In the 26th episode of Deadline Strike Talk — which for below the liners signifies half a year without a paycheck that hasn’t come from Uber fares or waiting tables — host Billy Ray hits on a zeitgeist theme that gets voiced a lot by people who just feel that the business isn’t as remotely as exciting or near as much fun as it was before the folly that signatories put themselves into by chasing Netflix as it became the preeminent streamer. The result has put just about every other streamer pursuit in a position of being money losers that have strained the economics, and accelerated the demise of those conglomerates’ traditional networks, and so many other things.
Ray begins by addressing the fear that informs so many moves in Hollywood, and is anathema to great creative work. Joining him are two Hollywood veterans, John Ptak and Marc Evans. While they flourished in different areas,...
Ray begins by addressing the fear that informs so many moves in Hollywood, and is anathema to great creative work. Joining him are two Hollywood veterans, John Ptak and Marc Evans. While they flourished in different areas,...
- 10/27/2023
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Robin French, a talent agent who worked with legends including Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor and later headed production at Paramount Pictures in the late 1970s, has died. His family said he had been in declining health for the past few months and died September 6 in Palm Desert, CA.
“Dad left knowing that we love him so much, and that we are all safe and secure thanks in large part to his fierce devotion to us,” his children said in a statement. “He was so smart, funny, loyal, friendly, grumpy, opinionated and just a one-of-a-kind guy. We will all miss him forever, but feel so lucky that he was our Dad.”
French began his career as an agent at Chartwell, working with his father, Hugh French — a former actor who become an agent whose clients in the 1950s and ’60s included Brando, Taylor and Richard Burton — and Jerry Perenchio.
During his agenting days,...
“Dad left knowing that we love him so much, and that we are all safe and secure thanks in large part to his fierce devotion to us,” his children said in a statement. “He was so smart, funny, loyal, friendly, grumpy, opinionated and just a one-of-a-kind guy. We will all miss him forever, but feel so lucky that he was our Dad.”
French began his career as an agent at Chartwell, working with his father, Hugh French — a former actor who become an agent whose clients in the 1950s and ’60s included Brando, Taylor and Richard Burton — and Jerry Perenchio.
During his agenting days,...
- 9/14/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Legwork Collective, the media company recently formed by Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché director Pamela B. Green, is ramping up its slate, attaching names like Rosario Dawson, Debra Messing, Ken Jeong and Norman Reedus to a new docuseries, as well as Kathy Bates to its Kate Warne detective drama, as it moves forward with projects aiming to explore overlooked figures in history.
The newest project in the works is Catching a Shadow, a docuseries highlighting diverse and exceptional people who broke boundaries in different domains, overcoming personal traumas and the prejudices of their time – much in the vein of Green’s 2018 docu on Guy-Blaché, the mostly unsung first female filmmaker. Zach Barack, Dawson, Jeong, Messing, Sendhil Ramamurthy and Reedus are attached so far to narrate the docuseries, which will feature deep dives into the likes of pioneers including chemist Alice Ball, author William Melvin Kelley, photojournalist Gerda Taro,...
The newest project in the works is Catching a Shadow, a docuseries highlighting diverse and exceptional people who broke boundaries in different domains, overcoming personal traumas and the prejudices of their time – much in the vein of Green’s 2018 docu on Guy-Blaché, the mostly unsung first female filmmaker. Zach Barack, Dawson, Jeong, Messing, Sendhil Ramamurthy and Reedus are attached so far to narrate the docuseries, which will feature deep dives into the likes of pioneers including chemist Alice Ball, author William Melvin Kelley, photojournalist Gerda Taro,...
- 9/1/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Scott Stuber, Netflix’s head of global film, has joined the board of directors of the National Film Preservation Foundation.
The Nfpf is the nonprofit organization created by Congress dedicated to saving America’s film heritage. Stuber’s posting is a four-year appointment, made by the Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden.
