iCARLY Duo Jerry Trainor And Jennette McCurdy Star As Brilliant Gamers Set To Compete In The Ultimate Virtual Showdown In Nickelodeon Original TV Movie Best Player, Premiering Saturday, March 12, At 8 P.M. (Et/Pt)
From the Press Release:
Santa Monica, Calif., Feb. 23, 2011 – Jerry Trainor and Jennette McCurdy, stars of the mega-hit comedy series iCarly, go head-to-head as video game rivals in Nickelodeon’s brand-new original TV movie, Best Player, premiering Saturday, March 12, at 8 p.m. (Et/Pt). The two-hour, primetime movie follows Quincy (Jerry Trainor) and Chris (Jennette McCurdy), two online video game junkies who inadvertently learn that the real world can be just as exciting and rewarding as the virtual one.
“Jennette and Jerry bring the same great comedic sensibility to this movie that has endeared them to leagues of iCarly fans,” said Marjorie Cohn, President, Original Programming and Development, Nickelodeon. “Both are hugely talented and versatile actors and...
From the Press Release:
Santa Monica, Calif., Feb. 23, 2011 – Jerry Trainor and Jennette McCurdy, stars of the mega-hit comedy series iCarly, go head-to-head as video game rivals in Nickelodeon’s brand-new original TV movie, Best Player, premiering Saturday, March 12, at 8 p.m. (Et/Pt). The two-hour, primetime movie follows Quincy (Jerry Trainor) and Chris (Jennette McCurdy), two online video game junkies who inadvertently learn that the real world can be just as exciting and rewarding as the virtual one.
“Jennette and Jerry bring the same great comedic sensibility to this movie that has endeared them to leagues of iCarly fans,” said Marjorie Cohn, President, Original Programming and Development, Nickelodeon. “Both are hugely talented and versatile actors and...
- 2/23/2011
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
Two weeks after unveiling six new series orders and 16 series renewals at its upfront presentation in New York, Nickelodeon on Wednesday made more programming announcements at its first Los Angeles upfront.
Three movies will be joining the network's lineup this season: "Fred: The Movie," "Boy Who Cried Werewolf" and "Best Player."
-- "Fred" is inspired by the Fred Figglehorn character created by YouTube sensation Lucas Cruikshank. It focuses on Fred (Cruikshank) as he finally succeeds in making it to the house of long-time crush Judy (London native Pixie Lott), only to discover she has moved. He embarks on a journey to find her and hatches a grand scheme that makes him cooler than his classmates could ever imagine.
Jennette McCurdy ("iCarly") and WWE star John Cena co-star. The movie is written by David A. Goodman, directed by Clay Weiner and produced by Brian Robbins and Sharla Sumpter Bridgett of Varsity Pictures...
Three movies will be joining the network's lineup this season: "Fred: The Movie," "Boy Who Cried Werewolf" and "Best Player."
-- "Fred" is inspired by the Fred Figglehorn character created by YouTube sensation Lucas Cruikshank. It focuses on Fred (Cruikshank) as he finally succeeds in making it to the house of long-time crush Judy (London native Pixie Lott), only to discover she has moved. He embarks on a journey to find her and hatches a grand scheme that makes him cooler than his classmates could ever imagine.
Jennette McCurdy ("iCarly") and WWE star John Cena co-star. The movie is written by David A. Goodman, directed by Clay Weiner and produced by Brian Robbins and Sharla Sumpter Bridgett of Varsity Pictures...
- 3/24/2010
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Zoey 101 - Victoria Justice" -For those who are sick of hearing Britney or Jamie Lynn Spears news, here’s a breather. Nickelodeon is set to create their very own High School Musical. Yes, you heard it right. The annoying but amusing Disney hit series is about to be replicated by Nickelodeon, who claims that it will purely be a “performance-based spectacle,” Reuters reports, instead of the typical High School Musical scene wherein the characters suddenly break out into a song. Moreover, Zoey 101 actress Victoria Justice is set to be part of the upcoming film entitled Spectacular.
