the sequel that Adam McKay is currently shooting in Atlanta. The film brings back Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner and Christina Applegate, and the other newcomers are Harrison Ford, Kristen Wiig, James Marsden, Meagan Good and Dylan Baker. McKay and Ferrell wrote the script and are producing with Judd Apatow, with David Householter, Kevin Messick and Jessica Elbaum exec producing. Paramount will release the comedy December 20. Lawson recently appeared with Ferrell in The Campaign, and Kinnear is starring in and co-exec producing the Fox pilot Rake, playing a self-destructive brilliant criminal defense lawyer in a drama that was created by Peter Duncan for an Australian series and is being exec produced by Peter Tolan and Michael Wimer. Lawson is repped by UTA and Management 360, Kinnear by CAA.
- 3/15/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Sony has pushed back the Cameron Diaz comedy "Bad Teacher" from its originally scheduled April release date to June 17. According to Variety, this comes on the heels of a positive screening for Sony executives last week, which prompted them to move the film to a potentially more lucrative summer opening.Jake Kasdan directed from a script by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky. Jimmy Miller and David Householter produced through their Mosaic production company. The cast includes Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch, John Michael Higgins and Jason Segel. Story centers on a foul-mouthed, greedy middle-school teacher (Diaz) who, after being dumped by her boyfriend, competes with a rival teacher (Punch), who is dating the school's model teacher (Timberlake).In its new release...
- 11/19/2010
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: It kind of makes sense that a movie titled “Bad Teacher” would come out in the summertime.
That’s what’s happening, now that Sony has shifted Jake Kasden’s black comedy “Bad Teacher” to its new release date, June 17, 2011.
“We love how this movie is shaping up, and our early test screenings confirm our confidence,” said Jeff Blake, chairman of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution for Sony Pictures. “We have had tremendous results with summer comedies in the past several years, from ‘Superbad’ and ‘Step Brothers’ to ‘Grown Ups’ and ‘The Other Guys.’ Summer audiences want movies that will make them laugh out loud and we think ‘Bad Teacher’ is the perfect choice for older teens and adults who are looking for a film that will make them look at the high school experience and do just that.”
More from the release:
The comedy,...
Hollywoodnews.com: It kind of makes sense that a movie titled “Bad Teacher” would come out in the summertime.
That’s what’s happening, now that Sony has shifted Jake Kasden’s black comedy “Bad Teacher” to its new release date, June 17, 2011.
“We love how this movie is shaping up, and our early test screenings confirm our confidence,” said Jeff Blake, chairman of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution for Sony Pictures. “We have had tremendous results with summer comedies in the past several years, from ‘Superbad’ and ‘Step Brothers’ to ‘Grown Ups’ and ‘The Other Guys.’ Summer audiences want movies that will make them laugh out loud and we think ‘Bad Teacher’ is the perfect choice for older teens and adults who are looking for a film that will make them look at the high school experience and do just that.”
More from the release:
The comedy,...
- 11/19/2010
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
Columbia Pictures will release the comedy Bad Teacher on June 17, 2011, as school gets out for the summer moviegoing season, it was announced today by Jeff Blake, chairman, Worldwide Marketing and Distribution for Sony Pictures. The comedy, which centers on a hilariously foul-mouthed, bitter, and irreverent middle school teacher, stars Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch, John Michael Higgins, and Jason Segel, and is directed by Jake Kasdan, written by Gene Stupnitsky & Lee Eisenberg, and produced by Mosaic's Jimmy Miller and David Householter. Commenting on the announcement, Blake said, "We love how this movie is shaping up, and our early test screenings confirm our confidence. We have had tremendous results with summer comedies in the past several years, from...
- 11/18/2010
- Comingsoon.net
Barry Levinson, the director of films such as The Natural, Rain Man, Sleepers, and several other films has settled on his next film project. The movie is called Brother Jack, and it tells the story of human rights activist Jack Healey. Levinson is a very talented director that knows how to tell a great story, and there's no doubt he'll develop a solid film from the life of this man.
The film is the coming of age story of an idealist who leaves the priesthood for a life on the streets and successfully wages a one man war to elevate the issue of human rights.
The screenplay is being written by Harley Peyton (Twin Peaks, Bandits), with a current rewrite by Kelly Masterson. You can check out the full press release from Sony Pictures for all the little details on the film below.
Barry Levinson Attached To Direct “Brother Jack,...
The film is the coming of age story of an idealist who leaves the priesthood for a life on the streets and successfully wages a one man war to elevate the issue of human rights.
