GÖTEBORG, Sweden – Jan Troell, the 91-year-old Swedish director and 1972 Oscar nominee for “The Emigrants,” is giving interviews in a Göteborg hotel, his leg propped on a chair, a walking stick, his daughter, Johanna, and wife, Agneta, both collaborators on his films, by his side.
The director, who turned down a ten-year Warner Bros. contract to return to Sweden, has been awarded the 2023 Goteborg Festival’s Nordic Honorary Dragon Award. The prize reflects a life-long connection to still-and-moving images that began when his mother brought him home from the hospital and his dad began filming.
Some of that footage, as well as excerpts from his films, will be combined with new dramatic scenes, for a new film project “Dyning” which is a memoir.
“I’m enjoying editing ‘Dyning’,” said Troell, adding. “I don’t totally identify with my age. I do physically but I still have the same lust for making pictures and images,...
The director, who turned down a ten-year Warner Bros. contract to return to Sweden, has been awarded the 2023 Goteborg Festival’s Nordic Honorary Dragon Award. The prize reflects a life-long connection to still-and-moving images that began when his mother brought him home from the hospital and his dad began filming.
Some of that footage, as well as excerpts from his films, will be combined with new dramatic scenes, for a new film project “Dyning” which is a memoir.
“I’m enjoying editing ‘Dyning’,” said Troell, adding. “I don’t totally identify with my age. I do physically but I still have the same lust for making pictures and images,...
- 1/30/2023
- by Liza Foreman
- Variety Film + TV
Fay Wray began her autobiography On the Other Hand with an open letter to her most famous co-star. In it she said, “for more than half a century, you have been the most dominant figure in my public life. To speak of me is to think of you. To speak to me is often a prelude to questions about you.” This most dominant figure was of course the mighty King Kong and the film they appeared in together is unquestionably the best remembered in Wray’s career. She went on to tell Kong, “I admire you because you made only one film—and that became famous, whereas I made seventy-five or eighty and only the one I made with you became really famous.” Despite this fact, which was true for many decades, other films in Wray’s filmography have found new life in the years since she wrote those words in 1988. Now,...
- 1/13/2023
- by Brian Keiper
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz will co-write and co-direct Spanish Dracula, the true story about how silent film star and Mexican actress Lupita Tovar found a second wind starring in Spanish-language versions of Hollywood films like the Universal classic Dracula. The Weitz brothers are her grandsons, and they will produce with their Depth of Field cohort Andrew Miano, along with Pancho Kohner. He is their uncle and author of The Sweetheart of Mexico, a memoir he helped his mother write about her most fascinating life.
Tovar, who moved from Mexico to Hollywood, would go on to become a wildly successful actress back home where she was known as The Mexican Rose. Their grandfather is Paul Kohner, Universal Pictures chief Carl Laemmle’s right-hand man who ran the studio’s international film production business.
Falling head over heels in love with Tovar — as did many others including John Huston and a Mexican general,...
Tovar, who moved from Mexico to Hollywood, would go on to become a wildly successful actress back home where she was known as The Mexican Rose. Their grandfather is Paul Kohner, Universal Pictures chief Carl Laemmle’s right-hand man who ran the studio’s international film production business.
Falling head over heels in love with Tovar — as did many others including John Huston and a Mexican general,...
- 2/15/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Racial passing occurs when a member of one racial group is either believed to be or accepted as a member of another. In the U.S., it generally means someone who is Black or of multi-racial heritage, “passing” as a White person. It’s the subject of Rebecca Hall’s well-received directorial debut “Passing,” currently streaming on Netflix. Hall, who is the daughter of the late director Peter Hall and opera singer Maria Ewing is of Dutch, Native American, African American and Scottish heritage. She adapted Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel about two African American friends: one (Tessa Thompson) is married to a prominent doctor and the other (Ruth Negga) has passed for white for years and is married to a wealthy racist (Alexander Skarsgard). Hall was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize dramatic at Sundance; “Passing” currently is nominated for five Gotham Awards including Best Picture and Breakthrough Director.
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- 11/24/2021
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Cassidy Freeman (Smallville), Tony Cavalero (School of Rock) and Tim Baltz (Drunk History) have been cast as series regulars in HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones, Danny McBride’s televangelist comedy pilot, starring McBride and John Goodman.