Victoria Justice, who plays Lola Martinez in Nickelodeon's Zoey 101, began acting and modeling at the age of eight. Her first major television appearance was in the television show Gilmore Girls and the independent films Fallacy with Gary Busey and When do We Eat with Michael Lerner, Leslie Ann Warren, and Jack Klugman. Following her screen appearances,...
Victoria Justice, who plays Lola Martinez in Nickelodeon's Zoey 101, began acting and modeling at the age of eight. Her first major television appearance was in the television show Gilmore Girls and the independent films Fallacy with Gary Busey and When do We Eat with Michael Lerner, Leslie Ann Warren, and Jack Klugman. Following her screen appearances,...
- 4/17/2008
- by BuddyTV
- buddytv.com
Author Katherine Paterson's Newbery Award-winning "Bridge to Terabithia", about a pair of outsider school kids who create a vivid fantasy world to deal with the frustrations in their young lives, has made that tricky passage to the big screen faithfully intact.
A gently contained live-action feature debut by Gabor Csupo, co-founder of the busy animation studio Klasy-Csupo, the fantasy-adventure incorporates the novel's magical and emotional elements without overplaying either -- a balance that hasn't always proven easy to maintain in the world of kid-lit adaptation.
While Disney's advertising seems to be aimed at those hankering for another "Chronicles of Narnia" (minus the lion, witch, wardrobe and production budget), this Walden Media co-presentation functions more as something of a tween "Pan's Labyrinth," and, as such, could translate into solid, midrange business.
Of course, being true to the source material helps when one of your screenwriters is Paterson's son David, for whom the novel was written almost 30 years ago. He and Jeff Stockwell ("The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys") efficiently lay down that road that leads to Terabithia with the introduction of lead characters Jess (Josh Hutcherson) and Leslie (Annasophia Robb).
He's a budding artist when he's not doing chores for his struggling farmer parents (Robert Patrick, Kate Butler) or being tormented by his four sisters or the reigning school bullies.
She's the ostracized new girl in class, the only child of a pair of successful writers whose vivid imagination and unique fashion sense set her apart from the other students.
Unsurprisingly they become fast friends, and after some initial resistance on Jess' part, he succumbs to Leslie's keenly developed vision of Terabithia, a fantastical kingdom accessed by swinging on an enchanted rope across a stream and into the woods, where their foes have morphed into hairy vultures and giant ogres.
But there are some unpleasant aspects of life from which even Terabithia cannot offer sanctuary.
Director Csupo, whose animated output has included "Rugrats" and "The Simpsons", maintains a firm but never heavy-handed grip on those darker developments.
It's a pleasing equilibrium that also extends to the film's prudent use of visual effects, provided by New Zealand-based Weta Digital (the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "The Chronicles of Narnia"), and the thoughtful performances of his predominantly young cast, as well as from the always-welcome Zooey Deschanel as a sensitive music teacher, even if the plot mechanics that make her a key third act player feel unconvincingly forced.
Also contributing to the appealing production is that lush New Zealand footage taken by cinematographer Michael Chapman ("Raging Bull") as well as a score by Aaron Zigman that demonstrates a similar appreciation for the power of understatement.
BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
Buena Vista Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media present a Hal Lieberman Co. production A Lauren Levine production
Credits:
Director: Gabor Csupo
Screenwriters: Jeff Stockwell and David Paterson
Based on the book by: Katherine Paterson
Producers: Hal Lieberman, Lauren Levine, David Paterson
Executive producer: Alex Schwartz
Director of photography: Michael Chapman
Production designer: Rob Gillies
Editor: John Gilbert
Costume designer: Barbara Darragh
Music: Aaron Zigman
Cast:
Jess Aarons: Josh Hutcherson
Leslie Burke: Annasophia Robb
Ms. Edmonds: Zooey Deschanel
Jack Aarons: Robert Patrick
May Belle Aarons: Bailey Madison
Nancy Aarons: Kate Butler
Running time -- 95 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
A gently contained live-action feature debut by Gabor Csupo, co-founder of the busy animation studio Klasy-Csupo, the fantasy-adventure incorporates the novel's magical and emotional elements without overplaying either -- a balance that hasn't always proven easy to maintain in the world of kid-lit adaptation.