The Netflix executive now joins members Grover Crisp and Eric J. Schwartz , chair and vice chair respectively, as well as Cecilia deMille Presley, Zooey Deschanel, Robert G. Rehme, Leonard Maltin, Scott M. Martin, Martin Scorsese, John Ptak, Alfre Woodard, Larry Karaszewski and Hayden.
“We are extremely pleased to welcome Scott ...
The Nfpf is the nonprofit organization created by Congress dedicated to saving America’s film heritage. Stuber’s posting is a four-year appointment, made by the Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden.
The Netflix executive now joins members Grover Crisp and Eric J. Schwartz , chair and vice chair respectively, as well as Cecilia deMille Presley, Zooey Deschanel, Robert G. Rehme, Leonard Maltin, Scott M. Martin, Martin Scorsese, John Ptak, Alfre Woodard, Larry Karaszewski and Hayden.
“We are extremely pleased to welcome Scott ...
- 4/19/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Scott Stuber, Netflix’s head of global film, has joined the board of directors of the National Film Preservation Foundation.
The Nfpf is the nonprofit organization created by Congress dedicated to saving America’s film heritage. Stuber’s posting is a four-year appointment, made by the Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden.
The Netflix executive now joins members Grover Crisp and Eric J. Schwartz , chair and vice chair respectively, as well as Cecilia deMille Presley, Zooey Deschanel, Robert G. Rehme, Leonard Maltin, Scott M. Martin, Martin Scorsese, John Ptak, Alfre Woodard, Larry Karaszewski and Hayden.
“We are extremely pleased to welcome Scott ...
The Nfpf is the nonprofit organization created by Congress dedicated to saving America’s film heritage. Stuber’s posting is a four-year appointment, made by the Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden.
The Netflix executive now joins members Grover Crisp and Eric J. Schwartz , chair and vice chair respectively, as well as Cecilia deMille Presley, Zooey Deschanel, Robert G. Rehme, Leonard Maltin, Scott M. Martin, Martin Scorsese, John Ptak, Alfre Woodard, Larry Karaszewski and Hayden.
“We are extremely pleased to welcome Scott ...
- 4/19/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A narrative feature biopic is in the works about female directing pioneer Alice Guy-Blaché from the director of “Be Natural,” the 2018 documentary that profiled the silent cinema icon.
Guy-Blaché was the first woman to ever direct a film and between 1896 and 1906 was likely the only female director in the world. Across her 25-year career, she directed over 700 short silent films across all genres, and many of her films helped pioneer new sound and color-tinting techniques for other filmmakers. And by 1912 she had founded her own studio on the East Coast and directed the film “A Fool And His Money,” the first film with an all-African-American cast.
Pamela B. Green, who directed, edited, produced and co-wrote the documentary that premiered at Cannes in 2018, will direct the untitled new biopic and write the screenplay with Joan Simon and Cosima Littlewood, who also worked on “Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché.
Guy-Blaché was the first woman to ever direct a film and between 1896 and 1906 was likely the only female director in the world. Across her 25-year career, she directed over 700 short silent films across all genres, and many of her films helped pioneer new sound and color-tinting techniques for other filmmakers. And by 1912 she had founded her own studio on the East Coast and directed the film “A Fool And His Money,” the first film with an all-African-American cast.
Pamela B. Green, who directed, edited, produced and co-wrote the documentary that premiered at Cannes in 2018, will direct the untitled new biopic and write the screenplay with Joan Simon and Cosima Littlewood, who also worked on “Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché.
- 1/11/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: The filmmakers behind acclaimed Cannes 2018 documentary Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché are re-teaming on a narrative biopic about their subject, the little-known but remarkable cinema pioneer, who was the first ever female film director, screenwriter, producer, and studio owner.
Active from the late 19th century, Frenchwoman Guy-Blaché was in the room when the Lumière brothers held the first ever cinema screening in Paris in 1895. Inspired by what she saw, the Gaumont secretary went on to become an in-house film-maker at the French studio.
Guy-Blaché would travel to the U.S. where she became artistic director and a co-founder of Solax Studios in Flushing, New York, and a prominent investor in a new studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey, which was the center of American filmmaking prior to the establishment of Hollywood.
