Naomie Harris, Jameela Jamil, Joel Fry and Olivia Lee have joined the cast of the British romantic comedy ‘Lola and Freddie.’
Described as a reimaging of 2012’s ‘Celeste and Jesse Forever,’ the story follows a couple who were once inseparable and totally in love but now, in their 40s and having grown in different directions, are getting a divorce. Lola is thriving in her career while Freddie continues to chase his dream of becoming a screenwriter. When a big studio hires Freddie and rekindles a relationship with an old flame, he matures and aligns more with what Lola desires in their marriage.
With Freddie’s change in fortune, Lola starts to miss a life she thought she no longer wanted. With newly separate worlds colliding again, Lola and Freddie are forced to confront the uncomfortable truth that they might still be in love with each other. But a major development...
Described as a reimaging of 2012’s ‘Celeste and Jesse Forever,’ the story follows a couple who were once inseparable and totally in love but now, in their 40s and having grown in different directions, are getting a divorce. Lola is thriving in her career while Freddie continues to chase his dream of becoming a screenwriter. When a big studio hires Freddie and rekindles a relationship with an old flame, he matures and aligns more with what Lola desires in their marriage.
With Freddie’s change in fortune, Lola starts to miss a life she thought she no longer wanted. With newly separate worlds colliding again, Lola and Freddie are forced to confront the uncomfortable truth that they might still be in love with each other. But a major development...
- 2/7/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Naomie Harris, Joel Fry, Jameela Jamil and Olivia Lee are set to star in upcoming romantic comedy “Lola and Freddie,” billed as a British reimagining of 2012’s “Celeste and Jesse Forever.”
The feature comes from writer/director Dean Craig, whose recent film credits include Netflix hit “Love, Wedding, Repeat,” plus “The Honeymoon” and “The Estate.”
Bankside Films is handling worldwide sales and will be launching the film — due to shoot on location in London — at the European Film Market in Berlin.
“Lola and Freddie” follows a couple who were once inseparable and totally in love but now, in their 40s and having grown in different directions, are getting a divorce. Lola is thriving in her career while Freddie continues to chase his dream of becoming a screenwriter. When Freddie is hired by a big studio and rekindles a relationship with an old flame, he matures and aligns more with what Lola desired in their marriage.
The feature comes from writer/director Dean Craig, whose recent film credits include Netflix hit “Love, Wedding, Repeat,” plus “The Honeymoon” and “The Estate.”
Bankside Films is handling worldwide sales and will be launching the film — due to shoot on location in London — at the European Film Market in Berlin.
“Lola and Freddie” follows a couple who were once inseparable and totally in love but now, in their 40s and having grown in different directions, are getting a divorce. Lola is thriving in her career while Freddie continues to chase his dream of becoming a screenwriter. When Freddie is hired by a big studio and rekindles a relationship with an old flame, he matures and aligns more with what Lola desired in their marriage.
- 2/6/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
You never want bad films to happen to great actors, but every once in a while one of your favorites inevitably turns up in an unfortunate and miscalculated clunker. Sadly, Catherine Hardwicke’s “Mafia Mamma” is that movie for Toni Collette. While she is one of the most fearless and versatile actors working today, Collette looks somewhat lost here as the story’s accidental crime boss on a quest to, well, “Eat Pray F*ck” (as one character in the film so elegantly puts it).
Despite having directed a fiercely diverse slate of genre-spanning blockbusters and indies across TV and the big screen—she’s done everything from “Thirteen,” to “Twilight” and “Miss Bala”— even Hardwicke seems a little bewildered in a script jointly penned by Michael J. Feldman and Debbie Jhoon, based on an original story by Amanda Sthers.
Collette plays Kristin, a sunny and frantic Californian with a college-aged son,...
Despite having directed a fiercely diverse slate of genre-spanning blockbusters and indies across TV and the big screen—she’s done everything from “Thirteen,” to “Twilight” and “Miss Bala”— even Hardwicke seems a little bewildered in a script jointly penned by Michael J. Feldman and Debbie Jhoon, based on an original story by Amanda Sthers.
Collette plays Kristin, a sunny and frantic Californian with a college-aged son,...
- 4/12/2023
- by Tomris Laffly
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Industry veteran Josh Kesselman is joining Sugar23 as a producer and manager in the company’s expanding management division.
“Coming to Sugar23 is a dream come true. Michael and I have been talking about working together for years and what better time than in the year 2023! Could not be more excited to be working with all of my new colleagues. The energy and growth at this company is second to none!” said Kesselman.
Prior to Sugar23, Kesselman spent the last decade at Thruline Entertainment. His most recent projects include the Emmy-winning television series The Great and the documentary Obey Giant for Hulu, the docuseries Medal of Honor for Netflix, Dean Craig’s comedy The Estate starring Toni Collette, Anna Faris, and David Duchovny, and A Little White Lie with Michael Shannon and Kate Hudson. Upcoming projects include the crime thriller Devil’s Peak starring Billy Bob Thornton, Robin Wright, and Hopper Penn,...