Created, written, directed and executive produced by McBride, The Righteous Gemstones is the story of a world famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work, all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Freeman will play Amber Gemstone, the wife of Jesse Gemstone (McBride). She gave up a career of her own in journalism to devote herself to the church and her husband. Cavalero is Keefe Chambers, an ex-Satanist. Keefe was saved from the darkness by Kelvin Gemstone (Adam Devine). Now, he’s dedicated his life to serving the Lord and The Gemstones. Baltz will play Bj, fiancée to Judy Gemstone (Edi Patterson). He struggles to find acceptance within the Gemstone family.
Created, written, directed and executive produced by McBride, The Righteous Gemstones is the story of a world famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work, all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Freeman will play Amber Gemstone, the wife of Jesse Gemstone (McBride). She gave up a career of her own in journalism to devote herself to the church and her husband. Cavalero is Keefe Chambers, an ex-Satanist. Keefe was saved from the darkness by Kelvin Gemstone (Adam Devine). Now, he’s dedicated his life to serving the Lord and The Gemstones. Baltz will play Bj, fiancée to Judy Gemstone (Edi Patterson). He struggles to find acceptance within the Gemstone family.
- 7/13/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Christian movies: Starring Nicolas Cage, the widely panned 2014 apocalyptic thriller 'Left Behind' was a box office bomb – unlike (relatively) recent popular 'faith movies' such as 'Heaven Is for Real,' 'Son of God' and 'War Room.' A thought on the New Christian American Cinema: Tired of the blatant propaganda found in 'mainstream' Christian movies Two films that might be called “Christian movies” opened last week, and I decided that I wouldn't watch them, write about them, or review them – at least directly. I'm not even going to mention their titles here because I don't promote propaganda films, and that's what this recent advent of Christian movies has become: propaganda. After all, since nearly all American cinema is Christian cinema, the New Christian American Cinema is in fact pure propaganda – not cinema. Worse yet, it bores me. So, here's the thing about what we've come to call...
- 4/14/2017
- by Tim Cogshell
- Alt Film Guide
Bronson’s Loose Again!: On the Set with Charles Bronson is author Paul Talbot’s all-new companion volume to his acclaimed Bronson’s Loose!: The Making of the ‘Death Wish’ Films. His new book reveals more information on the Death Wish series and also details the complex histories behind eighteen other Charles Bronson movies. Documented herein are fascinating tales behind some of the finest Bronson films of the mid-1970s (including Hard Times and From Noon Till Three); his big-budget independent epics Love And Bullets and Cabo Blanco; his lesser-known, underrated dramas Borderline and Act Of Vengeance; his notorious sleaze/action Cannon Films classics of the 80s (including 10 To Midnight, Murphy’S Law and Kinjite: Forbidden Sunjects); the numerous unmade projects he was attached to; and his TV movies of the 90s (including The Sea Wolf). Exhaustively researched, the book features over three dozen exclusive, candid interviews including...
- 6/27/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Banished by Josef Goebbels and threatened by the Reich, the creative core of the German film industry found itself in sunny Los Angeles, many not speaking English but determined to carry on as writers, directors and actors. More than simply surviving, they made a profound impact on Hollywood moviemaking. Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood DVD-r The Warner Archive Collection 2009 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 117 min. / Street Date April 12, 2016 / available through the WBshop / 21.99 Cinematography Joan Churchill, Emil Fischhaber Film Editor Anny Lowery Meza Original Music Peter Melnick Written, Produced and Directed by Karen Thomas
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood is the perfect docu to introduce people to the way film and world history are intertwined... and also to generate interest in older movies and classic cinema. Instead of a story about the making of movies, it's about a fascinating group of filmmakers forced to abandon...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood is the perfect docu to introduce people to the way film and world history are intertwined... and also to generate interest in older movies and classic cinema. Instead of a story about the making of movies, it's about a fascinating group of filmmakers forced to abandon...