During her career, she made more than 1,000 short and silent films, including comedies, westerns and dramas,...
Active from the late 19th century, Frenchwoman Guy-Blaché was in the room when the Lumière brothers held the first ever cinema screening in Paris in 1895. Inspired by what she saw, the Gaumont secretary went on to become an in-house film-maker at the French studio.
Guy-Blaché would travel to the U.S. where she became artistic director and a co-founder of Solax Studios in Flushing, New York, and a prominent investor in a new studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey, which was the center of American filmmaking prior to the establishment of Hollywood.
During her career, she made more than 1,000 short and silent films, including comedies, westerns and dramas,...
- 1/11/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
A documentary on the first female multi-hyphenate in cinema’s long history has unveiled its trailer. Pamela B. Green’s Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, narrated by Jodie Foster, is a feature documentary that studies the full scope of the life and work of screenwriter, producer and studio owner Alice Guy-Blaché. The film opens in Los Angeles on April 19 and New York on April 26 via Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber ahead of a nationwide rollout.
The docu features interviews with Patty Jenkins, Diablo Cody, Ben Kingsley, Geena Davis, Ava DuVernay, Andy Samberg, Evan Rachel Wood, Lake Bell and Julie Delpy, among others. The pic played premiered last spring at Cannes, where Deadline’s Pete Hammond raved about it.
Guy-Blaché achieved fame and financial success before being shut out from the industry she helped create. Over the span of her career, she wrote, produced or directed 1,000 films,...
The docu features interviews with Patty Jenkins, Diablo Cody, Ben Kingsley, Geena Davis, Ava DuVernay, Andy Samberg, Evan Rachel Wood, Lake Bell and Julie Delpy, among others. The pic played premiered last spring at Cannes, where Deadline’s Pete Hammond raved about it.
Guy-Blaché achieved fame and financial success before being shut out from the industry she helped create. Over the span of her career, she wrote, produced or directed 1,000 films,...
- 3/9/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
I have seen the most pertinent, timely, touching and inspiring movie in Cannes this year, and for my money the best in the fest. So why do I feel hardly anyone saw it, even if among its executive producers are Robert Redford, Hugh Hefner and John Ptak, and features a who’s who of on-camera participants?
So why is no one talking about it? Try to find a review of it in the trades or anywhere and you will have to search hard. Those critics apparently would rather rush to see the new Lars von Trier or the Gaspar Noe, than give notice to this incredible woman who not only started it all for her gender in movies, but really pioneered it for everyone — man or woman. This film needs to be seen and distributed, and after blowing off the main competition film and attending its one — and only — screening...
So why is no one talking about it? Try to find a review of it in the trades or anywhere and you will have to search hard. Those critics apparently would rather rush to see the new Lars von Trier or the Gaspar Noe, than give notice to this incredible woman who not only started it all for her gender in movies, but really pioneered it for everyone — man or woman. This film needs to be seen and distributed, and after blowing off the main competition film and attending its one — and only — screening...
- 5/14/2018
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
After receiving over 3,000 submissions since December 2016, the 18th annual Fine Cut Festival of Films has selected its group of winners. This year’s finalists were selected from a juror made up of industry professionals, including critic Pete Hammond, Ida Executive Director Simon Kilmurry, actress Linda Cardellini, producer John Ptak, producer Effie T. Brown, IndieWire staff writer Steve Greene, director Javier Fuentes-Leon and filmmakers Corinne Marrinan and Chris Tashima.
The winners were as follows:
Student Filmmaker Award
“Door to Freedom”
Writer/Director: Jeremias Bayerl
Logline: What if the deepest issue of the refugee crisis is packed into the moral of a bedtime story? A drama, in which a boy has to escape from war and overcome several barriers in order to reach his goal, a wooden door, his only chance to freedom. A paradox world that is truly sad, finally revealing a bizarre surprise.
