Author: Stefan Pape
Poking fun Hollywood, and the golden age of movie-making in particular, Fernando Trueba’s The Queen of Spain laughs at the industry with the same affection and romanticism that Hail, Caesar! carried, to find that compatible balance between ridicule and adulation. Given this meta endeavour is set within the business it allows the filmmaker a licence to be overstated, and he uses that freedom in quite remarkable fashion, with an aesthetic almost as vibrant as that of which we saw in his enchanting, Oscar-nominated animation Chico & Rita.
Blas Fontiveros (Antonio Resines) has been presumed dead, but makes a shocking return to world of make believe by turning up on the set of the Hollywood blockbuster set in Spain and starring their most famous export, the fictional creation of Macarena Granada (Penélope Cruz) – a character who first graced the screen in Trueba’s The Girl of Your Dreams...
Poking fun Hollywood, and the golden age of movie-making in particular, Fernando Trueba’s The Queen of Spain laughs at the industry with the same affection and romanticism that Hail, Caesar! carried, to find that compatible balance between ridicule and adulation. Given this meta endeavour is set within the business it allows the filmmaker a licence to be overstated, and he uses that freedom in quite remarkable fashion, with an aesthetic almost as vibrant as that of which we saw in his enchanting, Oscar-nominated animation Chico & Rita.
Blas Fontiveros (Antonio Resines) has been presumed dead, but makes a shocking return to world of make believe by turning up on the set of the Hollywood blockbuster set in Spain and starring their most famous export, the fictional creation of Macarena Granada (Penélope Cruz) – a character who first graced the screen in Trueba’s The Girl of Your Dreams...
- 2/15/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Furthering their burgeoning status as the most auteur-happy studio in contemporary American cinema, Amazon Studios have struck another deal with Jill Soloway, creator of their hit series Transparent. Per Variety, she’ll be writing and directing a new feature, Ten Aker Wood, which is described as “a coming-of-age story [centering] on a woman in a failing marriage who leaves Los Angeles to live on a pot farm in Northern California.” Further details are scant, save for the notice that a romance develops — and, on Soloway’s part, the story bears autobiographical components.
Amazon’s also establishing projects with Barry Levinson (concerning “the Los Angeles comedy scene of the 1960s and ’70s”) and The Savages‘ Tamara Jenkins. She’ll helm Private Life, “about a woman in her 40s who goes to extremes to have a child,” while Tom Kuntz is to direct Desired Moments, which, as written by Griffin Creech, follows “a lonely TV station employee.
Amazon’s also establishing projects with Barry Levinson (concerning “the Los Angeles comedy scene of the 1960s and ’70s”) and The Savages‘ Tamara Jenkins. She’ll helm Private Life, “about a woman in her 40s who goes to extremes to have a child,” while Tom Kuntz is to direct Desired Moments, which, as written by Griffin Creech, follows “a lonely TV station employee.
- 3/8/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Queen of Spain
Cary Elwes is set to co-star opposite Penelope Cruz in Fernando Trueba's Spanish-language comedy-drama film "The Queen of Spain". Cruz is also exec producing this sequel to 1998s "The Girl of Your Dreams".
Cruz will play film star Macarena Granada, who flees the glitz and glamour of 1950s Hollywood to return to her roots in Madrid - where she has signed on to star in an epic Hollywood film. Elwes will play Gary Jones, an American movie star cast opposite Cruz's character. [Source: Variety]
Twin Peaks
Patrick Fischler ("Hail Caesar") and David Dastmalchian ("Ant-Man") have joined the cast of the new season of "Twin Peaks" on Showtime. David Lynch is helming all the episodes which are scheduled to air early 2017.
The pair would join others new to the revived series including Amanda Seyfried, Naomi Watts, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Laura Dern, Robert Knepper, James Belushi, Tom Sizemore, Balthazar Getty,...
Cary Elwes is set to co-star opposite Penelope Cruz in Fernando Trueba's Spanish-language comedy-drama film "The Queen of Spain". Cruz is also exec producing this sequel to 1998s "The Girl of Your Dreams".
Cruz will play film star Macarena Granada, who flees the glitz and glamour of 1950s Hollywood to return to her roots in Madrid - where she has signed on to star in an epic Hollywood film. Elwes will play Gary Jones, an American movie star cast opposite Cruz's character. [Source: Variety]
Twin Peaks
Patrick Fischler ("Hail Caesar") and David Dastmalchian ("Ant-Man") have joined the cast of the new season of "Twin Peaks" on Showtime. David Lynch is helming all the episodes which are scheduled to air early 2017.
The pair would join others new to the revived series including Amanda Seyfried, Naomi Watts, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Laura Dern, Robert Knepper, James Belushi, Tom Sizemore, Balthazar Getty,...
- 3/6/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Production is now underway on location in New York City on the New Line Cinema comedy Going In Style, directed by Zach Braff (“Garden State”) and starring Oscar winners Morgan Freeman (“Million Dollar Baby”), Michael Caine (“The Cider House Rules,” “Hannah and Her Sisters”) and Alan Arkin (“Little Miss Sunshine”).
Freeman, Caine and Arkin team up as lifelong buddies Willie, Joe and Al, who decide to buck retirement and step off the straight-and-narrow for the first time in their lives when their pension fund becomes a corporate casualty. Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, the three risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
The film also stars two-time Oscar nominee Ann-Margret (“Tommy,” “Carnal Knowledge”) as Annie, a grocery cashier who’s been checking Al out in more ways than one; Peter Serafinowicz...
Freeman, Caine and Arkin team up as lifelong buddies Willie, Joe and Al, who decide to buck retirement and step off the straight-and-narrow for the first time in their lives when their pension fund becomes a corporate casualty. Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, the three risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
The film also stars two-time Oscar nominee Ann-Margret (“Tommy,” “Carnal Knowledge”) as Annie, a grocery cashier who’s been checking Al out in more ways than one; Peter Serafinowicz...
- 8/11/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
HBO's nonfiction series "The Jinx" concludes this Sunday, March 15, at 8pm. Read Toh! TV critic Matt Brennan's review, originally published Feb. 4. Read the New York Times: Robert Durst is Arrested on Murder Charge When a human torso and a number of black plastic bags filled with severed limbs washed ashore in Galveston, Texas in the fall of 2001, Det. Gary Jones initiated an investigation. The head of the victim, later identified as Morris Black, was never recovered, but a newspaper found at the scene led the police to the apartment of one Dorothy Ciner -- "a real ugly deaf-mute woman" described by her landlord as an ideal tenant, the kind who paid the year's rent in advance and then more or less disappeared. Inside Ciner's home at 2213 Avenue K, spartan save for the drop cloths covering the kitchen floor, Jones noticed a collection of "real small cuts" in the linoleum and discovered,...
- 3/15/2015
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
He’s not yet 40, but director David Gordon Green has successfully juggled an interesting collection of studio comedies like “Pineapple Express,” “The Sitter” and “Your Highness” with more esoteric and independent fare like “All the Real Girls” and “Prince Avalanche.” His 10th feature film, “Joe,” is an adaptation of Larry Brown’s novel of the same name, and stars 17-year-old Tye Sheridan as Gary Jones, an impressionable kid who, desperate for some adult guidance and attention, kinds an unlikely mentor in the form of Nicolas Cage’s ex-con title character. Brent Simon, for ShockYa, recently had a chance to speak to Green one-on-one, about the film, casting and working with non-professional actors, the keys to [ Read More ]
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- 4/12/2014
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
David Gordon Green's Joe mines backwoods, hick territory, finding a slight narrative kinship with Jeff Nichols' Mud combined with the tonal darkness of Winter's Bone. The strongest thread holding the three films together is obviously the focus on down-on-their-luck families with bad dental hygiene, drinking problems and poor living conditions, all of which are traits I typically loathe. Narrative's of this sort typically prey on the built in sadness that comes with seeing hard luck families scraping to survive rather than developing actual characters, but every so often a few rise above the rest. In this case Joe works and it doesn't. The tragic narrative has its hiccups along the way, but improves as it builds its story around two strong performances from Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan, elevating it slightly above similar exploitative white trash weepers. The exact location is unknown, but the film takes place in...
- 4/11/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Seventeen-year-old Tye Sheridan made his acting debut in Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life,” playing one of Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain’s sons in 1950s Texas. The next year, he co-starred opposite Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon in Jeff Nichols’ “Mud.” Now, in David Gordon Green’s “Joe,” adapted from a novel by Larry Brown, Sheridan adds another acting heavyweight to his roster of co-stars, starring opposite Nicolas Cage’s title character as Gary Jones, an eager-to-work kid looking for roots not provided by his itinerant family and alcoholic father (Gary Poulter). For ShockYa, Brent Simon recently had a chance to speak to Texas native Sheridan one-on-one, about his movie, the key [ Read More ]
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- 4/10/2014
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
Being a billionaire does not automatically create a fashionable man. Warren Buffett and Bill Gates could easily afford to keep designers, tailors and stylists on the payroll. Yet neither man looks markedly different from men whose annual incomes are what they earn hourly.
Style cannot be bought. Still if one happens to have an innate sense of fashion and is a billionaire, then he can become the pinnacle of style - witness Harold Finch (Michael Emerson) of CBS' Tuesday drama "Person of Interest."