The screenplay is being written by Harley Peyton (Twin Peaks, Bandits), with a current rewrite by Kelly Masterson. You can check out the full press release from Sony Pictures for all the little details on the film below.
Barry Levinson Attached To Direct “Brother Jack,...
- 7/9/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
One of Hollywood’s most prolific directors Barry Levinson is now attached to a new Columbia Pictures biopic on “Brother Jack” Healy as an announcement was made today by the studios.
Brother Jack, based on the life of human rights activist Jack Healey, is the coming of age story of an idealist who leaves the priesthood for a life on the streets and successfully wages a one man war to elevate the issue of human rights. The screenplay is being written by Harley Peyton, with a current rewrite by Kelly Masterson. The film will be produced by Mosaic and Jack Healey.
Levinson most recently directed and executive produced “You Don’t Know Jack,” a biopic of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, for HBO, which earned 15 Emmy nominations this morning, including Outstanding Made for Television Movie.
Healey is the world-renowned human rights activist and pioneer. An effective and innovative leader in the human rights movement for over 25 years,...
Brother Jack, based on the life of human rights activist Jack Healey, is the coming of age story of an idealist who leaves the priesthood for a life on the streets and successfully wages a one man war to elevate the issue of human rights. The screenplay is being written by Harley Peyton, with a current rewrite by Kelly Masterson. The film will be produced by Mosaic and Jack Healey.
Levinson most recently directed and executive produced “You Don’t Know Jack,” a biopic of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, for HBO, which earned 15 Emmy nominations this morning, including Outstanding Made for Television Movie.
Healey is the world-renowned human rights activist and pioneer. An effective and innovative leader in the human rights movement for over 25 years,...
- 7/9/2010
- by Kevin Coll
- FusedFilm
For those of you clamoring for more humans rights movies, it looks like Barry Levinson has got you covered.Sony just released the following press announcement about Barry attaching himself to Brother Jack:Barry Levinson Attached To Direct “Brother Jack,” Life Story Of Human Rights Activist Jack Healey, For Columbia Pictures And Mosaic Academy Award®-winning director Barry Levinson is attached to helm the film Brother Jack for Columbia Pictures, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach, presidents of Columbia Pictures. Brother Jack, based on the life of human rights activist Jack Healey, is the coming of age story of an idealist who leaves the priesthood for a life on the streets and successfully wages a one man war to elevate the issue of human rights. The screenplay is being written by Harley Peyton, with a current rewrite by Kelly Masterson. The film will be produced by Mosaic and Jack Healey.
- 7/8/2010
- LRMonline.com
HollywoodNews.com: Academy Award(r)-winning director Barry Levinson is attached to helm the film “Brother Jack” for Columbia Pictures, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach, presidents of Columbia Pictures.
“Brother Jack,” based on the life of human rights activist Jack Healey, is the coming of age story of an idealist who leaves the priesthood for a life on the streets and successfully wages a one man war to elevate the issue of human rights. The screenplay is being written by Harley Peyton, with a current rewrite by Kelly Masterson. The film will be produced by Mosaic and Jack Healey.
Levinson most recently directed and executive produced “You Don’t Know Jack,” a biopic of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, for HBO, which earned 15 Emmy nominations this morning, including Outstanding Made for Television Movie.
Commenting on the announcement, Belgrad said, “Barry Levinson is one of the industry’s most thoughtful,...
“Brother Jack,” based on the life of human rights activist Jack Healey, is the coming of age story of an idealist who leaves the priesthood for a life on the streets and successfully wages a one man war to elevate the issue of human rights. The screenplay is being written by Harley Peyton, with a current rewrite by Kelly Masterson. The film will be produced by Mosaic and Jack Healey.
Levinson most recently directed and executive produced “You Don’t Know Jack,” a biopic of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, for HBO, which earned 15 Emmy nominations this morning, including Outstanding Made for Television Movie.
Commenting on the announcement, Belgrad said, “Barry Levinson is one of the industry’s most thoughtful,...
- 7/8/2010
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Barry Levinson has been attached to direct Sony's "Brother Jack," the story of human rights activist Jack Healey, who will produce along with Mosaic.
Harley Peyton has written the screenplay, which is getting a rewrite from Kelly Masterson, about Healey, who left the priesthood to live on the streets where he raised issues regarding human rights.
Healey currently heads the Human Rights Action Center, a non-profit based out of Washington, D.C. that uses the arts and new technologies to stop human rights abuses. He's campaigned to spread awareness of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, restore Aung San Suu Kyi to power in Burma, and to assist victims in protecting themselves.