“Coming to Sugar23 is a dream come true. Michael and I have been talking about working together for years and what better time than in the year 2023! Could not be more excited to be working with all of my new colleagues. The energy and growth at this company is second to none!” said Kesselman.
Prior to Sugar23, Kesselman spent the last decade at Thruline Entertainment. His most recent projects include the Emmy-winning television series The Great and the documentary Obey Giant for Hulu, the docuseries Medal of Honor for Netflix, Dean Craig’s comedy The Estate starring Toni Collette, Anna Faris, and David Duchovny, and A Little White Lie with Michael Shannon and Kate Hudson. Upcoming projects include the crime thriller Devil’s Peak starring Billy Bob Thornton, Robin Wright, and Hopper Penn,...
- 2/3/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Kathleen Turner stars in boorish tale about a wealthy old woman whose family descend to get her money when she is dying
In 2007 and 2010 British writer-director Dean Craig gave us the farce Death at a Funeral, of which I must admit I was never a fan. But there is something in the relentless bad taste in his new all-star black comedy – something in the fanatical emphasis on the importance of the exposed penis in all its unimpressive smallness – that is actually weirdly effective.
Kathleen Turner plays Hilda, a cantankerous, disagreeable and extremely wealthy old lady who is dying of cancer, and finds that her greedy and unctuous nieces and nephews all show up, hoping for a slice of the will. These are Macey (Toni Collette), Savannah (Anna Faris), Richard (David Duchovny) and Beatrice (Rosemarie DeWitt), along with Beatrice’s bewildered husband James (Ron Livingston). To get into Aunt Hilda’s good books,...
In 2007 and 2010 British writer-director Dean Craig gave us the farce Death at a Funeral, of which I must admit I was never a fan. But there is something in the relentless bad taste in his new all-star black comedy – something in the fanatical emphasis on the importance of the exposed penis in all its unimpressive smallness – that is actually weirdly effective.
Kathleen Turner plays Hilda, a cantankerous, disagreeable and extremely wealthy old lady who is dying of cancer, and finds that her greedy and unctuous nieces and nephews all show up, hoping for a slice of the will. These are Macey (Toni Collette), Savannah (Anna Faris), Richard (David Duchovny) and Beatrice (Rosemarie DeWitt), along with Beatrice’s bewildered husband James (Ron Livingston). To get into Aunt Hilda’s good books,...
- 1/11/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The Estate Review — The Estate (2022) Film Review, a movie written and directed by Dean Craig and starring Toni Collette, Anna Faris, David Duchovny, Rosemarie DeWitt, Kathleen Turner, Ron Livingston, Danny Vinson, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Gichi Gamba, Patricia French, Eric Esteban, Kim Baptiste, Billy Slaughter, Ronald Chavis and Juan Gaspard. In 1994, the hysterically [...]
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- 1/1/2023
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
The Honeymoon is a 2022 comedy written and directed by Dean Craig starring Maria Bakalova, Asim Chaudhry and Pico Alexander.
Premise
Englishman Adam and his American bride Sarah are about to embark on the romantic honeymoon of a lifetime in Venice, Italy. But when the newlyweds’ trip is gatecrashed by Adam’s excessively needy best friend, Ed, it inadvertently turns their perfect lovers’ holiday into a complete disaster.
Release Date
December 16, 2022
Cast
Pico Alexander / Adam
Maria Bakalova / Sarah
Asim Chaudhry / Bav
Lucas Bravo / Giorgio
Kai PortmanFlynn Allen
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Premise
Englishman Adam and his American bride Sarah are about to embark on the romantic honeymoon of a lifetime in Venice, Italy. But when the newlyweds’ trip is gatecrashed by Adam’s excessively needy best friend, Ed, it inadvertently turns their perfect lovers’ holiday into a complete disaster.
Release Date
December 16, 2022
Cast
Pico Alexander / Adam
Maria Bakalova / Sarah
Asim Chaudhry / Bav
Lucas Bravo / Giorgio
Kai PortmanFlynn Allen
See full credits >>...
- 11/30/2022
- by Veronica Loop
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Lionsgate Movies has debuted the trailer for the raunchy romantic comedy ‘The Honeymoon.’
Adam whisks his new bride Sarah to Venice for a honeymoon. But when Adam brings best friend Bav along for the ride, Bav causes one gross-out disaster after another. When charming gangster Giorgio falls for Sarah, he gets rid of Adam and Bav by sending them across the border on a drug-dealing mission. Can they outrun the Slovenian cops, dodge bullets from the baddies, and get back before Sarah gets a rich new mobster boyfriend?