Although such superlative statements are tinder for arguments, it's fair to say that Finch is the most dapper character on television. That is thanks to Gary Jones, the show's costume designer, who quickly volunteers he arrived after some of the look was set.
"Finch's storyline involves a character who is, in fact, no longer on the show," Jones tells Zap2it. "And so at one point, he...
Style cannot be bought. Still if one happens to have an innate sense of fashion and is a billionaire, then he can become the pinnacle of style - witness Harold Finch (Michael Emerson) of CBS' Tuesday drama "Person of Interest."
Although such superlative statements are tinder for arguments, it's fair to say that Finch is the most dapper character on television. That is thanks to Gary Jones, the show's costume designer, who quickly volunteers he arrived after some of the look was set.
"Finch's storyline involves a character who is, in fact, no longer on the show," Jones tells Zap2it. "And so at one point, he...
- 4/1/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
This year’s Saturn Award nominations have been announced and include a number of horror movie and TV releases, such as The Conjuring and The Walking Dead:
“Los Angeles – February, 2014 – Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity and Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug both received 8 nominations as the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films today announced nominations for the 40th Annual Saturn Awards, which will be presented in June.
Other major contenders that packed a real punch were The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, Star Trek into Darkness, The Book Thief, Her, Oz The Great and Powerful and Ron Howard’s Rush. Also making a strong showing was the folk musical fable Inside Llewyn Davis, which proves that the Coen Brothers are a genre onto their own. And Scarlett Johansson was the first Best Supporting Actress to be nominated for her captivating...
“Los Angeles – February, 2014 – Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity and Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug both received 8 nominations as the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films today announced nominations for the 40th Annual Saturn Awards, which will be presented in June.
Other major contenders that packed a real punch were The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, Star Trek into Darkness, The Book Thief, Her, Oz The Great and Powerful and Ron Howard’s Rush. Also making a strong showing was the folk musical fable Inside Llewyn Davis, which proves that the Coen Brothers are a genre onto their own. And Scarlett Johansson was the first Best Supporting Actress to be nominated for her captivating...
- 2/26/2014
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
A gripping mix of friendship, violence and redemption erupts in the contemporary South in this adaptation of Larry Brown’s novel, celebrated at once for its grit and its deeply moving core.
Directed by David Gordon Green (Prince Avalanche, Pineapple Express, Undertow, All The Real Girls), the film brings Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage back to his indie roots in the title role as the hard-living, hot-tempered, ex-con Joe Ransom, who is just trying to dodge his instincts for trouble - until he meets a hard-luck kid played by Tye Sheridan (Mud, Tree Of Life) who awakens in him a fierce and tender-hearted protector.
The story begins as Joe hires teenaged Gary Jones and his destitute father onto his “treepoisoning” crew for a lumber company. Joe might be notoriously reckless with his pick-up, his dog and especially with women, but he sees something in Gary that gets to him: a determination,...
Directed by David Gordon Green (Prince Avalanche, Pineapple Express, Undertow, All The Real Girls), the film brings Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage back to his indie roots in the title role as the hard-living, hot-tempered, ex-con Joe Ransom, who is just trying to dodge his instincts for trouble - until he meets a hard-luck kid played by Tye Sheridan (Mud, Tree Of Life) who awakens in him a fierce and tender-hearted protector.
The story begins as Joe hires teenaged Gary Jones and his destitute father onto his “treepoisoning” crew for a lumber company. Joe might be notoriously reckless with his pick-up, his dog and especially with women, but he sees something in Gary that gets to him: a determination,...
- 2/16/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Roadside has released a new poster for David Gordon Green's latest movie Joe, which I caught at the Toronto Film Festival last September and it's actually a decent film with solid performances from both leads -- Nicolas Cage as the title character and surrogate father figure for Gary Jones, a young boy played by Tye Sheridan (Mud, Tree of Life). Here's a snippet from my review: David Gordon Green's Joe mines backwoods, hick territory, finding a slight narrative kinship with Jeff Nichols' Mud combined with the tonal darkness of Winter's Bone. The strongest thread holding the three films together is obviously the focus on down-on-their-luck families with bad dental hygiene, drinking problems and poor living conditions, all of which are traits I typically loathe. Narrative's of this sort typically prey on the built in sadness that comes with seeing hard luck families scraping to survive rather than developing actual characters,...
- 2/13/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
We've come to assume a certain something from Nicolas Cage films, but what we haven't seen from him for a while is a serious role in a gritty drama. Similarly, we wouldn't necessarily expect a slice of Southern gothic from David Gordon Green, director of Your Highness, The Pineapple Express and The Sitter (although there are quieter indie dramas in his past). But here's the first trailer for Joe to confound all our expectations.Adapted from Larry Brown’s novel by screenwriter Gary Hawkins, the story is that of ex-con Joe (Cage) who becomes something of a role model to teenager Gary Jones (Tye Sheridan from last year's excellent Mud). Gary is trying to escape his drunken, dangerous father and homeless family, and Joe, despite his own history of violence, just might be his path to a better life in one of the darker corners of Mississippi.Green calls Joe...
- 1/29/2014
- EmpireOnline
The Costume Designers Guild has revealed the nominees for its 16th annual awards for film, TV, and commercial categories. We'll find out the winners on Feb. 22nd. Judd Apatow will receive the Distinguished Collaborator Award at this year's ceremony. Costume Designer April Ferry will be presented with an Honorary Career Achievement Award.
Here's your complete nominations list:
Excellence In Contemporary Film
Blue Jasmine . Suzy Benzinger
Her . Casey Storm
Nebraska . Wendy Chuck
Philomena . Consolata Boyle
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty . Sarah Edwards
Excellence In Period Film
12 Years a Slave . Patricia Norris
American Hustle . Michael Wilkinson
Dallas Buyers Club . Kurt & Bart
The Great Gatsby . Catherine Martin
Saving Mr. Banks . Daniel Orlandi
Excellence In Fantasy Film
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug . Ann Maskrey, Richard Taylor, Bob Buck
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire . Trish Summerville
Oz the Great and Powerful . Gary Jones, Michael Kutsche
Outstanding Contemporary Television Series
Breaking Bad . Jennifer Bryan...
Here's your complete nominations list:
Excellence In Contemporary Film
Blue Jasmine . Suzy Benzinger
Her . Casey Storm
Nebraska . Wendy Chuck
Philomena . Consolata Boyle
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty . Sarah Edwards
Excellence In Period Film
12 Years a Slave . Patricia Norris
American Hustle . Michael Wilkinson
Dallas Buyers Club . Kurt & Bart
The Great Gatsby . Catherine Martin
Saving Mr. Banks . Daniel Orlandi
Excellence In Fantasy Film
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug . Ann Maskrey, Richard Taylor, Bob Buck
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire . Trish Summerville
Oz the Great and Powerful . Gary Jones, Michael Kutsche
Outstanding Contemporary Television Series
Breaking Bad . Jennifer Bryan...
- 1/10/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Art Directors Guild and the Costume Designers Guild have become the latest groups to announce their nominees for 2013. They may not be considered as big or as important as the Producers Guild, the Directors Guild, or the Writers Guild, but they are still a pretty good prognosticator for who will eventually take home the Oscar in their respective categories.
The Art Directors split their categories up into Period, Fantasy, and Contemporary Films (along with various TV categories), but the main one of importance here is the Period, where we find the more fanciful, eye-catching designs. Here, we find what was mostly expected: American Hustle, The Great Gatsby, Inside Llewyn Davis, Saving Mr. Banks, and 12 Years a Slave. If I had to venture a guess, I’d say that The Great Gatsby has this one in the bag. There were those who didn’t enjoy the film (I actually found...
The Art Directors split their categories up into Period, Fantasy, and Contemporary Films (along with various TV categories), but the main one of importance here is the Period, where we find the more fanciful, eye-catching designs. Here, we find what was mostly expected: American Hustle, The Great Gatsby, Inside Llewyn Davis, Saving Mr. Banks, and 12 Years a Slave. If I had to venture a guess, I’d say that The Great Gatsby has this one in the bag. There were those who didn’t enjoy the film (I actually found...
- 1/9/2014
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
They make our favorite stars look their best when the director yells “Action!” and the men and women of the Costume Designers Guild have selected the best and brightest of the past year.
For the 16th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards the field is filled with outstandingly talented nominees, with the winners to be announced on February 22nd at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The Excellence in Contemporary Film hopefuls include Suzy Benzinger (“Blue Jasmine”), Casey Storm (“Her”), Wendy Chuck (“Nebraska”), Consolata Boyle (“Philomena”) and Sarah Edwards (“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”).
Additionally, writer/producer/director Judd Apatow will receive the Distinguished Collaborator Award for his years of contributions to the industry.
The 16th Annual Cdg Awards nominees are:
Excellence In Contemporary Film
Blue Jasmine – Suzy Benzinger
Her – Casey Storm
Nebraska – Wendy Chuck
Philomena – Consolata Boyle
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty– Sarah Edwards
Excellence In Period Film
12 Years a...
For the 16th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards the field is filled with outstandingly talented nominees, with the winners to be announced on February 22nd at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The Excellence in Contemporary Film hopefuls include Suzy Benzinger (“Blue Jasmine”), Casey Storm (“Her”), Wendy Chuck (“Nebraska”), Consolata Boyle (“Philomena”) and Sarah Edwards (“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”).