While Disney's advertising seems to be aimed at those hankering for another "Chronicles of Narnia" (minus the lion, witch, wardrobe and production budget), this Walden Media co-presentation functions more as something of a tween "Pan's Labyrinth," and, as such, could translate into solid, midrange business.
Of course, being true to the source material helps when one of your screenwriters is Paterson's son David, for whom the novel was written almost 30 years ago. He and Jeff Stockwell ("The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys") efficiently lay down that road that leads to Terabithia with the introduction of lead characters Jess (Josh Hutcherson) and Leslie (Annasophia Robb).
He's a budding artist when he's not doing chores for his struggling farmer parents (Robert Patrick, Kate Butler) or being tormented by his four sisters or the reigning school bullies.
She's the ostracized new girl in class, the only child of a pair of successful writers whose vivid imagination and unique fashion sense set her apart from the other students.
Unsurprisingly they become fast friends, and after some initial resistance on Jess' part, he succumbs to Leslie's keenly developed vision of Terabithia, a fantastical kingdom accessed by swinging on an enchanted rope across a stream and into the woods, where their foes have morphed into hairy vultures and giant ogres.
But there are some unpleasant aspects of life from which even Terabithia cannot offer sanctuary.
Director Csupo, whose animated output has included "Rugrats" and "The Simpsons", maintains a firm but never heavy-handed grip on those darker developments.
It's a pleasing equilibrium that also extends to the film's prudent use of visual effects, provided by New Zealand-based Weta Digital (the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "The Chronicles of Narnia"), and the thoughtful performances of his predominantly young cast, as well as from the always-welcome Zooey Deschanel as a sensitive music teacher, even if the plot mechanics that make her a key third act player feel unconvincingly forced.
Also contributing to the appealing production is that lush New Zealand footage taken by cinematographer Michael Chapman ("Raging Bull") as well as a score by Aaron Zigman that demonstrates a similar appreciation for the power of understatement.
BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
Buena Vista Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media present a Hal Lieberman Co. production A Lauren Levine production
Credits:
Director: Gabor Csupo
Screenwriters: Jeff Stockwell and David Paterson
Based on the book by: Katherine Paterson
Producers: Hal Lieberman, Lauren Levine, David Paterson
Executive producer: Alex Schwartz
Director of photography: Michael Chapman
Production designer: Rob Gillies
Editor: John Gilbert
Costume designer: Barbara Darragh
Music: Aaron Zigman
Cast:
Jess Aarons: Josh Hutcherson
Leslie Burke: Annasophia Robb
Ms. Edmonds: Zooey Deschanel
Jack Aarons: Robert Patrick
May Belle Aarons: Bailey Madison
Nancy Aarons: Kate Butler
Running time -- 95 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 2/12/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Artisan Entertainment and Walden Media have struck a deal to partner on the North American release of I Am David, an adventure story about a young boy's journey in post-World War II Europe written and directed by Paul Feig. Based on the novel North to Freedom by Anne Holm, David stars Joan Plowright, Jim Caviezel and newcomer Ben Tibber. It centers on a boy (Tibber) who escapes from captivity in postwar Bulgaria and his journey across Western Europe. Clive Parsons, Davina Belling and Lauren Levine produced the film. According to the announcement, Artisan and Walden will work together to introduce the film to families and teachers by hosting special screenings, community outreach events and supplemental materials. Artisan is eyeing a 2004 release.
- 10/21/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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