Viewers Choice Award
“The Outcast”
Director: Bucher Almzain
Writer: J. Scott Sibley,...
The winners were as follows:
Student Filmmaker Award
“Door to Freedom”
Writer/Director: Jeremias Bayerl
Logline: What if the deepest issue of the refugee crisis is packed into the moral of a bedtime story? A drama, in which a boy has to escape from war and overcome several barriers in order to reach his goal, a wooden door, his only chance to freedom. A paradox world that is truly sad, finally revealing a bizarre surprise.
Viewers Choice Award
“The Outcast”
Director: Bucher Almzain
Writer: J. Scott Sibley,...
- 5/16/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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Box office winner and Golden Globe nominee Will Ferrell (Get Hard, Anchorman 1 and 2) will star in the comedy Tom’S Dad to be directed by Oscar nominated director Lasse Hallström (The Cider House Rules, The Hundred-foot Journey).
Principal photography on the feature film is slated to begin early next year, with further casting underway.
Set in 1960s Nevada, Arthur (Ferrell) is a struggling nightclub performer hoping to make it big with his stage act involving circus animals. He is forced to reconnect with his estranged 12-year old son, Tom, when his ex-wife departs on a three week trip, leaving the pair to rekindle their father-son relationship.
It was announced today by producers Joni Levin and Keith Clarke (The Way Back, upcoming Ben Hur) of Point Blank Productions, Christi Dembrowski and Johnny Depp of Infinitum Nihil (Hugo, Rum Diary, Dark Shadows) and Arsenal’s John Ptak (Let Me In,...
Box office winner and Golden Globe nominee Will Ferrell (Get Hard, Anchorman 1 and 2) will star in the comedy Tom’S Dad to be directed by Oscar nominated director Lasse Hallström (The Cider House Rules, The Hundred-foot Journey).
Principal photography on the feature film is slated to begin early next year, with further casting underway.
Set in 1960s Nevada, Arthur (Ferrell) is a struggling nightclub performer hoping to make it big with his stage act involving circus animals. He is forced to reconnect with his estranged 12-year old son, Tom, when his ex-wife departs on a three week trip, leaving the pair to rekindle their father-son relationship.
It was announced today by producers Joni Levin and Keith Clarke (The Way Back, upcoming Ben Hur) of Point Blank Productions, Christi Dembrowski and Johnny Depp of Infinitum Nihil (Hugo, Rum Diary, Dark Shadows) and Arsenal’s John Ptak (Let Me In,...
- 5/16/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Will Ferrell is set to star and Johnny Depp will produce the comedy "Tom's Dad" for Point Blank Productions and Infinitum Nihil.
Set in 1960s Nevada, Ferrell plays a struggling nightclub performer hoping to make it big with his stage act involving circus animals. He is forced to reconnect with his estranged twelve-year old son when his ex-wife departs on a three week trip, leaving the pair to rekindle their relationship.
Martin Casella penned the original screenplay with revisions by Clarke. Lasse Hallstrom is set to direct while Depp, John Ptak, Christi Dembrowski, Joni Levin and Keith Clarke will produce.
Filming is slated to begin early next year, with further casting underway.
Source: Deadline...
Set in 1960s Nevada, Ferrell plays a struggling nightclub performer hoping to make it big with his stage act involving circus animals. He is forced to reconnect with his estranged twelve-year old son when his ex-wife departs on a three week trip, leaving the pair to rekindle their relationship.
Martin Casella penned the original screenplay with revisions by Clarke. Lasse Hallstrom is set to direct while Depp, John Ptak, Christi Dembrowski, Joni Levin and Keith Clarke will produce.
Filming is slated to begin early next year, with further casting underway.
Source: Deadline...
- 5/16/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Lasse Hallström will direct the story of a struggling nightclub performer (Will Ferrell) forced to babysit his estranged 12-year-old son. Fortitude International is selling in Cannes.
Joni Levin and Keith Clarke of Point Blank Productions produce with Christi Dembrowski and Johnny Depp of Infinitum Nihil and Arsenal’s John Ptak.