From the writer of Death at a Funeral and Love Wedding Repeat, Dean Craig, the film stars Maria Bakalova, Asim Chaudhry, Pico Alexander, Marco Valerio Montesano, Michele Enrico Montesano, and Lucas Bravo.
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The film hits select U.S. cinemas, On Digital and On Demand on December 16.
The...
Adam whisks his new bride Sarah to Venice for a honeymoon. But when Adam brings best friend Bav along for the ride, Bav causes one gross-out disaster after another. When charming gangster Giorgio falls for Sarah, he gets rid of Adam and Bav by sending them across the border on a drug-dealing mission. Can they outrun the Slovenian cops, dodge bullets from the baddies, and get back before Sarah gets a rich new mobster boyfriend?
From the writer of Death at a Funeral and Love Wedding Repeat, Dean Craig, the film stars Maria Bakalova, Asim Chaudhry, Pico Alexander, Marco Valerio Montesano, Michele Enrico Montesano, and Lucas Bravo.
Also in trailers – It’s-a me! It’s-a The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ full trailer
The film hits select U.S. cinemas, On Digital and On Demand on December 16.
The...
- 11/30/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"Do you have any idea how draining it is to be around you all the time?!" Lionsgate has revealed an official trailer for The Honeymoon, a romantic comedy from filmmaker Dean Craig, who also made this year's The Estate. Arriving in theaters and on VOD in just a few weeks. Adam and his bride, Sarah are about to embark on the romantic honeymoon of a lifetime in Venice. But when the trip is gatecrashed by Adam's best friend, Ed, it inadvertently turns their perfect lovers' holiday into a complete disaster. They end up on the run after a strange cross border drug-dealing mission goes awry. Can they turn this honeymoon around? The comedy stars Maria Bakalova, Asim Chaudhry, Pico Alexander, Marco Valerio Montesano, Michele Enrico Montesano, and Lucas Bravo. As expected, this looks incredibly stupid. Over-the-top performances, a cheesy crime plot, not a single joke that will make anyone laugh.
- 11/29/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
‘The Estate’ Review: Toni Collette And Anna Faris Scheme In Outrageously Tasteless (But Funny) Farce
You may hate yourself in the morning, but if you are in the mood for a completely un-pc, morbidly amusing farce about the need for greed, the new comedy The Estate may be right up your alley.
Quite frankly if you know the work of its writer/director Dean Craig, the British filmmaker best known for both English and American remake versions of the over-the-top farce Death At A Funeral, as well as his directing debut Love Wedding Repeat, you will know what you are in for. Subtle comic wit and three dimensional human beings are not his specialty. Neither is restraint. The Estate, shot in New Orleans, will not disappoint, and in fact his penchant for completely politically incorrect situations and comedy is – so sue me – something of a tonic in the increasingly woke obsessed world in which we find ourselves. It has, as the ad line for the...
Quite frankly if you know the work of its writer/director Dean Craig, the British filmmaker best known for both English and American remake versions of the over-the-top farce Death At A Funeral, as well as his directing debut Love Wedding Repeat, you will know what you are in for. Subtle comic wit and three dimensional human beings are not his specialty. Neither is restraint. The Estate, shot in New Orleans, will not disappoint, and in fact his penchant for completely politically incorrect situations and comedy is – so sue me – something of a tonic in the increasingly woke obsessed world in which we find ourselves. It has, as the ad line for the...
- 11/5/2022
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
If The Estate is a farce, and it tries—if not hard enough—to be one, where does that leave classic examples of the form like La Cage Aux Folles, The Producers, or It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World? Well, still comfortably above The Estate. The film, directed by Death At A Funeral screenwriter Dean Craig, has a promising…...
- 11/4/2022
- by Mark Keizer
- avclub.com
The sweet animated opening credits sequence of Dean Craig’s “The Estate” introduces two nice sisters who run a café. It’s a classic misdirect: a warm overview of sweet, caring Macey and sharp, smart Savanna under the guidance of their father, running a neighborhood joint replete with hot coffee and cozy regulars. Once the credits fade to real life, as it were, we learn that the sisters are in over their head and way behind on their payments, with no feasible financial solution in sight.
The Macey and Savanna of the cartoon prologue do not resemble the Macey and Savanna of “The Estate.” Macey (Toni Collette) is vaguely empathetic but weak-willed. Savanna (Anna Faris) is impulsive and possibly a sociopath. In order to save their precious café, one the audience never actually sees them working in, they’re going to have to butter up their dying, miserable Aunt Hildy...
The Macey and Savanna of the cartoon prologue do not resemble the Macey and Savanna of “The Estate.” Macey (Toni Collette) is vaguely empathetic but weak-willed. Savanna (Anna Faris) is impulsive and possibly a sociopath. In order to save their precious café, one the audience never actually sees them working in, they’re going to have to butter up their dying, miserable Aunt Hildy...