- 5/10/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Exclusive: Tapping into the lucrative Young Adult arena, Ivanhoe Pictures has acquired film rights to action-adventure novel The Walled City. The book by Ryan Graudin (All That Glows) was just published on November 4 by Little Brown Books for Young Readers. Described as The Hunger Games meets The Maze Runner, the story follows three teenagers as they fight to survive and escape a lawless, walled city. The town of the title is based on China’s Kowloon Walled City, an element that fits with Ivanhoe’s focus on North American and Asian markets. The book is not yet published in China. It is sold in UK, France, Germany, Norway and Portugal as of now.
Ivanhoe’s John Penotti, Kelly Carmichael and Josh Cohen are producing and overseeing development.
“Immediately after receiving an early copy of Ryan’s thrilling novel we couldn’t put it down. Ryan has created such an exciting...
Ivanhoe’s John Penotti, Kelly Carmichael and Josh Cohen are producing and overseeing development.
“Immediately after receiving an early copy of Ryan’s thrilling novel we couldn’t put it down. Ryan has created such an exciting...
- 11/6/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
Romany Malco is set as the lead of ABC‘s multi-camera comedy pilot Keep It Together, lifting the cast-contingency off the project from hot actor-comedian Kevin Hart and former Community executive producers Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan. Written by Goldman and Donovan based on Hart’s life and stand-up and, Keep It Together takes a candid look at the post-divorce life of a couple, Derek (Malco) and Lorraine, trying to forge a friendship for the sake of their kids, despite differences. Derek is a fit and energetic exercise equipment salesman. 20th Century Fox TV is producing, with Hart, his manager Dave Becky, Goldman and Donovan executive producing. Hart would play a recurring role subject to availability. Malco and Hart have a long standing relationship dating way back to working together on 40 Year Old Virgin. Most recently they appeared together in the hit Sony Screen Gem Think Like A Man films.
- 2/13/2014
- by ERIK PEDERSEN
- Deadline TV
By Paul Talbot
The poster screamed: “Most criminals answer to the law. The world’s most savage executioner must answer to Bronson.” Since the late 1960s, Charles Bronson’s name on a marquee was a guarantee of unchained action. When The Evil That Men Do opened in 1984, fans were hit with the expected violence─but this time they were also assaulted with thick layers of sadism, sleaze and depravity. And they loved it.
Born in 1921, Charles Bronson (originally Bunchinsky) was a dirt-poor Pennsylvania coal miner before he was drafted and later used the GI Bill to study acting. After dozens of small roles, he became a popular supporting player in hit films like The Magnificent Seven (1960) and The Great Escape (1963)─then went overseas to star in European pictures like Farewell, Friend (1967), Once Upon a Time in the West (1967) and Rider on the Rain (1970). Although ignored in the States─where they...
The poster screamed: “Most criminals answer to the law. The world’s most savage executioner must answer to Bronson.” Since the late 1960s, Charles Bronson’s name on a marquee was a guarantee of unchained action. When The Evil That Men Do opened in 1984, fans were hit with the expected violence─but this time they were also assaulted with thick layers of sadism, sleaze and depravity. And they loved it.
Born in 1921, Charles Bronson (originally Bunchinsky) was a dirt-poor Pennsylvania coal miner before he was drafted and later used the GI Bill to study acting. After dozens of small roles, he became a popular supporting player in hit films like The Magnificent Seven (1960) and The Great Escape (1963)─then went overseas to star in European pictures like Farewell, Friend (1967), Once Upon a Time in the West (1967) and Rider on the Rain (1970). Although ignored in the States─where they...
- 2/1/2014
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Oscar-nominated ‘Imitation of Life’ actress Juanita Moore has died Juanita Moore, Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nominee for the 1959 blockbuster Imitation of Life, died on New Year’s Day 2014 at her home in Los Angeles. According to various online sources, Juanita Moore (born on October 19, 1922) was 91; her step-grandson, actor Kirk Kahn, said she was 99. (Photo: Juanita Moore in the late ’50s. See also: Juanita Moore and Susan Kohner photos at the 50th anniversary screening of Imitation of Life at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.) Juanita Moore movies The Los Angeles-born Juanita Moore began her show business career as a chorus girl at New York City’s Cotton Club. According to the IMDb, Moore was an extra/bit player in a trio of films of the ’40s, including Vincente Minnelli’s all-black musical Cabin in the Sky (1942) and Elia Kazan’s socially conscious melodrama Pinky (1949), in which Jeanne Crain plays a (very,...