Additionally, writer/producer/director Judd Apatow will receive the Distinguished Collaborator Award for his years of contributions to the industry.
The 16th Annual Cdg Awards nominees are:
Excellence In Contemporary Film
Blue Jasmine – Suzy Benzinger
Her – Casey Storm
Nebraska – Wendy Chuck
Philomena – Consolata Boyle
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty– Sarah Edwards
Excellence In Period Film
12 Years a...
- 1/8/2014
- GossipCenter
The Oscar voting deadline is today at 5 Pm Pst and if there are any Academy stragglers looking for help from the guilds they not only got the Directors Guild nominations yesterday, but the Cinematographers this morning and now the Costume Designers Guild have weighed in with their nominees in three categories -- Contemporary, Period and Fantasy Films. Obviously when it comes to Oscar predictions it's natural to lean toward period pieces and in this case it's interesting to see neither The Invisible Woman or The Book Thief among the nominees. I also wonder if Casey Storm can end up with an Oscar nomination with her near-future designs in Her, a film I didn't even have among my predictions (which, to be honest, were a little dusty they'd been so ignored), but have now moved into the top five. I have included the complete list of nominees below and you can...
- 1/8/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Nominees for the 16th Costume Designers Guild Awards, which celebrate excellence in film, television and commercial costume design, were announced today.
The winners of the seven competitive awards will be revealed at the gala on Saturday, February 22 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
This year, Judd Apatow will receive the Distinguished Collaborator Award in recognition of his support of Costume Design and creative partnerships with Costume Designers. An Honorary Career Achievement Award will be presented to Costume Designer April Ferry for her outstanding work in film and television.
Nominees For The 16th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards:
Excellence In Contemporary Film
“Blue Jasmine” – Suzy Benzinger “Her” – Casey Storm “Nebraska” – Wendy Chuck “Philomena” – Consolata Boyle “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” – Sarah Edwards
Excellence In Period Film
“12 Years a Slave” – Patricia Norris “American Hustle” – Michael Wilkinson “Dallas Buyers Club” – Kurt & Bart “The Great Gatsby” – Catherine Martin “Saving Mr. Banks” – Daniel Orlandi
Excellence...
The winners of the seven competitive awards will be revealed at the gala on Saturday, February 22 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
This year, Judd Apatow will receive the Distinguished Collaborator Award in recognition of his support of Costume Design and creative partnerships with Costume Designers. An Honorary Career Achievement Award will be presented to Costume Designer April Ferry for her outstanding work in film and television.
Nominees For The 16th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards:
Excellence In Contemporary Film
“Blue Jasmine” – Suzy Benzinger “Her” – Casey Storm “Nebraska” – Wendy Chuck “Philomena” – Consolata Boyle “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” – Sarah Edwards
Excellence In Period Film
“12 Years a Slave” – Patricia Norris “American Hustle” – Michael Wilkinson “Dallas Buyers Club” – Kurt & Bart “The Great Gatsby” – Catherine Martin “Saving Mr. Banks” – Daniel Orlandi
Excellence...
- 1/8/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Winners of the 16th annual Cdg Awards will be announced February 22 in a ceremony at the Beverly Hilton, where writer/producer/director Judd Apatow will be honored with the guild’s Distinguished Collaborator Award and designer April Ferry will receive an Honorary Career Achievement Award. Here are this year’s nominees for excellence in film, television and commercial costume design: Nominees For The 16th Costume Designers Guild Awards Excellence In Contemporary Film Blue Jasmine – Suzy Benzinger Her – Casey Storm Nebraska – Wendy Chuck Philomena – Consolata Boyle The Secret Life of Walter Mitty– Sarah Edwards Excellence In Period Film 12 Years a Slave – Patricia Norris American Hustle – Michael Wilkinson Dallas Buyers Club – Kurt & Bart The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin Saving Mr. Banks – Daniel Orlandi Excellence In Fantasy Film The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Ann Maskrey, Richard Taylor, Bob Buck The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Trish Summerville Oz: The Great and Powerful – Gary Jones,...
- 1/8/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
The International Press Academy has announced its nominations for the 18th annual Satellite Awards and Alfonso Cuaron's "Gravity," David O. Russell's "American Hustle," and Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" led the pack.
Winners will be announced on March 9, 2014 at a ceremony in Los Angeles. Here's the complete nominations:
Motion Pictures
Actress in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams American Hustle (Sony)
Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics)
Sandra Bullock Gravity (Warner Bros.)
Judi Dench Philomena (The Weinstein Company)
Adèle Exarchopoulos Blue Is the Warmest Color (Sundance)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Enough Said (Fox Searchlight)
Meryl Streep August: Osage County (The Weinstein Company)
Emma Thompson Saving Mr. Banks (Disney)
Actor in a Motion Picture
Christian Bale American Hustle (Sony)
Bruce Dern Nebraska (Paramount)
Leonardo DiCaprio The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount)
Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)
Tom Hanks Captain Phillips (Sony)
Matthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features...
Winners will be announced on March 9, 2014 at a ceremony in Los Angeles. Here's the complete nominations:
Motion Pictures
Actress in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams American Hustle (Sony)
Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics)
Sandra Bullock Gravity (Warner Bros.)
Judi Dench Philomena (The Weinstein Company)
Adèle Exarchopoulos Blue Is the Warmest Color (Sundance)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Enough Said (Fox Searchlight)
Meryl Streep August: Osage County (The Weinstein Company)
Emma Thompson Saving Mr. Banks (Disney)
Actor in a Motion Picture
Christian Bale American Hustle (Sony)
Bruce Dern Nebraska (Paramount)
Leonardo DiCaprio The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount)
Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)
Tom Hanks Captain Phillips (Sony)
Matthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features...
- 12/16/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Indiewire will provide updates of our predictions for the 86th Academy Award nominations through January 16th, 2014, when the nominations are announced. Here's our take on the best costume design race. "12 Years a Slave," "The Great Gatsby," "Inside Llewyn Davis," "Ameican Hustle," "The Invisible Woman," "Oz: The Great and Powerful" and "Saving Mr. Banks" seem like the best bets, but Best costume design predictions below. Check out all predictions in all the categories here. Safe Bets: 1. Catherine Martin, The Great Gatsby 2. Patricia Norris, 12 Years a Slave 3. Michael Wilkinson, American Hustle Strong Possibilities: 4. Daniel Orlandi, Saving Mr. Banks 5. Mary Zophres, Inside Llewyn Davis 6. Michael O'Connor, The Invisible Woman 7. Gary Jones, Oz: The Great and Powerful 8. Bob Buck, Ann Maskrey, Richard Taylor, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Longer Shots: 9. Ruth E. Carter, Lee Daniels' The Butler 10. Anna B. Sheppard, The Book Thief 11. Penny Rose, The...
- 12/11/2013
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
12 Years a Slave continues to be the leader in the clubhouse when it comes to nominations. After leading the Spirit Award nominations it now leads the International Press Academy's (Ipa) 2013 Satellite Award nominations with a total of ten noms, followed by American Hustle and Gravity, each with eight nominations. The top five nominees were rounded out by Rush with seven nominations and Inside Llewyn Davis and Saving Mr. Banks with six nominations each. The Satellites, however, are an interesting bunch. As you can see there are several nominations in each category, leaving pretty much no stone unturned. I guess you could say no nomination for Octavia Spencer (Fruitvale Station) is a surprise and, in my personal opinion, with such a large field of nominees I'd like to see Joaquin Phoenix (Her) get a nomination, but that certainly isn't going to be a film for everyone even though Arcade Fire was...
- 12/2/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Because historical films often feature elaborate, detailed period dress, they almost always win the Oscar for Best Costume Design. Last year, the award went to the 19th century literary adaptation "Anna Karenina." Recent winners have also been set among European royalty ("Marie Antoinette," "The Duchess," "The Young Victoria") as well as Hollywood royalty ("The Aviator," "The Artist"). A pair of fantasy films have also won in the last 10 years: "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and "Alice in Wonderland." "Return of the King" winner Richard Taylor could contend again this year for Peter Jackson's "Rings" prequel "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug." Oscar-nominee Gary Jones ("The Talented Mr. Ripley") also designed a fantasy film in the running: "Oz the Great and Powerful." ...
- 9/27/2013
- Gold Derby
Joe
Written by Gary Hawkins
Directed by David Gordon Green
USA, 2013
Despite his early filmography making him a critical favourite and causing film lovers to sing his praises, David Gordon Green’s recent ventures have moved sharply away from such films. The same can be said of Nicolas Cage, who has unfortunately been rendered something of a punchline by his recent performances, with few remembering his memorable turns in features like Leaving Las Vegas and Adaptation. However, both make a return to their career roots through working together for the first time in Joe, and both manage to show what made them so well-acclaimed in the first place in this compelling drama.
The movie does a fantastic job of capturing the feel of an isolated place, particularly with the cinematography. A feeling of entrapment, and of a detachment from the world at large, is conveyed wonderfully, and adds an air...