- 11/4/2022
- by Fran Hoepfner
- The Wrap
We all make mistakes, even Toni Collette. Fans of the fearless and versatile Australian actress can take solace that she isn’t alone on this one; a whole host of beloved talented people cast their lot with the same sinking ship that is the cringe comedy “The Estate.” in her final days. The most consistent comedic thread in “The Estate” involves a pushily flirtatious cousin, and it’s not nearly as fun as “House of the Dragon” made it look.
In an odd couple pairing, Collette and Anna Faris play sisters Macey and Savanna, who are struggling to keep their family business afloat. When they learn that their wealthy and childless Aunt Hilda (Kathleen Turner) has taken a turn for the worse, scheming Savanna suggests they ingratiate themselves to her in the hopes of securing their inheritance. Though kindhearted Macey has reservations at first, the threat of losing her first...
In an odd couple pairing, Collette and Anna Faris play sisters Macey and Savanna, who are struggling to keep their family business afloat. When they learn that their wealthy and childless Aunt Hilda (Kathleen Turner) has taken a turn for the worse, scheming Savanna suggests they ingratiate themselves to her in the hopes of securing their inheritance. Though kindhearted Macey has reservations at first, the threat of losing her first...
- 11/3/2022
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
If, as the old actor’s maxim goes, dying is easy while comedy is hard, comedy about dying is the most high-wire act of all. Get the balance right and it’s intensely, savagely funny; when it doesn’t land, it’s a bit icky for all concerned. In 2007, British screenwriter Dean Craig mostly pulled off the trick with the self-explanatorily titled “Death at a Funeral,” which was broad and crass but frequently very funny indeed — sufficiently so for Craig to pen an inferior U.S. remake three years later. Now directing as well as writing, he attempts a similar coup with frantic coffin-chasing farce “The Estate,” getting ahead of the game by setting it in the States to begin with. This time, the results fall largely flat.
On the face of it, it’s hard to see why. The premise — hard-up chancers attempt to scrap and claw their way...
On the face of it, it’s hard to see why. The premise — hard-up chancers attempt to scrap and claw their way...
- 11/3/2022
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Signature has debuted a red band trailer for the upcoming comedy ‘The Estate’ which hits US cinemas on November 4th.
Two sisters attempt to win over their terminally ill, difficult-to-please Aunt in hopes of becoming the beneficiaries of her wealthy estate, only to find the rest of their greedy family members have the same idea.
Written and directed by Dean Craig, the film stars Toni Collette, Anna Faris, David Duchovny, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ron Livingston, Keyla Monterroso Mejia and Kathleen Turner.
Also in trailers – Jennifer Lawrence stars in trailer for ‘Causeway’
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Two sisters attempt to win over their terminally ill, difficult-to-please Aunt in hopes of becoming the beneficiaries of her wealthy estate, only to find the rest of their greedy family members have the same idea.
Written and directed by Dean Craig, the film stars Toni Collette, Anna Faris, David Duchovny, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ron Livingston, Keyla Monterroso Mejia and Kathleen Turner.
Also in trailers – Jennifer Lawrence stars in trailer for ‘Causeway’
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- 10/10/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A total of 164 feature films will play at this year’s London Film Festival, alongside an abundance of shorts, TV series and an expanded program of Xr (extended reality) works — and that’s in a comparatively slimmed-down era of curation for a public-facing festival that has long aimed to bring the best of the global festival circuit to non-traveling cinephiles.
What has definitely grown is the Lff’s national reach: In what fest director Tricia Tuttle terms the festival’s “new normal” format after a few years of structural shifts and Covid-era adjustments, the capital-centered event will also be hosting screenings in 10 other cities around the U.K., from Manchester to Edinburgh to Belfast — sealing its status as the country’s preeminent film festival. A digital program of up to 20 titles will also be made available for online viewing, while short films and screen talks will be free to stream...
What has definitely grown is the Lff’s national reach: In what fest director Tricia Tuttle terms the festival’s “new normal” format after a few years of structural shifts and Covid-era adjustments, the capital-centered event will also be hosting screenings in 10 other cities around the U.K., from Manchester to Edinburgh to Belfast — sealing its status as the country’s preeminent film festival. A digital program of up to 20 titles will also be made available for online viewing, while short films and screen talks will be free to stream...
- 10/2/2022
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Signature has debuted the new trailer for the upcoming comedy ‘The Estate’ which hits US cinemas on November 4th.
Two sisters attempt to win over their terminally ill, difficult-to-please Aunt in hopes of becoming the beneficiaries of her wealthy estate, only to find the rest of their greedy family members have the same idea.
Written and directed by Dean Craig, the film stars Toni Collette, Anna Faris, David Duchovny, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ron Livingston, Keyla Monterroso Mejia and Kathleen Turner.