- 1/2/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Lana Turner movies: Scandal and more scandal Lana Turner is Turner Classic Movies’ "Summer Under the Stars" star today, Saturday, August 10, 2013. I’m a little — or rather, a lot — late in the game posting this article, but there are still three Lana Turner movies left. You can see Turner get herself embroiled in scandal right now, in Douglas Sirk’s Imitation of Life (1959), both the director and the star’s biggest box-office hit. More scandal follows in Mark Robson’s Peyton Place (1957), the movie that earned Lana Turner her one and only Academy Award nomination. And wrapping things up is George Sidney’s lively The Three Musketeers (1948), with Turner as the ruthless, heartless, remorseless — but quite elegant — Lady de Winter. Based on Fannie Hurst’s novel and a remake of John M. Stahl’s 1934 melodrama about mother love, class disparities, racism, and good cooking, Imitation of Life was shown on...
- 8/11/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Douglas Sirk movies: ‘Imitation of Life,’ ‘Written on the Wind’ (photo: Lana Turner, Juanita Moore, Karin Dicker in ‘Imitation of Life’) Douglas Sirk is Turner Classic Movies’ Director of the Evening. The German-born (April 26, 1897, in Hamburg) filmmaker has developed a cult following in recent decades after his "women’s pictures" were reappraised by some critics as works of profound social criticism filled with auteuristic touches. Why it would take years (or decades) for people to realize the obvious is a little mind-boggling, until you remember that movies about women and their issues have been, for the most part, relegated to the sidelines. A stupid prejudice that continues to this very day. My statement, by the way, has nothing to do with yikesy political correctness; if you don’t believe me, just check out the Best Picture Academy Award winners or Palme d’Or winners or Golden Lion winners or Golden...
- 8/1/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Lupita Tovar turns 103: Actress starred in Spanish-language ‘Dracula’ and in the first Mexican talkie, ‘Santa’ (photo: Lupita Tovar in ‘Santa’) Mexican actress Lupita Tovar, best remembered for the Spanish-language version of Dracula and for starring in the first Mexican talkie, Santa, turned 103 years old on Sunday, July 27, 2013. Tovar was born in 1910 in the city of Oaxaca, the capital of the Mexican state of the same name. In an interview with author Michael G. Ankerich (Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips) published on Ankerich’s site Close-ups and Long Shots, Tovar recalled her brief foray as a silent film actress at Fox (several years before it became 20th Century Fox): "Silent films were wonderful because you didn’t have to worry about your dialogue. You could say whatever you felt. We had music on the set all the time. It was absolutely wonderful." Unfortunately for Tovar, whose English was quite poor,...
- 7/29/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Christoph Waltz was worried being half-Austrian and half-German would affect his career. The Oscar-winning actor almost quit acting when he was told he was unlikely to break Hollywood and would probably be cast in supporting roles as a German Nazi for the rest of his life because of his thick Austrian accent. He told ShortList magazine: ''I was introduced to Paul Kohner years ago, who was the most powerful agent in the 30s. He was at the end of his career and I was at the beginning of my career - he actually knew my grandfather. He said, 'Of course I can...
- 5/16/2013
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
Christoph Waltz was worried being half-Austrian and half-German would affect his career. The Oscar-winning actor almost quit acting when he was told he was unlikely to break Hollywood and would probably be cast in supporting roles as a German Nazi for the rest of his life because of his thick Austrian accent. He told ShortList magazine: 'I was introduced to Paul Kohner years ago, who was the most powerful agent in the 30s. He was at the end of his career and I was at the beginning of my career - he actually knew my grandfather. He said, 'Of course I can do something for you in Hollywood, that's not the problem. But you have to ask yourself, do you...
- 5/16/2013
- Monsters and Critics
As we gear up for Halloween. the Academy is hosting an October-long celebration of classic horror films in honor of “Universal.s Legacy of Horror“- part of the studio.s year-long 100th anniversary celebration. This week’s films highlight The Man Who Laughs, The Wolfman and An American Werewolf In London. Just last week writer, director Guillermo del Toro, a big fan of Jaws, hosted the kick-off screening celebrating the studio that defined .horror films..