Peter D Graves is executive producer and UTA Independent Film Group represents North American rights.
Principal photography is set to begin early next year. Martin Casella wrote the original screenplay with revisions by Clarke.
Joni Levin and Keith Clarke of Point Blank Productions produce with Christi Dembrowski and Johnny Depp of Infinitum Nihil and Arsenal’s John Ptak.
Peter D Graves is executive producer and UTA Independent Film Group represents North American rights.
Principal photography is set to begin early next year. Martin Casella wrote the original screenplay with revisions by Clarke.
- 5/16/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Will Ferrell has been set to star in comedy Tom’s Dad for Oscar-nominated director Lasse Hallström. The news was announced today by producers Joni Levin and Keith Clarke of Point Blank Productions (Ben Hur); Christi Dembrowski and Johnny Depp of Infinitum Nihil; and Arsenal's John Ptak (The Way Back). Principal photography is slated to begin early next year, with further casting underway. Fortitude International, the sales, finance and production outfit…...
- 5/16/2015
- Deadline
Omnilab Media managing director Christopher Mapp is one of the 12 new additions to the list of ‘Ambassadors’ for the inaugural ScreenSingapore event and market.
Other Australian Ambassadors include Rgm’s Devesh Chetty, Icon Productions’ Bruce Davey, Hoyts’ Delfin Fernandez, Golden Village’s David Glass, Ahl’s David Seargeant and Village Roadshow’s Robert Kirby.
ScreenSingapore has been conceived by the Singapore Media Development Authority as an international cinema event offering policy makers, industry buyers, sellers, producers and creative talent from all over the world a platform to exchange ideas, business opportunities and showcase their product. It will include an entertainment trade/technology market, premieres of upcoming Asian and Us releases, conferences, masterclasses and workshops.
Screen Singapore will be held from June 5-12.
The 52 Ambassadors are:
Milt Barlow
China Lion Film Distribution
Bill Block
Qed International
Moritz Borman
Onda Entertainment
Nadia Bronson
Nadia Bronson & Associates
Devesh Chetty
Rgm Media Ltd
Sukee Chew...
Other Australian Ambassadors include Rgm’s Devesh Chetty, Icon Productions’ Bruce Davey, Hoyts’ Delfin Fernandez, Golden Village’s David Glass, Ahl’s David Seargeant and Village Roadshow’s Robert Kirby.
ScreenSingapore has been conceived by the Singapore Media Development Authority as an international cinema event offering policy makers, industry buyers, sellers, producers and creative talent from all over the world a platform to exchange ideas, business opportunities and showcase their product. It will include an entertainment trade/technology market, premieres of upcoming Asian and Us releases, conferences, masterclasses and workshops.
Screen Singapore will be held from June 5-12.
The 52 Ambassadors are:
Milt Barlow
China Lion Film Distribution
Bill Block
Qed International
Moritz Borman
Onda Entertainment
Nadia Bronson
Nadia Bronson & Associates
Devesh Chetty
Rgm Media Ltd
Sukee Chew...
- 3/23/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Looks like Peter Weir’s film The Way Back will see a 2010 release. When the film premiered at the 37th Telluride Film Festival, A.O. Scott, of the New York Times wrote in early September:
The drama of human beings confronting the elemental power of nature figures in later work like “The Mosquito Coast” and “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,” and also in his latest movie, “The Way Back.” … Mr. Weir’s style is stately, almost classical, and the astonishing story he has to tell in the new movie “about a group of men who escaped from a Soviet Labor camp in 1941 and walked from Siberia to India. has an old-fashioned gravity and grandeur. There are fine performances from Ed Harris, Saoirse Ronan and Jim Sturgess as Janusz, the Polish prisoner who leads the trek toward freedom, and breathtaking images of tundra, desert forest and grassland.
Here...
