In today’s film news roundup, Tobin Bell, David Walton, Majandra Delfino and Mickey Rourke are cast; “Dark Waters,” “Covers” and “Albanian Gangster” get release dates.
Castings
“Saw” actor Tobin Bell will star in the independent comedy “Mouth to Mouth,” Variety has learned exclusively.
The project will be produced by Dean C. Jones, Starr Jones, and David Shoenfeld under their Atlantic & Pacific Studios banner. The screenplay, written by Spyder Dobrofsky, centers on a scrawny nerd from the Midwest who accidentally lands the head lifeguard job at the hottest country club in Los Angeles even though he doesn’t know how to swim.
Bell portrayed the iconic John Kramer/Jigsaw character in all eight “Saw” movies between 2004 and 2017. His demented character — a former engineer — tested others’ will to live by placing them in deadly traps as symbols of what he saw as a moral flaws in the victims, in hopes...
Castings
“Saw” actor Tobin Bell will star in the independent comedy “Mouth to Mouth,” Variety has learned exclusively.
The project will be produced by Dean C. Jones, Starr Jones, and David Shoenfeld under their Atlantic & Pacific Studios banner. The screenplay, written by Spyder Dobrofsky, centers on a scrawny nerd from the Midwest who accidentally lands the head lifeguard job at the hottest country club in Los Angeles even though he doesn’t know how to swim.
Bell portrayed the iconic John Kramer/Jigsaw character in all eight “Saw” movies between 2004 and 2017. His demented character — a former engineer — tested others’ will to live by placing them in deadly traps as symbols of what he saw as a moral flaws in the victims, in hopes...
- 8/27/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Chicago – It’s time to laugh, and the Midwest Independent Film Festival has just the ticket. The 2018 Comedy Short Film Showcase – an annual event – screens on Tuesday May 1st, 2018. at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema in Chicago. The ten films include sneak previews and premieres, in film and TV shorts. For more information, including ticket purchasing and the list of short films, click here.
2018 Comedy Short Film Showcase
Photo credit: MidwestFilm.com
Among the ten shorts are a couple of web series episodes that were profiled on HollywoodChicago.com (click the highlighted links). Larry Ziegelman’s ”Geek Lounge” will get its Midwest Festival Premiere, right after their triumphant screening at the Manhattan Film Festival. As Larry told Hc, “I loved that there could be a Geek Lounge with geek-type arguments. Imagine it’s like a Quentin Tarantino film, but the whole thing is the pop culture and geek references. That...
2018 Comedy Short Film Showcase
Photo credit: MidwestFilm.com
Among the ten shorts are a couple of web series episodes that were profiled on HollywoodChicago.com (click the highlighted links). Larry Ziegelman’s ”Geek Lounge” will get its Midwest Festival Premiere, right after their triumphant screening at the Manhattan Film Festival. As Larry told Hc, “I loved that there could be a Geek Lounge with geek-type arguments. Imagine it’s like a Quentin Tarantino film, but the whole thing is the pop culture and geek references. That...
- 4/30/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The neuroses of helicopter parents are played for laughs in a Chicago-based web series. Anna Maria Hozian and Brad Riddell, who are both screenwriting professors, are the creators behind Other People's Children, a series that mines comedy from parent-teacher conferences.
Each episode of Other People's Children details a conversation between Margot (Atra Asdou) and one or two parents of children in her second-grade class. The adults in the room are an eclectic bunch; some are overcritical, while others are wildly profane. No matter their quirks, Margot must do her best to convince them that she is giving their kids a strong education.
Other People's Children has a sharpness to it that Hozian and Riddell drew from their own experiences with ridiculous parents. Both of the show's creators live in the suburbs and have school-age children, which means they interact with plenty of overbearing characters. As screenwriters, they are sharing their...
Each episode of Other People's Children details a conversation between Margot (Atra Asdou) and one or two parents of children in her second-grade class. The adults in the room are an eclectic bunch; some are overcritical, while others are wildly profane. No matter their quirks, Margot must do her best to convince them that she is giving their kids a strong education.
Other People's Children has a sharpness to it that Hozian and Riddell drew from their own experiences with ridiculous parents. Both of the show's creators live in the suburbs and have school-age children, which means they interact with plenty of overbearing characters. As screenwriters, they are sharing their...
- 12/9/2017
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Chicago – The education system of America has been ripe over the years for comedic skewering… and with today’s overindulgent parenting style, it’s never been a better time for those knowing laughs. The focus on parent teacher/conferences is the subject of the latest comedy web series, shot in Chicago, called “Other People’s Children.” (Opc).
Opc centers on Margot Antler (Astra Asdou), who dreams of becoming a renowned novelist, but in reality she’s a rookie second grade teacher who is about to experience the insanity of parent/teacher conferences for the first time. The series develops as a series of vignettes, as Margot finds herself at conferences where the adults behave worst than their children. In those encounters, it’s not so much the second graders who have problems, but rather their post millennial parents.
Astra Asdou in ‘Other People’s Children,’ Co-Created by Brad Riddell & Anna Maria Hozian
Photo credit: OPCTheSeries.
Opc centers on Margot Antler (Astra Asdou), who dreams of becoming a renowned novelist, but in reality she’s a rookie second grade teacher who is about to experience the insanity of parent/teacher conferences for the first time. The series develops as a series of vignettes, as Margot finds herself at conferences where the adults behave worst than their children. In those encounters, it’s not so much the second graders who have problems, but rather their post millennial parents.
Astra Asdou in ‘Other People’s Children,’ Co-Created by Brad Riddell & Anna Maria Hozian
Photo credit: OPCTheSeries.
- 12/2/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The Black List, the annual survey of Hollywood executives' favorite unproduced screenplays and, since 2012, an online community connecting screenwriters, readers, buyers, and employers, has picked the 12 participants in its fall screenwriting mini-labs in Toronto, Chicago, and San Francisco. Chosen from ten finalists per city after submitting a script, a resume, and a personal statement, the participants will workshop a screenplay with peers and professional mentors—including Derek Haas (NBC's "Chicago Fire"); Pixar's Victoria Strouse ("Finding Dory") and Matthew Aldrich; Go Into the Story’s Scott Myers; DePaul professor Brad Riddell; and Black List Founder and CEO Franklin Leonard. Submissions for the Black List's final mini-lab of 2015 (Los Angeles, Nov. 20-22) close Oct. 8, while submissions for the inaugural Athena Film Festival Black List Mini-Lab (New York City, Feb. 18-21, 2016), which is open to female writers with scripts focusing on women's leadership,...
- 10/7/2015
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
With The Hangover currently tearing up the box office, I guess it's sort of appropriate to take a look at the trailer for the direct-to-dvd sequel to Todd Phillips's first major studio comedy, Road Trip. Not that Phillips is actually involved in any way... this looks like something that should have the National Lampoon name slapped on it instead. Road Trip 2: Beer Pong is directed by Steve Rash (American Pie Presents Band Camp, Son In Law) and is written by Brad Riddell (American Pie Presents Band Camp, Slap Shot 3: The Junior League). I don't think I need to tell you much more than that. DJ Qualls (The New Guy) seems to be the only original cast member to return, although strangely, he is not credited on IMDb [1]. I wouldn't want to take credit for this either. According to DVD Active [2], Road Trip 2 will hit stores on August 11th.
- 6/10/2009
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
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