Del Toro also answered questions from fans on the Academy’s Facebook page.
For those not in the Southern California area, you can watch all these cinematic masterpieces of the horror genre on Blu-ray in the Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection which debuted on October 2 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
If you’re in the Beverly Hills area, check out the lineup for the rest of the month:
“The Man Who Laughs” (1928) Monday,...
Del Toro also answered questions from fans on the Academy’s Facebook page.
For those not in the Southern California area, you can watch all these cinematic masterpieces of the horror genre on Blu-ray in the Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection which debuted on October 2 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
If you’re in the Beverly Hills area, check out the lineup for the rest of the month:
“The Man Who Laughs” (1928) Monday,...
- 10/7/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Pictured: Bela Lugosi, Dracula, 1931. Courtesy of AMPAS
Looking for a good scare next month? Before you head out trick-or-treating on the 31st, and you’re in the Southern California area, you need to head over to the Academy in Beverly Hills. Our friends at AMPAS are hosting an October-long celebration of classic horror films in honor of “Universal.s Legacy of Horror”- part of the studio.s year-long 100th anniversary celebration. Writer & director Guillermo del Toro, a true aficionado of the horror-genre, will host the kick-off screening celebrating the studio that defined “horror films. ” The Academy will screen newly restored prints from Universal.
For those not wanting bad dreams the Academy will also present “Universal.s Legacy of Horror: A Centennial Exhibition,” which includes rare posters, stills and other artifacts celebrating Universal.s distinctive contributions to the classic horror genre and the studio.s founding 100 years ago. The exhibition...
Looking for a good scare next month? Before you head out trick-or-treating on the 31st, and you’re in the Southern California area, you need to head over to the Academy in Beverly Hills. Our friends at AMPAS are hosting an October-long celebration of classic horror films in honor of “Universal.s Legacy of Horror”- part of the studio.s year-long 100th anniversary celebration. Writer & director Guillermo del Toro, a true aficionado of the horror-genre, will host the kick-off screening celebrating the studio that defined “horror films. ” The Academy will screen newly restored prints from Universal.
For those not wanting bad dreams the Academy will also present “Universal.s Legacy of Horror: A Centennial Exhibition,” which includes rare posters, stills and other artifacts celebrating Universal.s distinctive contributions to the classic horror genre and the studio.s founding 100 years ago. The exhibition...
- 9/25/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Motion pictures have been in existence for over a century, so it’s quite obvious that there are more than just the ten actors previously mentioned in the last article who have achieved immortality on the strength of one unforgettable film performance. After a bit of extensive research I have managed to find ten more actors who, for various reasons, will always be remembered for their one role. Some of these actors went on to achieve major Hollywood success while others completely disappeared from view leaving their one film as the sole legacy of their work in the industry.
So for the cult movie enthusiasts everywhere, here is another assortment of classic screen villains. I’m glad to say that the following list has not been restricted to those in the horror genre. Villainy exists everywhere in movie land!
10. Carlos Villarias (Dracula, 1930)
As an obligation to the Hispanic community, Universal’s head of foreign production,...
So for the cult movie enthusiasts everywhere, here is another assortment of classic screen villains. I’m glad to say that the following list has not been restricted to those in the horror genre. Villainy exists everywhere in movie land!
10. Carlos Villarias (Dracula, 1930)
As an obligation to the Hispanic community, Universal’s head of foreign production,...
- 9/4/2012
- Shadowlocked
The Oscar-winning success of last year's "The Help" was a throwback in many ways, principally to the socially-conscious melodramas of Stanley Kramer, like "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner." Another comparison point that came up frequently in reviews of Tate Taylor's film was "Imitation Of Life," the 1959 film by director Douglas Sirk, but it's scarcely fair: over fifty years on, Sirk's picture stands head and shoulders above virtually every other melodrama.
The story follows widow and aspiring actress Lora (Lana Turner), whose daughter Susie goes missing at the beach, and is found by an African-American divorcee, Annie Johnson (Juanita Moore), there with her own light-skinned daughter, Sarah Jane. The two become friends, Lora taking Annie in as a housekeeper, and Annie's care helping Lora achieve her dream of becoming a Broadway star. Eleven years later, however, their children have grown up, and Susie (Sandra Dee) develops a crush on her mother's boyfriend Steve,...