Levinson most recently helmed another true-life story, that of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, in HBO's "You Don't Know Jack," which earned 15 Emmy nominations today, including outstanding made for television movie.
Columbia Pictures presidents Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach announced Levinson's involvement.
Harley Peyton has written the screenplay, which is getting a rewrite from Kelly Masterson, about Healey, who left the priesthood to live on the streets where he raised issues regarding human rights.
Healey currently heads the Human Rights Action Center, a non-profit based out of Washington, D.C. that uses the arts and new technologies to stop human rights abuses. He's campaigned to spread awareness of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, restore Aung San Suu Kyi to power in Burma, and to assist victims in protecting themselves.
Levinson most recently helmed another true-life story, that of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, in HBO's "You Don't Know Jack," which earned 15 Emmy nominations today, including outstanding made for television movie.
Columbia Pictures presidents Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach announced Levinson's involvement.
- 7/8/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sony Pictures has picked up the movie rights to a series of sci-fi novels by Jeff Somers, tapping Trevor Sands to adapt the first book, titled "The Electric Church."
Jimmy Miller is producing the adaptation, which is working under the moniker of the "The Avery Cates Project," named after the book's main character.
Somers has so far written three books, all set in a near future where Earth is run by a federation of nations and governed by a council. Cates is a bodyguard-assassin who, in "Church," is forced by the governing police force to kill the founder of a church that converts people by transplanting their brains into pliant robotic bodies.
Diana Williams will exec produce. David Householter and Gloria Fan will oversee on behalf of Mosaic
Sands, repped by Wme and manager Jewerl Ross, scored the gig after impressing the studio and producer with "Redemption Falls," a Western...
Jimmy Miller is producing the adaptation, which is working under the moniker of the "The Avery Cates Project," named after the book's main character.
Somers has so far written three books, all set in a near future where Earth is run by a federation of nations and governed by a council. Cates is a bodyguard-assassin who, in "Church," is forced by the governing police force to kill the founder of a church that converts people by transplanting their brains into pliant robotic bodies.
Diana Williams will exec produce. David Householter and Gloria Fan will oversee on behalf of Mosaic
Sands, repped by Wme and manager Jewerl Ross, scored the gig after impressing the studio and producer with "Redemption Falls," a Western...
- 1/20/2010
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Principal photography begins today on Columbia Pictures’ action-comedy “The Other Guys,” starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. The film is directed by Adam McKay (Step Brothers, The Procedure, The Landlord) and written by Adam McKay & Chris Henchy(Land of the Lost). The film is a co-production between Gary Sanchez Productions and Mosaic. Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Jimmy Miller, and Patrick Crowley produce. David Householter, Chris Henchy and Kevin Messick are the Executive Producers. Jessica Elbaum and Josh Church serve as Co-Producers.
Set in New York City, “The Other Guys” follows Detective Allen Gamble (Ferrell), a forensic accountant who’s more interested in paperwork than hitting the streets, and Detective Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg), who has been stuck with Allen as his partner ever since an embarrassing public incident with his quick trigger finger. Allen and Terry idolize the city’s top cops, Danson and Manzetti (Dwayne Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson...
Set in New York City, “The Other Guys” follows Detective Allen Gamble (Ferrell), a forensic accountant who’s more interested in paperwork than hitting the streets, and Detective Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg), who has been stuck with Allen as his partner ever since an embarrassing public incident with his quick trigger finger. Allen and Terry idolize the city’s top cops, Danson and Manzetti (Dwayne Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson...
- 9/25/2009
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Principal photography started today on Columbia Pictures' action-comedy The Other Guys , starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. The film is directed by Adam McKay and written by Adam McKay & Chris Henchy. The film is a co-production between Gary Sanchez Productions and Mosaic. Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Jimmy Miller, and Patrick Crowley produce. David Householter, Chris Henchy and Kevin Messick are the Executive Producers. Jessica Elbaum and Josh Church serve as Co-Producers. Set in New York City, The Other Guys follows Detective Allen Gamble (Ferrell), a forensic accountant who's more interested in paperwork than hitting the streets, and Detective Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg), who has been stuck with Allen as his partner ever since an embarrassing public incident with his quick...
- 9/23/2009
- Comingsoon.net
British actress Alice Eve will play a regular guy's dream girl in DreamWorks' comedy She's Out of My League.
T.J. Miller (Cloverfield) and Nate Torrence (NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip) also have joined the film, which stars Jay Baruchel (Knocked Up).