Also in trailers – Teaser trailer drops for Netflix feature ‘The Swimmers’
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Two sisters attempt to win over their terminally ill, difficult-to-please Aunt in hopes of becoming the beneficiaries of her wealthy estate, only to find the rest of their greedy family members have the same idea.
Written and directed by Dean Craig, the film stars Toni Collette, Anna Faris, David Duchovny, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ron Livingston, Keyla Monterroso Mejia and Kathleen Turner.
Also in trailers – Teaser trailer drops for Netflix feature ‘The Swimmers’
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- 9/5/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
22 films will have their world premiere at the festival.
Stop-motion animation Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio and Asif Kapadia’s Creature are among the 22 features having their world premiere at the 66th BFI London Film Festival.
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Pinocchio is directed by del Toro and Mark Gustafson, and produced by del Toro, Lisa Henson (Jim Henson Company), Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley, and Corey Campodonico (Shadow Machine).
The ensemble voice cast includes Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Waltz, Tilda Swinton, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, Burn Gorman, and newcomer Gregory Mann.
Creature,...
Stop-motion animation Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio and Asif Kapadia’s Creature are among the 22 features having their world premiere at the 66th BFI London Film Festival.
Scroll down for full line-up
Pinocchio is directed by del Toro and Mark Gustafson, and produced by del Toro, Lisa Henson (Jim Henson Company), Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley, and Corey Campodonico (Shadow Machine).
The ensemble voice cast includes Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Waltz, Tilda Swinton, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, Burn Gorman, and newcomer Gregory Mann.
Creature,...
- 8/31/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
The 66th BFI London Film Festival is set to host the world premiere of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, the Oscar-winning director’s dark take on the classic fairy tale about a wooden marionette brought to life to mend the heart of a grieving woodcarver named Geppetto.
The film will debut in the Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Centre during the festival, which takes place October 5-15, 2022.
The stop-motion film was directed by del Toro and Mark Gustafson and is from a screenplay by the Mexican filmmaker and Patrick McHale. The film’s voice cast includes Ewan McGregor as Cricket, David Bradley as Geppetto and Gregory Mann as Pinocchio. Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, Burn Gorman and Christoph Waltz and Tilda Swinton also star.
The film’s music will be provided by the Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat, who has also written the score.
The film will debut in the Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Centre during the festival, which takes place October 5-15, 2022.
The stop-motion film was directed by del Toro and Mark Gustafson and is from a screenplay by the Mexican filmmaker and Patrick McHale. The film’s voice cast includes Ewan McGregor as Cricket, David Bradley as Geppetto and Gregory Mann as Pinocchio. Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, Burn Gorman and Christoph Waltz and Tilda Swinton also star.
The film’s music will be provided by the Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat, who has also written the score.
- 8/31/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Prime Video has acquired rights to the adventure comedy The Honeymoon for the UK, France, Germany, Benelux, Nordics and Eastern Europe, with Grindstone Entertainment Group locking them down for the U.S. and Canada, and Notorious Pictures claiming them for Italy and Spain.
The film follows newlyweds Adam (Pico Alexander) and Sarah (Maria Bakalova), who are about to embark on the romantic honeymoon of a lifetime in Venice, Italy. Their trip is gatecrashed by Adam’s excessively needy best friend, Bav (Asim Chaudhry), and it inadvertently turns their perfect lovers’ holiday into a complete disaster. Lucas Bravo also stars in the pic written and directed by Death at a Funeral scribe Dean Craig. Guglielmo Marchetti produced on behalf of Notorious Pictures, with Piers Tempest on behalf of Tempo Productions, and Bakalova.
The Honeymoon marks Craig’s second feature as a director on the heels of 2020’s Love Wedding Repeat—an Italo-British comedy with Sam Claflin,...
The film follows newlyweds Adam (Pico Alexander) and Sarah (Maria Bakalova), who are about to embark on the romantic honeymoon of a lifetime in Venice, Italy. Their trip is gatecrashed by Adam’s excessively needy best friend, Bav (Asim Chaudhry), and it inadvertently turns their perfect lovers’ holiday into a complete disaster. Lucas Bravo also stars in the pic written and directed by Death at a Funeral scribe Dean Craig. Guglielmo Marchetti produced on behalf of Notorious Pictures, with Piers Tempest on behalf of Tempo Productions, and Bakalova.
The Honeymoon marks Craig’s second feature as a director on the heels of 2020’s Love Wedding Repeat—an Italo-British comedy with Sam Claflin,...
- 7/21/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
UK, France, Germany, North America among territories licensed.
Prime Video has acquired the UK, France and a raft of territories and Grindstone Entertainment Group has taken North America on adventure comedy The Honeymoon starring Maria Bakalova from Borat 2.
The streaming platform has also picked up the film for Germany, Benelux, Nordics and Eastern Europe. Notorious Pictures will handle rights for Italy and Spain.