The story follows widow and aspiring actress Lora (Lana Turner), whose daughter Susie goes missing at the beach, and is found by an African-American divorcee, Annie Johnson (Juanita Moore), there with her own light-skinned daughter, Sarah Jane. The two become friends, Lora taking Annie in as a housekeeper, and Annie's care helping Lora achieve her dream of becoming a Broadway star. Eleven years later, however, their children have grown up, and Susie (Sandra Dee) develops a crush on her mother's boyfriend Steve,...
- 4/17/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
British actress Lucy Griffiths has landed her first American series. The 25-year-old will join the upcoming season of HBO’s hit True Blood as a new regular. On Alan Ball’s vampire drama, she will play Nora, the centuries-old vampire “sister” of Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) who is working as a double agent within the Vampire Authority. Griffiths, best known for her starring role as Maid Marian on the first two seasons of the BBC drama Robin Hood, first grabbed the attention of U.S. TV talent scouts last year when she was signed by CBS in a talent deal. That resulted in her being cast as the lead in the CW zombie pilot Awakening. Griffiths is with U.S.’ Paul Kohner and Principal and the UK’s Hamilton/Hodell.
- 11/2/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Talent holding deals are pretty rare these days, especially with young up-and-comers. CBS and CBS TV Studios have signed such as deal with 24-year-old British actress Lucy Griffiths. Under the pact, the network will cast her in a drama or comedy project. It marks Griffiths' first U.S. gig. In the U.K., she is best known for doing the first 2 seasons of the BBC drama Robin Hood, on which she played Maid Marian. The actress, who recently starred on the West End in the revival of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, is with U.S.' Paul Kohner and Principal and U.K.'s Hamilton/Hodell. CBS has been the most active on the talent holding deal front this season, inking pacts with Rob Riggle, Leah Remini and Kristoffer Polaha.
- 1/31/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Harriett Tendler was 18, the only child of a widowed Jewish farmer, when she enrolled at the Bessie V. Hicks School of Stage, Screen, and Radio in Philadelphia in 1947. It was there she fell in love with Charles Buchinsky, a fellow student eight years her senior. Charles was part of a large Lithuanian family from an impoverished coal mining town in Pennsylvania. He had served in WWII as a tail gunner and was using the GI bill to study art and acting. Harriett and Charles were married in 1949 and two years later, Charles was cast in his first film. In 1953 he changed his last name to Bronson and found work as a solid character actor with a rugged face, muscular physique and everyman ethnicity that kept him busy in supporting roles as indians, convicts, cowboys, boxers, and gangsters. Life was good for the Bronsons and they had a daughter and then a son.
- 1/19/2011
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Even if Christoph Waltz had not been cast as Col. Hans Landa, the charming but insidious Nazi Jew hunter in the World War II movie "Inglourious Basterds," the experience of auditioning for its writer-director, Quentin Tarantino, would have been enough to satisfy him, shares the actor."It was Quentin, Lawrence Bender, and myself chatting in a civilized manner—three gentlemen in an office," recalls the Austrian-born Waltz of the initial meeting with Tarantino and his producer in Berlin, where the actor has pursued most of his career. "And then the unavoidable question: 'Would you mind if we read?' I said, 'Definitely not. I was looking forward to it.' So we read; we read the whole script. That I didn't expect. It was fantastic—Quentin playing all the other parts. Lawrence was completely quiet, just watching."A week later, Waltz was called back by Berlin-based casting director Simone Bär...
- 12/9/2009
- backstage.com
Nick Zano and Diana Maria Riva have joined USA Network's 90-minute pilot "Operating Instructions," while Marsha Thomason has been added to another USA 90-minute pilot, "White Collar."
"Instructions," from Conaco Prods. and Universal Cable Prods., centers on Rachel (Emily Rose), an ex-Marine who returns from a tour of duty as a Navy surgeon to take a post at a military hospital.
Zano will play Luke, a Marine who shared a traumatic experience with Rachel in Iraq. Riva will play Amani, an intuitive Or nurse on Rachel's surgery team.
Zano is repped by Icm and John Carrabino Management. Riva is repped by the Paul Kohner Agency and Gateway Management.