Written by Gary Hawkins
Directed by David Gordon Green
USA, 2013
Despite his early filmography making him a critical favourite and causing film lovers to sing his praises, David Gordon Green’s recent ventures have moved sharply away from such films. The same can be said of Nicolas Cage, who has unfortunately been rendered something of a punchline by his recent performances, with few remembering his memorable turns in features like Leaving Las Vegas and Adaptation. However, both make a return to their career roots through working together for the first time in Joe, and both manage to show what made them so well-acclaimed in the first place in this compelling drama.
The movie does a fantastic job of capturing the feel of an isolated place, particularly with the cinematography. A feeling of entrapment, and of a detachment from the world at large, is conveyed wonderfully, and adds an air...
- 9/21/2013
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
David Gordon Green's Joe mines backwoods, hick territory, finding a slight narrative kinship with Jeff Nichols' Mud combined with the tonal darkness of Winter's Bone. The strongest thread holding the three films together is obviously the focus on down-on-their-luck families with bad dental hygiene, drinking problems and poor living conditions, all of which are traits I typically loathe. Narrative's of this sort typically prey on the built in sadness that comes with seeing hard luck families scraping to survive rather than developing actual characters, but every so often a few rise above the rest. In this case Joe works and it doesn't. The tragic narrative has its hiccups along the way, but improves as it builds its story around two strong performances from Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan, elevating it slightly above similar exploitative white trash weepers. The exact location is unknown, but the film takes place in...
- 9/13/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Tales from the costume crypt.
The Talented Mr Ripley
Remembering the stellar work of Ann Roth and Gary Jones.
Blue Jasmine
Costume designer Suzy Benzinger on budgets, Fendi and Cate Blanchett.
The Butler
Transformations…Ruth Carter discusses mimicking classic fashion designers such as Bill Blass to recreate Nancy Reagan (played by Jane Fonda).
Jenn Rogien
The Girls’ costume designer is now Gap’s official ‘styled by’ expert.
Orange is the New Black
More Miss Rogien, this time talking authenticity and maxi-pad shoes.
Roman Holiday
Just brilliant costume analysis of the film by Dtsft.
Elysium
A brief chat with costume designer April Ferry. Unsurprisingly, it was Jodie Foster who brought Armani on board.
© 2013, Christopher Laverty.
The Talented Mr Ripley
Remembering the stellar work of Ann Roth and Gary Jones.
Blue Jasmine
Costume designer Suzy Benzinger on budgets, Fendi and Cate Blanchett.
The Butler
Transformations…Ruth Carter discusses mimicking classic fashion designers such as Bill Blass to recreate Nancy Reagan (played by Jane Fonda).
Jenn Rogien
The Girls’ costume designer is now Gap’s official ‘styled by’ expert.
Orange is the New Black
More Miss Rogien, this time talking authenticity and maxi-pad shoes.
Roman Holiday
Just brilliant costume analysis of the film by Dtsft.
Elysium
A brief chat with costume designer April Ferry. Unsurprisingly, it was Jodie Foster who brought Armani on board.
© 2013, Christopher Laverty.
- 8/24/2013
- by Christopher Laverty
- Clothes on Film
This summer The Film Experience is launching its own swimwear line! *not really
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Designers Ann Roth and Gary Jones collaborated to bring you this blinding beauty (modelled by sneaky slim Matt Damon) which is perfect for that ex-pat trip to far-away moneyed shores. Even if you never get in the water! It's time to lose yourself with old school chums. You're so white -- grey, really -- both you and your suit will glow with purpose and the confidence you'll need to reinvent yourself. Besides, you've always wanted to summer in Italy. "This is your swimsuit... questo è il vostro costume da bagno"
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Only available in Neon Lime Green! For when you positively have to be accidentally noticed because you definitely can't be remembered.
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larger viewThe High Waisted Mr Ripley Racing Brief
★★★★★ - 18 Reviews
Product Details
Designers Ann Roth and Gary Jones collaborated to bring you this blinding beauty (modelled by sneaky slim Matt Damon) which is perfect for that ex-pat trip to far-away moneyed shores. Even if you never get in the water! It's time to lose yourself with old school chums. You're so white -- grey, really -- both you and your suit will glow with purpose and the confidence you'll need to reinvent yourself. Besides, you've always wanted to summer in Italy. "This is your swimsuit... questo è il vostro costume da bagno"
Color
Only available in Neon Lime Green! For when you positively have to be accidentally noticed because you definitely can't be remembered.
Sizes...
- 7/10/2013
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Costume designer Gary Jones took on the difficult task of bringing The Wizard of Oz back to life for a new millennium and a new audience that had grand expectations. Yet in the end his overall look for Oz the Great and Powerful was more grounded in reality than most of us expected.
This is about as far away from pantomime fantasy as you can get. Some of the outfits are, dare we say, wearable, even if you don’t have a costume party to go to. We inspected four of them close up back in February (read our analysis Here) so can attest at their relative simplicity. However don’t underestimate their intricacy. After working on The Talented Mr Ripley and The Princess Diaries, Gary Jones knows his way around pretty gowns, although surprisingly Oz the Great and Powerful is his first attempt at out-and-out fantasy. We had an...
This is about as far away from pantomime fantasy as you can get. Some of the outfits are, dare we say, wearable, even if you don’t have a costume party to go to. We inspected four of them close up back in February (read our analysis Here) so can attest at their relative simplicity. However don’t underestimate their intricacy. After working on The Talented Mr Ripley and The Princess Diaries, Gary Jones knows his way around pretty gowns, although surprisingly Oz the Great and Powerful is his first attempt at out-and-out fantasy. We had an...
- 7/5/2013
- by Chris Laverty
- Clothes on Film
Axe Giant The Wrath of Paul Bunyan premieres tonight on the Syfy channel. If you were looking for something to do this evening you just found it Weve been covering Gary Jones Axe Man The Wrath of Paul Bunyan since word of its creation first hit the interwebs. Why Because it looks like it could be a really entertaining Bmovie thats why. Weve got love for the indie efforts with big heart and while this one most certainly appears plenty cheesy it also screams promise. Retitled as Axe Giant for Syfy the flick debuts tonight at 9 Pm (Etpt).
- 6/13/2013
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
Axe Giant The Wrath of Paul Bunyan just might redefine cheesy Bmovie magic and well be afforded a chance to catch in on the big screen soon. This gem just got the go for a theatrical release We showed you the trailer for Gary Jones Axe Giant The Wrath of Paul Bunyan a month or so back. If you dug the footage (you can check out it out below in case you missed it) youre going to dig this news. The film will receive a limited theatrical run...
- 5/31/2013
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
In light of Prada, Tiffany & Co., and Brooks Brothers, all producing Great Gatsby inspired lines and the much publicised drama between fashion and costume designers, we should consider the influence that costume has over fashion. The alliance between costume and fashion designers has been both beneficial and contentious. Fashion does have a much longer history than film costume design, but since the beginning of moving pictures, both industries have nurtured an intimate relationship.
In the advent of cinema, fashion was placed centre stage in filmed fashion shows. These fashion shorts slowly evolved from runway shows via the introduction of a stories surrounding the garments (Bruzzi, 4). Early costume design was influenced by current runway fashions, such as Vionnet’s signature bias cut gowns hugging actress’ bodies on the big screen. Starting in the 1930s, costume design and current fashion slowly began to pull away from each other. This changed when MGM...
In the advent of cinema, fashion was placed centre stage in filmed fashion shows. These fashion shorts slowly evolved from runway shows via the introduction of a stories surrounding the garments (Bruzzi, 4). Early costume design was influenced by current runway fashions, such as Vionnet’s signature bias cut gowns hugging actress’ bodies on the big screen. Starting in the 1930s, costume design and current fashion slowly began to pull away from each other. This changed when MGM...
- 5/14/2013
- by Contributor
- Clothes on Film
Character & Costume Illustrations By Michael Kutsche , Costumes Designed By Gary Jones Concept Art By Dawn Brown Disney's fantastical adventure "Oz The Great and Powerful," directed by Sam Raimi, imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum's beloved character, the Wizard of Oz. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he's hit the jackpot—fame and fortune are his for the taking—that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone's been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity—and even...
- 3/13/2013
- ComicBookMovie.com
Notably since London Fashion Week (15th – 19th February), Disney has extensively promoted costumes from Oz the Great and Powerful. During Fashion Week, William Tempest and Deniz Berdan ‘inspired by’ dresses were featured along with Nicholas Kirkwood shoes made in conjunction with Selfridges. Since 28th February, four costumes from Oz have been on display at Selfridges’ flagship store in London: a dark grey period suit worn by James Franco as Oscar Diggs, a green sequin dress worn by Rachel Weisz as Evanora, a white tulle dress worn by Michelle Williams as Glinda, and the Wicked Witch costume worn by… well, go see the movie.
All costumes in Oz the Great and the Powerful, including obviously those at Selfridges, were designed by Gary Jones, working from initial drawings by character illustrator Michael Kutsche and influenced by Robert Stromberg’s production design. This unusual arrangement was instigated by director Sam Raimi, keen to create a cohesive fantasy world.