The drama of human beings confronting the elemental power of nature figures in later work like “The Mosquito Coast” and “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,” and also in his latest movie, “The Way Back.” … Mr. Weir’s style is stately, almost classical, and the astonishing story he has to tell in the new movie “about a group of men who escaped from a Soviet Labor camp in 1941 and walked from Siberia to India. has an old-fashioned gravity and grandeur. There are fine performances from Ed Harris, Saoirse Ronan and Jim Sturgess as Janusz, the Polish prisoner who leads the trek toward freedom, and breathtaking images of tundra, desert forest and grassland.
Here...
- 10/6/2010
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
I’ve put up a lot on Let Me In already, but now that some good notes are coming back from Toronto, I have six more clips to share. Speaking of Toronto, I confusingly heard someone say it was, “too true to the original,” whatever that might mean. I suppose it could indicate the lack of necessity in creating something that was too close to the material it’s working from, but it struck me as odd.
At any rate, I’ve be hearing good press from those who have managed to take it in, and if you’ve seen the original, this is surely something that is on the top of the list of things to look forward to.
I’ve put the clips together into a playlist, along with the trailer and an earlier clip I had, so take them in and enjoy. And, let me know what you think.
At any rate, I’ve be hearing good press from those who have managed to take it in, and if you’ve seen the original, this is surely something that is on the top of the list of things to look forward to.
I’ve put the clips together into a playlist, along with the trailer and an earlier clip I had, so take them in and enjoy. And, let me know what you think.
- 9/15/2010
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Overture Films/Hammer Films have finally premiered Matt Reeves' big screen adaptation Let Me In, a remake of the critically acclaimed book/2008 Swedish film Let The Right On In. Many of you might be curious how this film ended turning out. I know a lot of people were angry this was even being made in the first place. How was it? I recorded a video blog with Alex of FirstShowing, and you can watch it after the jump. Release: October 1st, 2010 (Wide) Directed by: Matt Reeves Screenplay by: Matt Reeves Produced by: Donna Gigliotti, Simon Oakes, Nigel Sinclair, Guy East, John Nordling, Carl Molinder Executive Producers: Alex Brunner, Tobin Armbrust, John Ptak, Philip Elway, Fredrik Malmberg, Vicki Dee Rock Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz and Richard Jenkins An alienated 12-year-old boy befriends a mysterious young newcomer in his small New Mexico town, and discovers an unconventional path to adulthood in Let Me In,...
- 9/11/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Overture Films has recently launched a viral website for Matt Reeves' Let the Right One In re-adaptation/remake Let Me In, which today revealed a five new photos from the movie -- including a look at Richard Jenkins as Abby's "guardian." The viral website HelpMe.net has been updated with four riddles, that each unlock a new image from the film. Head on over to the website to play along, or hit the jump if you just want to see the images instantly. Here are the photos which are revealed from the answers. Click to enlarge: Release: October 1st, 2010 (Wide) Directed by: Matt Reeves Screenplay by: Matt Reeves Produced by: Donna Gigliotti, Simon Oakes, Nigel Sinclair Guy East, John Nordling, Carl Molinder Executive Producers: Alex Brunner, Tobin Armbrust, John Ptak, Philip Elway, Fredrik Malmberg, Vicki Dee Rock Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz and Richard Jenkins Rating: Tbd Runtime: Tbd...
- 8/19/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Overture Films has released a new movie trailer for Matt Reeves' big screen adaptation Let Me In, a remake of the critically acclaimed 2008 Swedish film Let The Right On In. You can read about the Comic-Con panel, where this new trailer premiered, in our previous coverage. I was extremely impressed with the footage they screened in Hall H. And if the scenes screened are any indication, this film might have award potential. Watch the full length movie trailer now, embedded after the jump. Release: October 1st, 2010 (Wide) Directed by: Matt Reeves Screenplay by: Matt Reeves Produced by: Donna Gigliotti, Simon Oakes, Nigel Sinclair, Guy East, John Nordling, Carl Molinder Executive Producers: Alex Brunner, Tobin Armbrust, John Ptak, Philip Elway, Fredrik Malmberg, Vicki Dee Rock Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz and Richard Jenkins An alienated 12-year-old boy befriends a mysterious young newcomer in his small New Mexico town, and discovers...