"Collar," from Fox TV Studios, centers on Neal (Matthew Bomer), a con artist who partners with the head of the FBI's white-collar crime unit (Tim DeKay).
Thomason, repped by Domain and Affirmative Entertainment, will play Diana Lancing, a bright and spunky junior agent.
"Instructions," from Conaco Prods. and Universal Cable Prods., centers on Rachel (Emily Rose), an ex-Marine who returns from a tour of duty as a Navy surgeon to take a post at a military hospital.
Zano will play Luke, a Marine who shared a traumatic experience with Rachel in Iraq. Riva will play Amani, an intuitive Or nurse on Rachel's surgery team.
Zano is repped by Icm and John Carrabino Management. Riva is repped by the Paul Kohner Agency and Gateway Management.
"Collar," from Fox TV Studios, centers on Neal (Matthew Bomer), a con artist who partners with the head of the FBI's white-collar crime unit (Tim DeKay).
Thomason, repped by Domain and Affirmative Entertainment, will play Diana Lancing, a bright and spunky junior agent.
- 12/8/2008
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dominic Fumusa has landed a co-starring role on Showtime's upcoming comedy series "Nurse Jackie."
Meanwhile, Laura Harris has been tapped as the female lead opposite Ron Livingston in the drama series "Defying Gravity," from Fox TV Studios, Canada's CTV, Germany's ProSieben and the BBC.
"Jackie," from Showtime and Lionsgate TV, stars Edie Falco as a strong-willed, iconoclastic New York nurse juggling the frenzied grind of an urban hospital and an equally challenging personal life. Famusa will play her husband.
Fumusa, who next will be seen in the features "Management" and "Staten Island," is repped by Gersh and Robert Stein Management.
The FtvS/Omni Film-produced "Gravity" is set in the near future and revolves around eight astronauts from five countries who take on a mysterious six-year mission through the solar system.
Harris will play Chloe, a geologist assigned to the mission alongside former flame Maddux (Livingston). Also cast in the series is Israeli-born Eyal Podell,...
Meanwhile, Laura Harris has been tapped as the female lead opposite Ron Livingston in the drama series "Defying Gravity," from Fox TV Studios, Canada's CTV, Germany's ProSieben and the BBC.
"Jackie," from Showtime and Lionsgate TV, stars Edie Falco as a strong-willed, iconoclastic New York nurse juggling the frenzied grind of an urban hospital and an equally challenging personal life. Famusa will play her husband.
Fumusa, who next will be seen in the features "Management" and "Staten Island," is repped by Gersh and Robert Stein Management.
The FtvS/Omni Film-produced "Gravity" is set in the near future and revolves around eight astronauts from five countries who take on a mysterious six-year mission through the solar system.
Harris will play Chloe, a geologist assigned to the mission alongside former flame Maddux (Livingston). Also cast in the series is Israeli-born Eyal Podell,...
- 11/12/2008
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Shawn Hatosy has joined the cast of NBC's drama pilot "LAPD," and Kristin Bauer has signed to co-star in the HBO's hourlong pilot "Hung."
Meanwhile, two new CW series have added recurrings: David Giuntoli on "Privileged" and Greg Ellis on "Valentine." In addition, Brandon Vayda and Hayley Marie Norman have signed on for arcs on the CW's "90210" and Starz's "Crash," respectively.
In "Lapd," an ensemble cop drama, Hatosy will play Sammy, a newlywed cop with marriage troubles. Hatosy, next up in the films "Bad Lieutenant" and "Public Enemies," is repped by Ifa and Mary Erickson Entertainment.
The dark comedy pilot "Hung" centers on Ray (Thomas Jane), a well-endowed struggling high school basketball coach. Bauer, repped by Paul Kohner Agency and Kritzer Levine Wilkins, will play Ray's ex-wife.
Giuntoli will play the new high school dean on "Privileged." He is repped by Cesd and Cohen/ Thomas Management.
Meanwhile, two new CW series have added recurrings: David Giuntoli on "Privileged" and Greg Ellis on "Valentine." In addition, Brandon Vayda and Hayley Marie Norman have signed on for arcs on the CW's "90210" and Starz's "Crash," respectively.