All costumes in Oz the Great and the Powerful, including obviously those at Selfridges, were designed by Gary Jones, working from initial drawings by character illustrator Michael Kutsche and influenced by Robert Stromberg’s production design. This unusual arrangement was instigated by director Sam Raimi, keen to create a cohesive fantasy world.
- 3/11/2013
- by Chris Laverty
- Clothes on Film
On the surface, this week's "Oz the Great and Powerful" and last week's "Jack the Giant Slayer" would seem to have a lot in common. Both are lavish, modern updates of familiar fantasy tales, inspired by Disney's billion-dollar success in updating "Alice in Wonderland" three years ago. Both have opulent visuals (and the 3D ticket surcharges that go with them). Both were directed by successful adapters of Marvel Comics franchises to the big screen ("X-Men" director Bryan Singer made "Jack"; Sam Raimi, who did the initial "Spider-Man" trilogy, did "Oz"). Both cost about $200 million to make. And yet, "Jack" flopped, while "Oz" is poised for blockbuster success. Last weekend, "Jack" opened with $28 million, a dismal number considering its cost and its studio's expectations. This weekend, however, "Oz" opened with an estimated $80 million (the third-biggest March debut ever), a figure "Jack" will have a hard time reaching before its theatrical run ends.
- 3/10/2013
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
There’s some serious movie magic going on behind the scenes of Disney’s upcoming film Oz The Great and Powerful. To create a completely unique and immersive feel for Oz, director Sam Raimi employed two of Hollywood’s most respected creatives — costume designer Gary Jones and makeup artist Vivian Baker. Together the pair helped transform James Franco, Michelle Williams,...Read more»...
- 3/4/2013
- by Scott Bernberg
- Celebuzz.com
Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz have talked about their costumes for their upcoming film Oz the Great and Powerful.
Williams, Weisz and Mila Kunis play three witches who are not sure if circus magician Oscar Diggs (James Franco) is the the great wizard they've been expecting to arrive in the Land of Oz.
When asked how their costumes affected their performances, Williams told Collider: "I remember that it became very clear to me that Glinda needed to change her dress to go into battle - and that she needed something that she could move more freely in and that could look like armour - after we had already shot something of me in my other dress, doing something in battle.
"I went to Sam [Raimi] and said, 'It's really important to me. I know what it should look like. Is there any way, please?' And Sam is so accommodating that he said,...
Williams, Weisz and Mila Kunis play three witches who are not sure if circus magician Oscar Diggs (James Franco) is the the great wizard they've been expecting to arrive in the Land of Oz.
When asked how their costumes affected their performances, Williams told Collider: "I remember that it became very clear to me that Glinda needed to change her dress to go into battle - and that she needed something that she could move more freely in and that could look like armour - after we had already shot something of me in my other dress, doing something in battle.
"I went to Sam [Raimi] and said, 'It's really important to me. I know what it should look like. Is there any way, please?' And Sam is so accommodating that he said,...
- 3/4/2013
- Digital Spy
From the first poster that was released I knew Oz: The Great and Powerful would be amazing. Of that there has never been a doubt. Today we have two new TV spots for you with milliseconds of possible new footage, but each frame is such a treat I don’t even mind how short they are. Especially when it is shown in the same breath as our other treat for you, a behind the scenes featurette.
TV Spot: Oz The Great and Powerful – Oz Will Amaze Spot
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TV Spot: Oz The Great and Powerful – The Battle for Oz Begins March 8
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The following featurette is full of interviews with cast members James Franco (Oz), Zach Braff (Finley), Mila Kunis (Theodora), Rachel Weisz (Evanora), Michelle Williams (Glinda), director Sam Raimi, costume designer Gary Jones, special effects makeup artist Howard Berger,...
TV Spot: Oz The Great and Powerful – Oz Will Amaze Spot
Click here to view the embedded video.
TV Spot: Oz The Great and Powerful – The Battle for Oz Begins March 8
Click here to view the embedded video.
The following featurette is full of interviews with cast members James Franco (Oz), Zach Braff (Finley), Mila Kunis (Theodora), Rachel Weisz (Evanora), Michelle Williams (Glinda), director Sam Raimi, costume designer Gary Jones, special effects makeup artist Howard Berger,...
- 2/15/2013
- by Jess Orso
- ScifiMafia
Get a behind-the-scenes look at Disney's Oz: the Great and Powerful with this new featurette which includes feedback from stars James Franco, Zach Braff, Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams, costume designer Gary Jones, director Sam Raimi, and special effects and makeup guru Howard Berger and makeup department head Vivian Berger. This runs for 2:28 but provides some good looks at the film and its clearly very-content stars and filmmakers. "Viewers will experience a fantastical world and a great story," wraps star Franco. Well, we can't wait to see it, can you? Oz the Great and Powerful opens in theaters on March 8th, with a wonderful cast on board like Rachel Weisz, Abigail Spencer, Joey King, Martin Klebba, Ted Raimi, Bill Cobbs, Tony Cox, Tim Holmes and Tony Wynne.
- 2/13/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Get a behind-the-scenes look at Disney's Oz: the Great and Powerful with this new featurette which includes feedback from stars James Franco, Zach Braff, Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams, costume designer Gary Jones, director Sam Raimi, and special effects and makeup guru Howard Berger and makeup department head Vivian Berger. This runs for 2:28 but provides some good looks at the film and its clearly very-content stars and filmmakers. "Viewers will experience a fantastical world and a great story," wraps star Franco. Well, we can't wait to see it, can you? Oz the Great and Powerful opens in theaters on March 8th, with a wonderful cast on board like Rachel Weisz, Abigail Spencer, Joey King, Martin Klebba, Ted Raimi, Bill Cobbs, Tony Cox, Tim Holmes and Tony Wynne.
- 2/13/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Sam Raimi‘s new prequel to The Wizard of Oz opens in only a couple months, and to complement the most recent TV spots and trailer, we’ve got some new high-res photos that show off the characters and their marvelous costumes.
Oz: The Great and Powerful follows a magician whose escape from a small-town con game turns into a path to a new world, as he pilots a balloon that is blown off course into Oz. There he meets a trio of witches and a few odd characters such as the monkey Finley and China Girl.
These new images show off the designs and costumes that bring the characters to life; even if the film looks a bit too much Alice in Wonderland-ish, the costumes (by Gary Jones, who also did Spider-Man 2) are pretty much awesome and a real eye candy. Have a look:
Synopsis:
Disney’s...
Oz: The Great and Powerful follows a magician whose escape from a small-town con game turns into a path to a new world, as he pilots a balloon that is blown off course into Oz. There he meets a trio of witches and a few odd characters such as the monkey Finley and China Girl.
These new images show off the designs and costumes that bring the characters to life; even if the film looks a bit too much Alice in Wonderland-ish, the costumes (by Gary Jones, who also did Spider-Man 2) are pretty much awesome and a real eye candy. Have a look:
Synopsis:
Disney’s...
- 1/4/2013
- by Vesna Sunrider
- Filmofilia
We all watched this guy in The Dark Knight Rises (not much of a role, though), but we’ll soon have another chance, ’cause Ronnie Gene Blevins is now set to star in an upcoming indie drama titled Joe. This should sound familiar to you. I mean, after all Nicolas Cage is already on board to star as the lead. And what also sounds good is that, according to the latest reports, Blevins jumps in to play the movie villain.
David Gordon Green directs the project from a script written by Gary Hawkins, but we should also mention that the whole thing is actually based on Larry Brown‘s novel of the same name.
Joe centers on Cage portrays an ex-con who becomes a role model to a 15 year-old from a broken home.And that’s pretty much all we know about this movie so far.
Except, of course, that...
David Gordon Green directs the project from a script written by Gary Hawkins, but we should also mention that the whole thing is actually based on Larry Brown‘s novel of the same name.
Joe centers on Cage portrays an ex-con who becomes a role model to a 15 year-old from a broken home.And that’s pretty much all we know about this movie so far.
Except, of course, that...
- 11/13/2012
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
I participated in a Dreamago panel moderated by WGA-West VP and USC film writing prof and an artistic director at the Sundance Institute Wrting Labs, Howard Rodman.
Other panelists included Vince Fischer who, having been educated and working in Paris, Montreal, New York in business and advertising, event production, and creating the endorsement agency GlamCom which initiates deals between celebrities and products, such as he did with George Clooney and Nespresso, has gone on to create Artistic Alliance Eci which represents screenwriters, directors and actors with offices in Beijing, L.a. and Paris, to match people and projects abroad. Daniel Hsia, the writer/ director of Shanghai Calling, (Isa: Aldamisa) a U.S. - China co-production distributed in China by China Film Group and in So. Korea by Sookie and due to be released in Norht America in 2013 works with Janet Yang and is eager to do more co-productions in China though he admits to difficulties with censors, etc. You can see the trailer of Shanghai Calling here.
Neil Landau who wrote Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, the 3D animated feature Tad: The Lost Explores from Paramount which is the highest grossing animated film in Spain's history and the #1 Spanish box ofice movie of the year, is now working on its sequel and another animated feature by the same director. His latest screenplay is being produced by Cary Brokaw for Avenue Pictures (The Player, Closer, Angels in America). He is curretnly developing an original miniseries for HBO for the Russian Market and a crime drama for Sreda in Moscow.