Pico Alexander, Asim Chaudhry and Lucas Bravo also star in the story about newlyweds whose planned romantic getaway in Venice, Italy, is gatecrashed by a needy best friend.
Dean Craig wrote and directed The Honeymoon and...
Prime Video has acquired the UK, France and a raft of territories and Grindstone Entertainment Group has taken North America on adventure comedy The Honeymoon starring Maria Bakalova from Borat 2.
The streaming platform has also picked up the film for Germany, Benelux, Nordics and Eastern Europe. Notorious Pictures will handle rights for Italy and Spain.
Pico Alexander, Asim Chaudhry and Lucas Bravo also star in the story about newlyweds whose planned romantic getaway in Venice, Italy, is gatecrashed by a needy best friend.
Dean Craig wrote and directed The Honeymoon and...
- 7/21/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
“The Honeymoon,” an adventure-comedy film headlined and produced by “Borat” star Maria Bakalova, will release worldwide through multiple distributors with Grindstone Entertainment set up for the U.S. and Canada.
Prime Video will handle the U.K. and selected European territories, while Notorious Pictures will distribute the film in Italy and Spain.
“The Honeymoon” is billed as the outrageous tale of a freshly married couple played by Bakalova and Pico Alexander whose Venetian honeymoon is derailed by the groom’s needy best friend. Asim Chaudhry and Lucas Bravo also star.
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Dean Craig wrote and directed the film. In addition to Bakalova, “The Honeymoon” is produced by Guglielmo Marchetti on behalf of Notorious Pictures and Piers Tempest on behalf of Tempo Productions.
Also in the works for Craig is farcical comedy “The Estate,” produced by Sarah Jessica Parker and starring Toni Collette,...
Prime Video will handle the U.K. and selected European territories, while Notorious Pictures will distribute the film in Italy and Spain.
“The Honeymoon” is billed as the outrageous tale of a freshly married couple played by Bakalova and Pico Alexander whose Venetian honeymoon is derailed by the groom’s needy best friend. Asim Chaudhry and Lucas Bravo also star.
Also Read:
‘Borat’ Star Maria Bakalova Joins ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’
Dean Craig wrote and directed the film. In addition to Bakalova, “The Honeymoon” is produced by Guglielmo Marchetti on behalf of Notorious Pictures and Piers Tempest on behalf of Tempo Productions.
Also in the works for Craig is farcical comedy “The Estate,” produced by Sarah Jessica Parker and starring Toni Collette,...
- 7/21/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Rosemarie DeWitt (The Staircase), Luke Kirby (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and Judith Light (American Crime Story) are set as leads joining Phoebe-Rae Taylor in Out Of My Mind, Disney+’s film adaptation of Sharon Draper’s award-winning novel, from Big Beach, Participant, Everywhere Studios LLC and Disney Branded Television. Also joining the ensemble cast are Michael Chernus (Severance) and Courtney Taylor (Insecure). Production is currently underway in Toronto.
Directed by Amber Sealey (No Man of God) from an adapted screenplay by Daniel Stiepleman (On the Basis of Sex), Out of My Mind follows Melody Brooks (Taylor), a girl with cerebral palsy. Melody has a quick wit and a sharp mind, but due to her being non-verbal and using a wheelchair, she is not given the same academic opportunities as her classmates. However, when Katherine, a young educator notices her student’s untapped potential, she encourages Melody to participate in mainstream education,...
Directed by Amber Sealey (No Man of God) from an adapted screenplay by Daniel Stiepleman (On the Basis of Sex), Out of My Mind follows Melody Brooks (Taylor), a girl with cerebral palsy. Melody has a quick wit and a sharp mind, but due to her being non-verbal and using a wheelchair, she is not given the same academic opportunities as her classmates. However, when Katherine, a young educator notices her student’s untapped potential, she encourages Melody to participate in mainstream education,...
- 7/18/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“Stranger Things” star Joe Keery, Camila Morrone and Aldis Hodge are all starring in a romantic heist film called “Marmalade” from Signature Films that has just wrapped filming earlier this month in Minnesota.
“Marmalade” is the directorial debut from actor Keir O’Donnell and is based on his own script.
Here’s the logline: In order to escape jail and reunite with the alluring love of his life, a naive small-town man narrates the colorful tale of a romantic bank heist to his cunning cellmate.
“Marmalade” is produced by Tea Shop Productions’ James Harris and Mark Lane with Sarah Gabriel and Marc Goldberg under the Signature Films banner, and is produced in association with Jason Shapiro for Silver Lining Entertainment. Polly Morgan is the cinematographer.
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Keery is best known for portraying Steve Harrington...
“Marmalade” is the directorial debut from actor Keir O’Donnell and is based on his own script.