- 7/26/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Chloe Moretz has posted a new poster for Let Me In, the Let The Right One In remake/adaptation on Twitter. Check it out right now after the jump. Thanks to /Film reader Ross R for the tip. Release: October 1st, 2010 (Wide) Directed by: Matt Reeves Screenplay by: Matt Reeves Produced by: Donna Gigliotti, Simon Oakes, Nigel Sinclair, Guy East, John Nordling, Carl Molinder Executive Producers: Alex Brunner, Tobin Armbrust, John Ptak, Philip Elway, Fredrik Malmberg, Vicki Dee Rock Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz and Richard Jenkins Rating: Tbd Runtime: Tbd An alienated 12-year-old boy befriends a mysterious young newcomer in his small New Mexico town, and discovers an unconventional path to adulthood in Let Me In, a haunting and provocative thriller written and directed by filmmaker Matt Reeves (Cloverfield). Twelve-year old Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is viciously bullied by his classmates and neglected by his divorcing parents. Achingly lonely, Owen...
- 7/22/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Overture Films have sent over high resolution digital files of the first three photos from the Let The Right One In remake/adaptation Let Me In, directed by Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) and starring Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road), Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass) and Oscar®nominee Richard Jenkins (The Visitor). As you may recall, we posted these images over the past few days in low res (and in one case, a magazine scan). Check out both images in pristine quality, after the jump. .gallery { margin: auto; } .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } .gallery img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } Release: October 1st, 2010 (Wide) Directed by: Matt Reeves Screenplay by: Matt Reeves Produced by: Donna Gigliotti, Simon Oakes, Nigel Sinclair, Guy East, John Nordling, Carl Molinder Executive Producers: Alex Brunner, Tobin Armbrust, John Ptak, Philip Elway, Fredrik Malmberg, Vicki Dee Rock Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz and Richard Jenkins An alienated...
- 5/11/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Matt Reeves' remake of the acclaimed film Let the Right One In, now titled after the book that film was based upon, Let Me In, has begun shooting in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The news broke today along with a quick casting update! Dig it!
From the Press Release:
Principal photography began today on Let Me In, writer/director Matt Reeves' adaptation of Let the Right One In, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Reeves (Cloverfield) and young stars Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) and Chloe Moretz ((500) Days of Summer) were among those on-set as filming commenced on the Hammer Films production at Albuquerque Studios. Filming will also take place in various other locations in New Mexico before returning to Albuquerque to wrap in January.
In the haunting and provocative Let Me In, an alienated 12-year-old boy (Smit-McPhee) befriends a mysterious young newcomer (Moretz) in his small New Mexico town and discovers an unconventional path to adulthood.
From the Press Release:
Principal photography began today on Let Me In, writer/director Matt Reeves' adaptation of Let the Right One In, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Reeves (Cloverfield) and young stars Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) and Chloe Moretz ((500) Days of Summer) were among those on-set as filming commenced on the Hammer Films production at Albuquerque Studios. Filming will also take place in various other locations in New Mexico before returning to Albuquerque to wrap in January.
In the haunting and provocative Let Me In, an alienated 12-year-old boy (Smit-McPhee) befriends a mysterious young newcomer (Moretz) in his small New Mexico town and discovers an unconventional path to adulthood.
- 11/3/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Overture Films reports that principal photography began today on Let Me In in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Writer/director Matt Reeves' (Cloverfield) adaptation of Let the Right One In stars Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) and Chloe Moretz ((500) Days of Summer), who were among those on-set as filming commenced on the Hammer Films production at Albuquerque Studios. Filming will also take place in various other locations in New Mexico before returning to Albuquerque to wrap in January.
In the haunting and provocative Let Me In, an alienated 12-year-old boy (Smit-McPhee) befriends a mysterious young newcomer (Moretz) in his small New Mexico town and discovers an unconventional path to adulthood. The film is based on the bestselling vampire novel, "Lat den Ratte Komma In", by Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist, and is an English-language remake of the highly acclaimed Swedish film of the same name.