Paula Manzanedo-Schmitt is VP of Film Finances Inc. the world leader in completion guarantees. She has been involved in more than 1,000 films and TV programs internationally and in U.S. She spoke of the various cross-cultural requisites in film production abroad.
The discussion centered around whether filmmakers could make a film without the notorioius interference of studios (they should all be so lucky as to have this problem). In other words, the panelists discussed their experiences making films with Russians and Chinese. All agreed that working abroad, and especially with international sales agents who also produce allows for greater freedom of vision (although in China the reward is writng so that China censorship does not interfere because one has written to their specifications). All agreed also that there is a certain cross-cultural divide one must discover in order to work effectively.
My suggestions for finding a way to create without corporate interferences are listed below:
** Coproduce with Canada who has the most coproduction treaties in the world, or go directly to producers or sales agents who do not rely on treaties.
** Work with international sales agents who produce international coproductions which include U.S., or with the producers of those films who now have established track records.
Take a look at Level K, Tine Klint's relatively new Danish company which is preselling films from U.K., Canada and Australia:
Not Another Happy Ending by Brit John McKay 33 Liberty Lane by Canadian Peter Hewitt The Turning by Australian Cate Blanchett and Robert Connelly starring Emily Watson The Last Ocean by New Zealander Peter Young
French sales agent Films Distribution is selling
Marina Zenovich's doc Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out which Showtime acquired for U.S. TV. Citadel from Ireland has sold to Cinedigm/ New Video for U.S. and Mongrel for Canada. 30 Beats from the U.S. sold to Roadside Attractions for U.S. and Codex Media And Advertising Corporation for Turkey.
Other French companies are doing likewise.
Studio Canal is selling
Liz Garbus' Love, Marilyn - though this was picked up complete at Tiff 12. Don Mazer's I Give It A Year from the U.K. and produced by Tim Bevan. It began presales in Cannes.
Celluloid Dreams is selling
Greetings From Tim Buckley--U.S.-Tiff 12 Special Presentations World Premiere - Director: Daniel Algrant The Comedian a U.K. comedy by Tom Shkolnik Francis Ha - U.S. - Tiff 12. by Noah Baumbach Satellite Boy - Australia The Conspiracy - U.K.
Snd is preselling The Love Punch an English language French comedy
Wild Bunch is selling
Blood Ties written by James Gray, directed by Guillaume Canet, Cast : Billy Crudup, Clive Owen, Marion Cottillard, Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana, Producers: Alain Attal (Les Productions du Tresor), Hugo Selignac, John Lesher.
This very American sotry takes place in New York, 1974. Chris Pierzynski has just been released after years in prison for his part in a gangland murder. Waiting reluctantly outside the prison gates is his younger brother, Frank, a cop with a bright future. Chris and Frank have always been different, and their father, who raised them alone, has always favored Chris - despite all his troubles. Frank has known this since they were kids, and it eats at him like nothing else.
It has presold to Belgium-Lumière, Scandinvia -Scanbox Entertainment, Netherlands-Lumiere, Romania-Independenta Film, Switzerland-Frenetic Films, Turkey-Codex Media, Ukraine Top Film Distribution
Maniac by Franck Khalfoun U.S. English Horror, Writers : Alexandre Aja, Gregory Levasseur, Cast : Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, America Olivo, Producers : Thomas Langmann (La Petite Reine), Alexandre Aja. It has presold to Germany -Ascot Elite, Japan - Comstock Only God Forbids by Nicolas Winding Refn from Denmark, in English has been selliing since Berlin 2012 and has sold to Bulgaria-A Plus Films Ltd., Germany-Tiberius Film Gmbh & Co. Kg, Hungary-Budapest Film (Distributor), Hungary-Mtva, Italy-Italian International Film, Korea (South)-Daisy & Cinergy Entertainment, Poland-Gutek Film Ltd, Romania-Independenta Film, Turkey-Calinos Films
Global Screen (Germany) has many English language films, some originating from U.S. and English speaking countries and others from non-English speaking countries.
• No Place on Earth (The Cave) by Emmy Award winning director Janet Tobias a U.S., U.K., German co-production. the doc tells the longest recorded underground survival story in human history, when 5 Jewish families descended into a pitch black cave to escape the Nazis for 511 days.
Hungaricom Ltd (Hungary) has the English language animated comedy feature The Secret of Moonacre and Immigrants - L.A. Dolce Vita both produced by Arlene Klasky, Gabor Csupo, and Gabor Kalomista, a Los Angeles based company with Hungarian born principals. The synopsis of Immigrants is worth repeating: More people immigrate to America than to all other countries in the whole world combined. Why? Is it because they love hot dogs and hamburgers? Or because they want to meet Snoop Dogg or have a close encounter with Pamela Anderson? Maybe. But the real reason is – immigrants go to the U.S. to chase the American dream. Immigrants is the story of Vladislav (a Russian), and Joska (a Hungarian). Both are immigrants and best friends, living and chasing the American dream together. Vlad has a daughter, Ana, who’s adapting to life in America at the speed of light, while her dad is in complete culture shock. They stay at the Vista del Mar, an apartment complex run by an old failed actress, Greta Knight, who is always after Vlad for sexual favors. The building is home to immigrants from all over the world: Flaco, a friend from Mexico; Mr. Chea, who runs a Chinese family restaurant; Nazim, a former Pakistani nuclear scientist who drives a tour bus; and Mr. Splits, an old black pimp. We follow Vlad and Joska in their adventures… through their encounter with the American capitalist company Glut-co, through their attempt to open a Russian/Hungarian restaurant, and as their friendship is put in jeopardy when they hit the L.A. night scene. All the while Vlad is looking for a way to make a life for himself and his daughter; and Joska… well, Joska is mainly looking for women.
If Niel Landau's adventures in Russia appeal to you, but you don't have the connections there, visit Rosskino and the L.A. based Eleonora Granata Russian Film Commissioner or produce in Russia through international sales agents which were founded by Russian-Americans who know both cultures such as Aldamisa (where longtime Disney acquisitons VP Jere Hausfater is now looking for projects), 108 Media who has Myn Bala the Kazahkistan submission for Best Foreign Language Academy Award nomination is Canadian owned, or Red Sea, all of whom are Russian – American and/ or Canadian owned.
Singapore is looking for Looking for copros and Icon has stepped up to the plate with James Wan Presents House of Horrors, an English language U.S. horror film now in pre-productions. In the aftermath of a horrific massacre, lead Detective, Mark Lewis, and the police department’s psychologist, Dr. Elizabeth Klein, question a suspect for the brutal murder of five college students. This has been preselling at Cannes 2012 (Line up), Afm 2011, Cannes 2011 and Berlin Efm 2012. Directed by Javier Guttierrez, written by James Wan and Max La Bella it will be distributed in Singapore by Cathay.
British companies are also packaging and preselling U.S. films:
Content is selling American indies 96 Minutes, Hick, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God by Alex Gibney
Stealth Indie (Michael Cowan) is selling two U.S. indies, Crave and The Giant Mechanical Man
Bankside has a deal with New York based Killer Films for Innocence, now in post. This thriller is a modern-gothic vampire story where a recently bereaved teenage girl finds herself the focus of everyone’s attention at her elitist private school where life is steeped in tradition and ceremony.It has been preselling this at Afm 2011 and 2012, Toronto and Cannes 2011 and it has presold to Le Pacte for France, Videovision for So. Africa, Umut Sanat Filmcilik for Turkey, Shooting Stars for UAE.
Ealing Metro is preselling
Nina directed and written by Cynthia Mort, a U.S. production, a biopic about Nina Simone, a tormented genius who eventually finds love and peace. Produced by Barnaby Thompson, Stuart Parr, Mark Burton and Ben Latham Jones, it has presold since Toronto 2011 to Orlando for Israel, Entertainment One for Benelux, Cinesky has U.S. Better Living Through Chemistry directed and written by David Posamentier, a U.S. comedy now in post-production.A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a dangerously seductive customer who takes him on a joyride with explosive consequenses involving sex, drugs and possibly murder. Starring Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan and Ray Liotta, produced by Felipe Marino, Joe Neurater and Keith Calder, it has presold to Metro Pictures of India. Bailout is being presold. One morning Matt Prior wakes up to find himself jobless, crippled with debt, convinced his wife is having an affair and six days away from losing his home. Bailout is a hysterical, heartfelt tale of how we can reach the edge of ruin and begin to make our way back.
Salt is preselling Welcome to the Jungle, a U.S. comedy directed by Rob Meltzer, written by Jeff Kauffman, produced by Justin Kanew and Luillo Ruiz and starring Adam Brody, Dennis Haysbert, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kristen Schaal, Megan Boone and Rob Huebel. A group of co-workers including Chris (Adam Brody) get stranded on a desert island when their nutty teambuilding coach (Jean Claude Van Damme) is mauled by a wild cougar. in the spirit of "lost in the wilderness" comedies such as Tropic Thunder and workplace comedies like The Office, Welcome to the Jungle is a rare beast in today's market: a comedy that delivers on the laughs - both the high and the lowbrow. It has already presold to Front Row for the Middle East.