Here’s the logline: In order to escape jail and reunite with the alluring love of his life, a naive small-town man narrates the colorful tale of a romantic bank heist to his cunning cellmate.
“Marmalade” is produced by Tea Shop Productions’ James Harris and Mark Lane with Sarah Gabriel and Marc Goldberg under the Signature Films banner, and is produced in association with Jason Shapiro for Silver Lining Entertainment. Polly Morgan is the cinematographer.
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‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 Extends Record as Netflix’s Most Popular English Language Series With 1.26 Billion Hours Viewed
Keery is best known for portraying Steve Harrington...
- 7/13/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
UK-us firms Signature Films and Tea Shop Productions are producing.
Production has wrapped in Minnesota, US on Keir O’Donnell’s romantic heist Marmalade, starring Stranger Things’ Joe Keery alongside Camila Morrone and Aldis Hodge.
Marmalade is produced by Signature Films, the production arm of Marc Goldberg’s Signature Entertainment; and UK-us production firm Tea Shop Productions. The producers are Sarah Gabriel and Goldberg for Signature Films, with James Harris and Mark Lane for Tea Shop. The film is made in association with Jason Shapiro of US management company Silver Lining Entertainment.
The directorial debut of Australian actor turned O’Donnell, Marmalade...
Production has wrapped in Minnesota, US on Keir O’Donnell’s romantic heist Marmalade, starring Stranger Things’ Joe Keery alongside Camila Morrone and Aldis Hodge.
Marmalade is produced by Signature Films, the production arm of Marc Goldberg’s Signature Entertainment; and UK-us production firm Tea Shop Productions. The producers are Sarah Gabriel and Goldberg for Signature Films, with James Harris and Mark Lane for Tea Shop. The film is made in association with Jason Shapiro of US management company Silver Lining Entertainment.
The directorial debut of Australian actor turned O’Donnell, Marmalade...
- 7/13/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Lazio Filmcommission has previously backed films including Matteo Garrone’s ‘Pinocchio’.
The Roma Lazio Filmcommission has launched a €10m fund to attract international film, television, documentary and animated productions to shoot in the Italian region.
Applications to Lazio Cinema International will be evaluated by a committee and will be based on productions meeting the eligbility criteria.
“As Roma Lazio Filmcommission we constantly work towards developing international partnerships, at promoting the resources of the region and also at assisting both national and international productions,” said Cristina Priarone, director general of the Rome Lazio Filmcommission.
“We have always valued and sought to...
The Roma Lazio Filmcommission has launched a €10m fund to attract international film, television, documentary and animated productions to shoot in the Italian region.
Applications to Lazio Cinema International will be evaluated by a committee and will be based on productions meeting the eligbility criteria.
“As Roma Lazio Filmcommission we constantly work towards developing international partnerships, at promoting the resources of the region and also at assisting both national and international productions,” said Cristina Priarone, director general of the Rome Lazio Filmcommission.
“We have always valued and sought to...
- 6/20/2022
- by Alina Trabattoni
- ScreenDaily
Saffron Burrows, Ray Liotta also in cast.
Odeya Rush, Eric Dane, Saffron Burrows and Ray Liotta have signed to star in John Barr’s Dangerous Waters, with production underway in the Dominican Republic.
US firm Capstone Global is handling worldwide sales and is introducing the film at Cannes.
Dangerous Waters sees a sailing holiday spiral out of control when a teenage daughter uncovers the dark past of her mother’s new boyfriend.
The film is based on a script by Mark Jackson and story by Barr. Producers are Suza Horvat for US firm Rio Luna Films, and Marc Goldberg for US-uk company Signature Films.
Odeya Rush, Eric Dane, Saffron Burrows and Ray Liotta have signed to star in John Barr’s Dangerous Waters, with production underway in the Dominican Republic.
US firm Capstone Global is handling worldwide sales and is introducing the film at Cannes.
Dangerous Waters sees a sailing holiday spiral out of control when a teenage daughter uncovers the dark past of her mother’s new boyfriend.
The film is based on a script by Mark Jackson and story by Barr. Producers are Suza Horvat for US firm Rio Luna Films, and Marc Goldberg for US-uk company Signature Films.
- 5/5/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Odeya Rush, a star known for “Lady Bird” and “Cha Cha Real Smooth,” will star in a drama called “Dangerous Waters” set during a sailing holiday that spirals out of control.
John Barr (“Blood and Money”) is directing the film that will also star Eric Dane, Saffron Burrows and Ray Liotta. Filming is currently underway on the film in the Dominican Republic.
“Dangerous Waters” sees a teenage daughter slowly uncovering the dark past of her mother’s new boyfriend while out on a sailing vacation. Mark Jackson wrote the script, and Barr is the writer credited on the story.