The story centers on an average Joe named Kirk (Baruchel), who after meeting and falling for Molly (Eve) -- who is described as a "perfect 10" -- becomes surprised when she takes an interest in him.
Miller will play Stainer, Kirk's best friend. Torrence plays one of Kirk's other friends.
Jim Field Smith is directing from the latest script by Tim Dowling (Coxblocker). That draft is based on an original script by Sean Anders and John Morris.
Jimmy Miller is producing and George Gatins is executive producing for Mosaic. David Householter also is serving as an executive producer on the film, which is set to begin production March 31.
Kira Goldberg and Ashley Brucks are overseeing for DreamWorks president of production Adam Goodman.
Eve, who stars in the Tom Stoppard-directed play Rock 'n' Roll on Broadway, recently wrapped production on the Wayne Kramer-directed drama Crossing Over, starring Harrison Ford and Sean Penn.
T.J. Miller (Cloverfield) and Nate Torrence (NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip) also have joined the film, which stars Jay Baruchel (Knocked Up).
The story centers on an average Joe named Kirk (Baruchel), who after meeting and falling for Molly (Eve) -- who is described as a "perfect 10" -- becomes surprised when she takes an interest in him.
Miller will play Stainer, Kirk's best friend. Torrence plays one of Kirk's other friends.
Jim Field Smith is directing from the latest script by Tim Dowling (Coxblocker). That draft is based on an original script by Sean Anders and John Morris.
Jimmy Miller is producing and George Gatins is executive producing for Mosaic. David Householter also is serving as an executive producer on the film, which is set to begin production March 31.
Kira Goldberg and Ashley Brucks are overseeing for DreamWorks president of production Adam Goodman.
Eve, who stars in the Tom Stoppard-directed play Rock 'n' Roll on Broadway, recently wrapped production on the Wayne Kramer-directed drama Crossing Over, starring Harrison Ford and Sean Penn.
- 2/13/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Proving that even infantile humor can be funny, "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" does make you laugh even if you hate yourself for doing so. A creation of former "Saturday Night Live" colleagues, the comedy plays like an extended skit with bits of improvisation and several slightly extended sequences.
Will Ferrell co-wrote the script with former "SNL" head writer Adam McKay. Ferrell plays the title role, while McKay makes his directing debut. If Ferrell's recent screen successes -- "Elf" and "Old School" -- mean anything, this broadly played (to put it mildly) antic comedy should become a hit with the young crowd.
The film does tackle an interesting subject -- the invasion of the male-dominated TV newsroom by women journalists in the 1970s. Formerly a place where anchormen, male reporters and a mostly male crew smoked, sipped Scotch and generally exuded testosterone, this clubby atmosphere was shattered by female reporters and eventually -- to the men's shock and chagrin -- anchorwomen.
Ferrell stars as Ron Burgundy, the top-rated anchorman in the San Diego market during the '70s, whose wardrobe fits his name and whose journalistic talents are nonexistent. What he is is a news reader, a voice disconnected from the brain. (He is notorious for reading anything that appears on a teleprompter, which will lead to his ruination.)
His "sidekicks" are Champ Kind (David Koechner), outfitted with a cowboy hat and a good-ol'-boy sensibility; Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd), a field reporter with a flair for the fatuous; and weather guy Brick Talmand (Steve Carell), who is as thick as a ... well, a brick.
In the name of "diversity," news producer Ed Harken (the always hilarious Fred Willard) recruits newswoman Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) for the news team. Her very presence provokes conflicted instincts among the men. The entire news team tries to bed her, with disastrous results for all except Ron. But when a traffic mishap (involving a uproarious cameo by Jack Black) prevents Ron from making the evening newscast one fateful day, Veronica replaces him and, despite the best efforts of the rest of the male team to sabotage her, is an instant success. So the fur flies as the tomcats howl and scratch in bitter frustration.
The key to the comedy is that Ferrrell and McKay see TV newsrooms of the '70s as kindergartens. The high jinks and attempts to undermine colleagues are akin to children fighting over the sandbox. This bright comic idea extends to a "rumble" among all the male San Diego news teams, which features achingly funny cameos by, among others, Luke Wilson, Ben Stiller and, as a PBS newsman, Tim Robbins.
Ferrell and Applegate make appealing foes whose sexual attraction only fuels their acrimonious rivalry. Ferrell's suavity -- for the '70s, mind you -- barely covers up his oafishness, while Applegate's pretty-in-pastel glamour barely disguises her predatory instincts. All the other actors have amusing moments in the broadest, most cartoonish sense.