Westend is preselling Joe which will start shooting this month be delivered in 2013. It is to be directed by David Gordon Green, produced by lisa Muskat and stars Nicholas Cage. Joe is the story of a man who becomes the unlikeliest of role models to 15-year-old Gary Jones, the oldest child of a family ruled by a worthless father. Together they try to find a path to redemption and the hope for a better life in the rugged, dirty world of a small Southern town. Joe is the story of the last hold-out of the cowboy age, when it was okay to shoot up a bar room or tell a lady what to do.
Other panelists included Vince Fischer who, having been educated and working in Paris, Montreal, New York in business and advertising, event production, and creating the endorsement agency GlamCom which initiates deals between celebrities and products, such as he did with George Clooney and Nespresso, has gone on to create Artistic Alliance Eci which represents screenwriters, directors and actors with offices in Beijing, L.a. and Paris, to match people and projects abroad. Daniel Hsia, the writer/ director of Shanghai Calling, (Isa: Aldamisa) a U.S. - China co-production distributed in China by China Film Group and in So. Korea by Sookie and due to be released in Norht America in 2013 works with Janet Yang and is eager to do more co-productions in China though he admits to difficulties with censors, etc. You can see the trailer of Shanghai Calling here.
Neil Landau who wrote Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, the 3D animated feature Tad: The Lost Explores from Paramount which is the highest grossing animated film in Spain's history and the #1 Spanish box ofice movie of the year, is now working on its sequel and another animated feature by the same director. His latest screenplay is being produced by Cary Brokaw for Avenue Pictures (The Player, Closer, Angels in America). He is curretnly developing an original miniseries for HBO for the Russian Market and a crime drama for Sreda in Moscow.
Paula Manzanedo-Schmitt is VP of Film Finances Inc. the world leader in completion guarantees. She has been involved in more than 1,000 films and TV programs internationally and in U.S. She spoke of the various cross-cultural requisites in film production abroad.
The discussion centered around whether filmmakers could make a film without the notorioius interference of studios (they should all be so lucky as to have this problem). In other words, the panelists discussed their experiences making films with Russians and Chinese. All agreed that working abroad, and especially with international sales agents who also produce allows for greater freedom of vision (although in China the reward is writng so that China censorship does not interfere because one has written to their specifications). All agreed also that there is a certain cross-cultural divide one must discover in order to work effectively.
My suggestions for finding a way to create without corporate interferences are listed below:
** Coproduce with Canada who has the most coproduction treaties in the world, or go directly to producers or sales agents who do not rely on treaties.
** Work with international sales agents who produce international coproductions which include U.S., or with the producers of those films who now have established track records.
Take a look at Level K, Tine Klint's relatively new Danish company which is preselling films from U.K., Canada and Australia:
Not Another Happy Ending by Brit John McKay 33 Liberty Lane by Canadian Peter Hewitt The Turning by Australian Cate Blanchett and Robert Connelly starring Emily Watson The Last Ocean by New Zealander Peter Young
French sales agent Films Distribution is selling
Marina Zenovich's doc Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out which Showtime acquired for U.S. TV. Citadel from Ireland has sold to Cinedigm/ New Video for U.S. and Mongrel for Canada. 30 Beats from the U.S. sold to Roadside Attractions for U.S. and Codex Media And Advertising Corporation for Turkey.
Other French companies are doing likewise.
Studio Canal is selling
Liz Garbus' Love, Marilyn - though this was picked up complete at Tiff 12. Don Mazer's I Give It A Year from the U.K. and produced by Tim Bevan. It began presales in Cannes.
Celluloid Dreams is selling
Greetings From Tim Buckley--U.S.-Tiff 12 Special Presentations World Premiere - Director: Daniel Algrant The Comedian a U.K. comedy by Tom Shkolnik Francis Ha - U.S. - Tiff 12. by Noah Baumbach Satellite Boy - Australia The Conspiracy - U.K.
Snd is preselling The Love Punch an English language French comedy
Wild Bunch is selling
Blood Ties written by James Gray, directed by Guillaume Canet, Cast : Billy Crudup, Clive Owen, Marion Cottillard, Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana, Producers: Alain Attal (Les Productions du Tresor), Hugo Selignac, John Lesher.
This very American sotry takes place in New York, 1974. Chris Pierzynski has just been released after years in prison for his part in a gangland murder. Waiting reluctantly outside the prison gates is his younger brother, Frank, a cop with a bright future. Chris and Frank have always been different, and their father, who raised them alone, has always favored Chris - despite all his troubles. Frank has known this since they were kids, and it eats at him like nothing else.
It has presold to Belgium-Lumière, Scandinvia -Scanbox Entertainment, Netherlands-Lumiere, Romania-Independenta Film, Switzerland-Frenetic Films, Turkey-Codex Media, Ukraine Top Film Distribution
Maniac by Franck Khalfoun U.S. English Horror, Writers : Alexandre Aja, Gregory Levasseur, Cast : Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, America Olivo, Producers : Thomas Langmann (La Petite Reine), Alexandre Aja. It has presold to Germany -Ascot Elite, Japan - Comstock Only God Forbids by Nicolas Winding Refn from Denmark, in English has been selliing since Berlin 2012 and has sold to Bulgaria-A Plus Films Ltd., Germany-Tiberius Film Gmbh & Co. Kg, Hungary-Budapest Film (Distributor), Hungary-Mtva, Italy-Italian International Film, Korea (South)-Daisy & Cinergy Entertainment, Poland-Gutek Film Ltd, Romania-Independenta Film, Turkey-Calinos Films
Global Screen (Germany) has many English language films, some originating from U.S. and English speaking countries and others from non-English speaking countries.
• No Place on Earth (The Cave) by Emmy Award winning director Janet Tobias a U.S., U.K., German co-production. the doc tells the longest recorded underground survival story in human history, when 5 Jewish families descended into a pitch black cave to escape the Nazis for 511 days.
Hungaricom Ltd (Hungary) has the English language animated comedy feature The Secret of Moonacre and Immigrants - L.A. Dolce Vita both produced by Arlene Klasky, Gabor Csupo, and Gabor Kalomista, a Los Angeles based company with Hungarian born principals. The synopsis of Immigrants is worth repeating: More people immigrate to America than to all other countries in the whole world combined. Why? Is it because they love hot dogs and hamburgers? Or because they want to meet Snoop Dogg or have a close encounter with Pamela Anderson? Maybe. But the real reason is – immigrants go to the U.S. to chase the American dream. Immigrants is the story of Vladislav (a Russian), and Joska (a Hungarian). Both are immigrants and best friends, living and chasing the American dream together. Vlad has a daughter, Ana, who’s adapting to life in America at the speed of light, while her dad is in complete culture shock. They stay at the Vista del Mar, an apartment complex run by an old failed actress, Greta Knight, who is always after Vlad for sexual favors. The building is home to immigrants from all over the world: Flaco, a friend from Mexico; Mr. Chea, who runs a Chinese family restaurant; Nazim, a former Pakistani nuclear scientist who drives a tour bus; and Mr. Splits, an old black pimp. We follow Vlad and Joska in their adventures… through their encounter with the American capitalist company Glut-co, through their attempt to open a Russian/Hungarian restaurant, and as their friendship is put in jeopardy when they hit the L.A. night scene. All the while Vlad is looking for a way to make a life for himself and his daughter; and Joska… well, Joska is mainly looking for women.
If Niel Landau's adventures in Russia appeal to you, but you don't have the connections there, visit Rosskino and the L.A. based Eleonora Granata Russian Film Commissioner or produce in Russia through international sales agents which were founded by Russian-Americans who know both cultures such as Aldamisa (where longtime Disney acquisitons VP Jere Hausfater is now looking for projects), 108 Media who has Myn Bala the Kazahkistan submission for Best Foreign Language Academy Award nomination is Canadian owned, or Red Sea, all of whom are Russian – American and/ or Canadian owned.
Singapore is looking for Looking for copros and Icon has stepped up to the plate with James Wan Presents House of Horrors, an English language U.S. horror film now in pre-productions. In the aftermath of a horrific massacre, lead Detective, Mark Lewis, and the police department’s psychologist, Dr. Elizabeth Klein, question a suspect for the brutal murder of five college students. This has been preselling at Cannes 2012 (Line up), Afm 2011, Cannes 2011 and Berlin Efm 2012. Directed by Javier Guttierrez, written by James Wan and Max La Bella it will be distributed in Singapore by Cathay.
British companies are also packaging and preselling U.S. films:
Content is selling American indies 96 Minutes, Hick, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God by Alex Gibney
Stealth Indie (Michael Cowan) is selling two U.S. indies, Crave and The Giant Mechanical Man
Bankside has a deal with New York based Killer Films for Innocence, now in post. This thriller is a modern-gothic vampire story where a recently bereaved teenage girl finds herself the focus of everyone’s attention at her elitist private school where life is steeped in tradition and ceremony.It has been preselling this at Afm 2011 and 2012, Toronto and Cannes 2011 and it has presold to Le Pacte for France, Videovision for So. Africa, Umut Sanat Filmcilik for Turkey, Shooting Stars for UAE.