According to the filmmakers, the new film...
Writer/director Matt Reeves' (Cloverfield) adaptation of Let the Right One In stars Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) and Chloe Moretz ((500) Days of Summer), who were among those on-set as filming commenced on the Hammer Films production at Albuquerque Studios. Filming will also take place in various other locations in New Mexico before returning to Albuquerque to wrap in January.
In the haunting and provocative Let Me In, an alienated 12-year-old boy (Smit-McPhee) befriends a mysterious young newcomer (Moretz) in his small New Mexico town and discovers an unconventional path to adulthood. The film is based on the bestselling vampire novel, "Lat den Ratte Komma In", by Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist, and is an English-language remake of the highly acclaimed Swedish film of the same name.
According to the filmmakers, the new film...
- 11/2/2009
- CinemaSpy
Who is one of the most talented young actors today? Definitely among my top 3 would include the name of Jim Sturgess, why? Because the guy has talent- lots of talent! He is also quite charming and adores his many fans! Here's the latest from Variety (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117998244.html?categoryid=13 cs=1): Director Peter Weir will find The Way Back (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1309510/) with Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess and Saoirse Ronan. The thesps are in final negotiations to star for Weir in the fact-based story of a group of soldiers who engineered a grueling escape from a Siberian gulag in 1942. Weir wrote the script, based on the memoir by Slavomir Rawicz (http://www.amazon.com/Long-Walk-True-Story-Freedom/dp/1592289444/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8 s=books qid=1231571040 sr=1-1). Farrell plays a tough, tattooed Russian; Harris an American; and Sturgess portrays a young Polish inmate.
- 1/12/2009
- The Movie Fanatic
According to Variety, “Cloverfield” director Matt Reeves will write and direct the vampire tale “Let the Right One In” for Overture Films and Hammer Films. The film, a remake of Tomas Alfredson’s Swedish film “Lat Den Ratte Komma In” based on a novel by Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist, centers on a young boy who befriends a female neighbor who moves to town. Hammer acquired remake rights at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. where the film won the Founders Award for narrative feature. Overture is planning to release the remake next year. “Let the Right One In” will be produced by Hammer’s Simon Oakes. Spitfire’s Guy East and Nigel Sinclair and Swedish producers John Nordling and Carl Molinder. Spitfire’s Alex Brunner and Tobin Armbrust will exec produce along with John Ptak, Philip Elway and Fredrik Malmberg. Reeves is in pre production on “Invisible Woman,” a...
- 9/25/2008
- UGO Movies
"Cloverfield" director Matt Reeves has signed to write and direct the horror remake "Let the Right One In" for Overture Films and Hammer Films.
The Swedish horror film, "Lat den ratte komma in," about a bullied boy whose desire for revenge becomes intertwined with his growing love for a girl who happens to be a vampire, began showing at festivals at the beginning of the year. Hammer Films picked up the remake rights in May after the film won the best narrative feature award at the Tribeca Film Festival.
The original film's source material is a bestselling novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist.
"I was immediately taken by both the novel and the Swedish film of 'Let the Right One In,' which are just so unique," Reeves said. "I found them not only terrifying but incredibly moving, and I am very excited about adapting them into an American context."
The...
The Swedish horror film, "Lat den ratte komma in," about a bullied boy whose desire for revenge becomes intertwined with his growing love for a girl who happens to be a vampire, began showing at festivals at the beginning of the year. Hammer Films picked up the remake rights in May after the film won the best narrative feature award at the Tribeca Film Festival.
The original film's source material is a bestselling novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist.
"I was immediately taken by both the novel and the Swedish film of 'Let the Right One In,' which are just so unique," Reeves said. "I found them not only terrifying but incredibly moving, and I am very excited about adapting them into an American context."
The...
- 9/24/2008
- by By Jay A. Fernandez and Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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