The behind-the-camera team has goofy fun with the era's truly awful hair and fashion styles, equally bad music and monochromatic, bare-bones TV news desks. Of course, the main fun comes at the expense of the era's male chauvinism that now plays like such quaint nonsense.
ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY
DreamWorks Pictures
An Apatow production
Credits:
Director: Adam McKay
Screenwriters: Will Ferrell, Adam McKay
Producer: Judd Apatow
Executive producers: Shauna Robertson, David O. Russell
Director of photography: Thomas Ackerman
Production designer: Clayton R. Hartley
Music: Alex Wurman
Co-producer: David Householter
Costume designer: Debra McGuire
Editor: Brent White
Cast:
Ron Burgundy: Will Ferrell
Veronica Corningstone: Christina Applegate
Brian Fantana: Paul Rudd
Brick Tamland: Steve Carell
Champ Kind: David Koechner
Ed Harken: Fred Willard
Garth Holliday: Chris Parnell
Helen: Kathryn Hahn
MPAA rating PG-13
Running time -- 94 minutes...
Will Ferrell co-wrote the script with former "SNL" head writer Adam McKay. Ferrell plays the title role, while McKay makes his directing debut. If Ferrell's recent screen successes -- "Elf" and "Old School" -- mean anything, this broadly played (to put it mildly) antic comedy should become a hit with the young crowd.
The film does tackle an interesting subject -- the invasion of the male-dominated TV newsroom by women journalists in the 1970s. Formerly a place where anchormen, male reporters and a mostly male crew smoked, sipped Scotch and generally exuded testosterone, this clubby atmosphere was shattered by female reporters and eventually -- to the men's shock and chagrin -- anchorwomen.
Ferrell stars as Ron Burgundy, the top-rated anchorman in the San Diego market during the '70s, whose wardrobe fits his name and whose journalistic talents are nonexistent. What he is is a news reader, a voice disconnected from the brain. (He is notorious for reading anything that appears on a teleprompter, which will lead to his ruination.)
His "sidekicks" are Champ Kind (David Koechner), outfitted with a cowboy hat and a good-ol'-boy sensibility; Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd), a field reporter with a flair for the fatuous; and weather guy Brick Talmand (Steve Carell), who is as thick as a ... well, a brick.
In the name of "diversity," news producer Ed Harken (the always hilarious Fred Willard) recruits newswoman Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) for the news team. Her very presence provokes conflicted instincts among the men. The entire news team tries to bed her, with disastrous results for all except Ron. But when a traffic mishap (involving a uproarious cameo by Jack Black) prevents Ron from making the evening newscast one fateful day, Veronica replaces him and, despite the best efforts of the rest of the male team to sabotage her, is an instant success. So the fur flies as the tomcats howl and scratch in bitter frustration.
The key to the comedy is that Ferrrell and McKay see TV newsrooms of the '70s as kindergartens. The high jinks and attempts to undermine colleagues are akin to children fighting over the sandbox. This bright comic idea extends to a "rumble" among all the male San Diego news teams, which features achingly funny cameos by, among others, Luke Wilson, Ben Stiller and, as a PBS newsman, Tim Robbins.
Ferrell and Applegate make appealing foes whose sexual attraction only fuels their acrimonious rivalry. Ferrell's suavity -- for the '70s, mind you -- barely covers up his oafishness, while Applegate's pretty-in-pastel glamour barely disguises her predatory instincts. All the other actors have amusing moments in the broadest, most cartoonish sense.
The behind-the-camera team has goofy fun with the era's truly awful hair and fashion styles, equally bad music and monochromatic, bare-bones TV news desks. Of course, the main fun comes at the expense of the era's male chauvinism that now plays like such quaint nonsense.
ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY
DreamWorks Pictures
An Apatow production
Credits:
Director: Adam McKay
Screenwriters: Will Ferrell, Adam McKay
Producer: Judd Apatow
Executive producers: Shauna Robertson, David O. Russell
Director of photography: Thomas Ackerman
Production designer: Clayton R. Hartley
Music: Alex Wurman
Co-producer: David Householter
Costume designer: Debra McGuire
Editor: Brent White
Cast:
Ron Burgundy: Will Ferrell
Veronica Corningstone: Christina Applegate
Brian Fantana: Paul Rudd
Brick Tamland: Steve Carell
Champ Kind: David Koechner
Ed Harken: Fred Willard
Garth Holliday: Chris Parnell
Helen: Kathryn Hahn
MPAA rating PG-13
Running time -- 94 minutes...
- 7/23/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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