Ealing Metro is preselling
Nina directed and written by Cynthia Mort, a U.S. production, a biopic about Nina Simone, a tormented genius who eventually finds love and peace. Produced by Barnaby Thompson, Stuart Parr, Mark Burton and Ben Latham Jones, it has presold since Toronto 2011 to Orlando for Israel, Entertainment One for Benelux, Cinesky has U.S. Better Living Through Chemistry directed and written by David Posamentier, a U.S. comedy now in post-production.A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a dangerously seductive customer who takes him on a joyride with explosive consequenses involving sex, drugs and possibly murder. Starring Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan and Ray Liotta, produced by Felipe Marino, Joe Neurater and Keith Calder, it has presold to Metro Pictures of India. Bailout is being presold. One morning Matt Prior wakes up to find himself jobless, crippled with debt, convinced his wife is having an affair and six days away from losing his home. Bailout is a hysterical, heartfelt tale of how we can reach the edge of ruin and begin to make our way back.
Salt is preselling Welcome to the Jungle, a U.S. comedy directed by Rob Meltzer, written by Jeff Kauffman, produced by Justin Kanew and Luillo Ruiz and starring Adam Brody, Dennis Haysbert, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kristen Schaal, Megan Boone and Rob Huebel. A group of co-workers including Chris (Adam Brody) get stranded on a desert island when their nutty teambuilding coach (Jean Claude Van Damme) is mauled by a wild cougar. in the spirit of "lost in the wilderness" comedies such as Tropic Thunder and workplace comedies like The Office, Welcome to the Jungle is a rare beast in today's market: a comedy that delivers on the laughs - both the high and the lowbrow. It has already presold to Front Row for the Middle East.
Westend is preselling Joe which will start shooting this month be delivered in 2013. It is to be directed by David Gordon Green, produced by lisa Muskat and stars Nicholas Cage. Joe is the story of a man who becomes the unlikeliest of role models to 15-year-old Gary Jones, the oldest child of a family ruled by a worthless father. Together they try to find a path to redemption and the hope for a better life in the rugged, dirty world of a small Southern town. Joe is the story of the last hold-out of the cowboy age, when it was okay to shoot up a bar room or tell a lady what to do.
- 11/5/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The Starving Games
Brant Daugherty ("Pretty Little Liars") has scored one of the lead roles in the spoof "The Starving Games" from "Date Movie" and "Epic Movie" writer/directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer.
Daughtery's character is a brooding teen heartthrob in the mold of Liam Hemsworth's character Gale in "The Hunger Games." Shooting kicks off early next month in New Orleans. [Source: Variety]
Joe
Tye Sheridan ("The Tree Of Life") has joined the cast of David Gordon Green's Southern drama "Joe". Gary Hawkins adapted the screenplay from the novel by Larry Brown and shooting kicks off on Halloween in Austin.
Sheridan will play Gary Jones, the eldest child in a homeless family headed by an alcoholic father. He and an ex-con (Nicolas Cage) become close as they try to find a better life in the hard world of small-town Mississippi. [Source: Screen Daily]
Grace of Monaco
British acting legend Derek Jacobi has...
Brant Daugherty ("Pretty Little Liars") has scored one of the lead roles in the spoof "The Starving Games" from "Date Movie" and "Epic Movie" writer/directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer.
Daughtery's character is a brooding teen heartthrob in the mold of Liam Hemsworth's character Gale in "The Hunger Games." Shooting kicks off early next month in New Orleans. [Source: Variety]
Joe
Tye Sheridan ("The Tree Of Life") has joined the cast of David Gordon Green's Southern drama "Joe". Gary Hawkins adapted the screenplay from the novel by Larry Brown and shooting kicks off on Halloween in Austin.
Sheridan will play Gary Jones, the eldest child in a homeless family headed by an alcoholic father. He and an ex-con (Nicolas Cage) become close as they try to find a better life in the hard world of small-town Mississippi. [Source: Screen Daily]
Grace of Monaco
British acting legend Derek Jacobi has...
- 10/23/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
File this one under “things we never knew wanted to happen, but thank God they are,” as THR reports that David Gordon Green will direct Nicolas Cage in Gary Hawkins‘ adaptation of Larry Brown‘s novel, Joe. Cage will star as the eponymous Joe, “an ex-con who becomes the unlikeliest of role models to 15-year-old Gary Jones, the oldest child of a homeless family ruled by a drunk, worthless father. Together they try to find a path to redemption and the hope for a better life in the rugged, dirty world of small town Mississippi.” The “gritty” Southern tale sounds like a return to form for the director, who started his career with such similiarly gritty films like George Washington and Undertow before making the move to more mainstream comedic fare like Pineapple Express, Your Highness, and The Sitter. If this signals a sea change or a happy medium for the filmmaker, we...
- 9/8/2012
- by Kate Erbland
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Here’s a director / actor pairing we’re not sure we’d have guessed at: David Gordon Green has hooked up with Nicolas Cage for his next film, a gritty southern Us-set drama called Joe.From the sounds of it, it’s another shift in gear for the director who has most recently been making comedies such as Your Highness and The Sitter.Adapted from Larry Brown’s novel by screenwriter Gary Hawkins, the movie will unspool the story of ex-con Joe (Cage) who becomes something of a role model to teenager Gary Jones. Gary is trying to escape his drunken, dangerous father and homeless family, and Joe just might be his path to a better life in one of the dodgier corners of Mississippi."When Larry Brown wrote the novel, he instantly created an iconic character of contemporary Southern literature," Gordon Green says in a statement picked up by the Hollywood Reporter.
- 9/7/2012
- EmpireOnline
Nicolas Cage has been cast in Joe. Based on Larry Brown's 1991 novel with the same name, Joe follows an ex-con who becomes a role model to 15-year-old Gary Jones, who comes from a homeless family in Mississippi. The Southern drama will be directed by David Gordon Green and adapted by Gary Hawkins, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Gordon Green said: "When Larry Brown wrote the novel Joe, he instantly created an iconic character (more)...
- 9/7/2012
- by By Kristina Bustos
- Digital Spy
Nicolas Cage has always gone back and forth between payday flicks and worthy indies, with a tad too much emphasis on the former, in our view. It's hard to recall that he once won an Oscar for "Leaving Las Vegas." So there's hope yet that "Joe" will give him a juicy role, working with David Gordon Green, who has lately steered away from the serious indie dramas that launched his career ("Snow Angels") in favor of gross-out comedies (TV series "Eastside and Down," "The Sitter," “Pineapple Express”). Financed by Worldview Entertainment, the gritty, southern drama is adapted by Gary Hawkins from Larry Brown's novel about a small-town Mississippi ex-con who becomes an unlikely role model to 15-year-old Gary Jones, the oldest child of a homeless family ruled by a nasty drunk. Principal photography is set for early November in Texas. David Gordon Green said: "When Larry Brown wrote the novel...
- 9/7/2012
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
David Gordon Green has spent the last few years making silly comedies like Pineapple Express, Your Highness and The Sitter (not to mention episodes of the HBO series Eastbound & Down), but now the George Washington filmmaker is heading back into more serious material. He's currently in the midst of developing a remake of Dario Argento's Suspiria and now he's found a star for his gritty, southern drama Joe. A press release has been sent out announcing that Nicolas Cage has signed on as the star in in Gordon Green's upcoming movie. The film, which is based on the novel by Larry Brown and written by Gary Hawkins, is about an ex-con who creates an unlikely friendship with a 15-year-old by named Gary Jones. Gary is the oldest child of a homeless family with a drunken father, and sees Joe as a positive, if not unlikely, role model. The two...
- 9/7/2012
- cinemablend.com
It was announced today that Worldview Entertainment, the company behind the recently announced new films by Eli Roth and Ti West (as well as just-wrapped features by Atom Egoyan and Guillaume Canet), will also fund "Joe," the new film by "All the Real Girls"/"Pineapple Express" director David Gordon Green that stars Nicolas Cage. Production should begin in early November in the great state of Texas. Foreign buyers are being sought at the Toronto International Film Festival this week. "Joe" was written by Gary Hawkins, based on the 2003 novel by Larry Brown, and is described in the press release as the "story of an ex-con who becomes the unlikeliest of role models to 15 year old Gary Jones, the oldest child of a homeless family ruled by a drunk, worthless father. Together they try to find a path to redemption and the hope for a better life in the rugged, dirty world of small town Mississippi.
- 9/7/2012
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
Nicolas Cage is set to star in David Gordon Green's new film Joe, which is based on a novel written by Larry Brown. The film will tell the story of an "ex-con who becomes the unlikeliest of role models to 15-year-old Gary Jones, the oldest child of a homeless family ruled by a drunk, worthless father. Together they try to find a path to redemption and the hope for a better life in the rugged, dirty world of small town Mississippi."
Gordon Green had this to say in a statement,
When Larry Brown wrote the novel Joe, he instantly created an iconic character of contemporary Southern literature. It is with great excitement that I've been able to work with Nicolas Cage to design an absolute and unexpected performance piece that is woven from the darkness, beauty, humor and environment of this material.
Cage has made some really good films in his career,...
Gordon Green had this to say in a statement,
When Larry Brown wrote the novel Joe, he instantly created an iconic character of contemporary Southern literature. It is with great excitement that I've been able to work with Nicolas Cage to design an absolute and unexpected performance piece that is woven from the darkness, beauty, humor and environment of this material.
Cage has made some really good films in his career,...
- 9/7/2012
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
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