In "Lapd," an ensemble cop drama, Hatosy will play Sammy, a newlywed cop with marriage troubles. Hatosy, next up in the films "Bad Lieutenant" and "Public Enemies," is repped by Ifa and Mary Erickson Entertainment.
The dark comedy pilot "Hung" centers on Ray (Thomas Jane), a well-endowed struggling high school basketball coach. Bauer, repped by Paul Kohner Agency and Kritzer Levine Wilkins, will play Ray's ex-wife.
Giuntoli will play the new high school dean on "Privileged." He is repped by Cesd and Cohen/ Thomas Management.
- 8/29/2008
- by By Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lindsey Kraft is a name player in indie drama "Nonames," which also stars James Badge Dale and Barry Corbin. Kathy Lindboe is directing.
Kraft plays a waitress who becomes frustrated with her small town's apathy and decides to do something about it. Picture lenses in Wisconsin.
Kraft previously appeared in "See You in September" "The Accidental Husband" and "Epic Movie." She is repped by the Paul Kohner Agency and Matt Sherman Management.
Kraft plays a waitress who becomes frustrated with her small town's apathy and decides to do something about it. Picture lenses in Wisconsin.
Kraft previously appeared in "See You in September" "The Accidental Husband" and "Epic Movie." She is repped by the Paul Kohner Agency and Matt Sherman Management.
- 8/17/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
WMA agent Steve Dontanville said Tuesday he will retire from the agency business after a 27-year run as of June 30. Dontanville said he decided not to renew his WMA contract and plans to take a six-month sabbatical. Dontanville's extensive client list includes Reese Witherspoon, Brendan Fraser, Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Kiefer Sutherland, Patrick Stewart, Julianna Margulies, Kyra Sedgwick and Tommy Lee Jones. Dontanville began his career in the ABC mailroom in 1976. He moved into agenting in 1979 at Rush/Flaherty Agent, followed by stints at Gage Group and Paul Kohner Agency before joining ICM in 1984, where he worked until joining WMA in 2000. "I cherish the 22 years Steve and I hae worked together," WMA chief Jim Wiatt said.
- 4/13/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Michael Weaver has scored a leading role in The Greatest Game Ever Played for Walt Disney Pictures. Weaver will play the role of John J. McDermott, the defending champion in the 1913 U.S. Open, a character who has no intention of letting any Brit take the championship. He didn't need to worry. Based on the true story of the 1913 Open, the film also stars Shia LaBeouf as Francis Ouimet, an amateur golfer from Massachusetts who stunned the world by winning the tournament and beating British champion Harry Vardon, who was the leading golfer of his day. The film is written by and based on Mark Frost's best seller The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet and the Birth of Modern Golf. Bill Paxton is set to direct, with Larry Brezner, Mark Frost and David Blocker producing and David Steinberg executive producing. Jason Reed is overseeing for the studio. Production is slated to begin late July. Weaver's recent credits include UPN's The Mullets as well as feature films Club Dread and Super Troopers. Weaver is represented by Untitled Entertainment and Paul Kohner Agency.
- 5/25/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Madonna and Guy Oseary's Maverick Films has acquired Sean Jacques' spec script Darkhorse and an untitled music-driven romantic thriller pitch from Shintaro Shimosawa. Darkhorse, picked up for low-six figures, is the story of a tough wheelman who is blackmailed into a new world of organized street racing. Oseary and Maverick's Daniel Rosenfeld are producing Darkhorse with Paul Kewley of Accelerator Films. Maverick production topper Mark Morgan will executive produce. Meanwhile, the untitled thriller -- described as being in the vein of The Bodyguard -- centers on an MTV pop star being stalked by a crazed fan. Maverick's Oseary, Morgan and Brent Emery will produce along with Rick Joseph of Creative Production Group. The Darkhorse deal was negotiated by Larry Shire and Robert Strent of Grubman, Indursky & Schindler on behalf of Maverick Films. The Paul Kohner Agency and attorney Carlos Goodman of Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler & Goodman negotiated on behalf of Jacques, with Eric Feig of Feig-Morris negotiating on behalf of Kewley. Shimosawa is repped by Julie Bloom at Sager Management. Larry Shire and Robert Strent of Grubman, Indursky & Schindler negotiated that deal on behalf of Maverick.
- 10/2/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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