Producers on “Dangerous Waters” include Rio Luna Films’ Suza Horvat and Signature Films’ Marc Goldberg. Executive producers include Capstone Global’s Christian Mercuri and Signature’s Sarah Gabriel and Gareth Williams, as well as co-producers Brianna Johnson and Ben Jacques.
Capstone Global will handle worldwide sales and introduce the film to buyers in Cannes.
John Barr (“Blood and Money”) is directing the film that will also star Eric Dane, Saffron Burrows and Ray Liotta. Filming is currently underway on the film in the Dominican Republic.
“Dangerous Waters” sees a teenage daughter slowly uncovering the dark past of her mother’s new boyfriend while out on a sailing vacation. Mark Jackson wrote the script, and Barr is the writer credited on the story.
Producers on “Dangerous Waters” include Rio Luna Films’ Suza Horvat and Signature Films’ Marc Goldberg. Executive producers include Capstone Global’s Christian Mercuri and Signature’s Sarah Gabriel and Gareth Williams, as well as co-producers Brianna Johnson and Ben Jacques.
Capstone Global will handle worldwide sales and introduce the film to buyers in Cannes.
- 5/5/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Capstone has acquired the feature film rights to New York Times bestselling author James Swallow’s series of Marc Dane spy thriller novels, setting his Sunday Times bestseller, Nomad, as the first title to be adapted for the big screen.
Published internationally by literary giant Bonnier in 2016, Nomad introduced audiences to Dane, an MI6 field agent at home behind a computer screen, one step away from the action. When a brutal attack on his team leaves Marc as the only survivor—and with the shocking knowledge that there are traitors inside MI6—he’s forced onto the front lines.
Nomad is being fast-tracked, with Capstone currently out to writers for the screenplay adaption. Christian Mercuri and Head of Production Joe Gatta will produce for Capstone, alongside David Haring. In addition to Nomad, the Marc Dane series features novels including Exile, Ghost, Rough Air,...
Published internationally by literary giant Bonnier in 2016, Nomad introduced audiences to Dane, an MI6 field agent at home behind a computer screen, one step away from the action. When a brutal attack on his team leaves Marc as the only survivor—and with the shocking knowledge that there are traitors inside MI6—he’s forced onto the front lines.
Nomad is being fast-tracked, with Capstone currently out to writers for the screenplay adaption. Christian Mercuri and Head of Production Joe Gatta will produce for Capstone, alongside David Haring. In addition to Nomad, the Marc Dane series features novels including Exile, Ghost, Rough Air,...
- 3/10/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Californication’ star David Duchovny and Ron Livingston have joined the inheritance battle comedy “The Estate.” The actors join a star-studded cast that includes leads Toni Collette and Anna Faris, alongside Kathleen Turner, Rosemary DeWitt and Keyla Monterroso. Production is currently underway in New Orleans, reports variety.com. Directed by Dean Craig, who also wrote the script, […]...
- 2/17/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
‘Californication’ star David Duchovny and Ron Livingston have joined the inheritance battle comedy “The Estate.” The actors join a star-studded cast that includes leads Toni Collette and Anna Faris, alongside Kathleen Turner, Rosemary DeWitt and Keyla Monterroso. Production is currently underway in New Orleans, reports variety.com. Directed by Dean Craig, who also wrote the script, […]...
- 2/17/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
David Duchovny (“Californication”) and Ron Livingston (“A Million Little Things”) round out the cast of Signature Films’ inheritance battle comedy “The Estate.”
The actors join a star-studded cast that includes leads Toni Collette and Anna Faris, alongside Kathleen Turner, Rosemary DeWitt and Keyla Monterroso. Production is currently underway in New Orleans.
Directed by Dean Craig, who also wrote the script, the film revolves around sisters Macey (Collette) and Savanna (Faris), who learn their wealthy but estranged Aunt Hilda is dying from cancer. Seeing this as an opportunity to get her inheritance and rescue their dying café, the sisters plan to improve their bitter relationship and cater to Hilda’s needs.
However, when they get to the extravagant estate, the siblings find that they’re not the only ones in the family with shifted morals. Cousins Beatrice and Richard have come along with the same plan to swoon Hilda into giving them her estate,...
The actors join a star-studded cast that includes leads Toni Collette and Anna Faris, alongside Kathleen Turner, Rosemary DeWitt and Keyla Monterroso. Production is currently underway in New Orleans.
Directed by Dean Craig, who also wrote the script, the film revolves around sisters Macey (Collette) and Savanna (Faris), who learn their wealthy but estranged Aunt Hilda is dying from cancer. Seeing this as an opportunity to get her inheritance and rescue their dying café, the sisters plan to improve their bitter relationship and cater to Hilda’s needs.
However, when they get to the extravagant estate, the siblings find that they’re not the only ones in the family with shifted morals. Cousins Beatrice and Richard have come along with the same plan to swoon Hilda into giving them her estate,...
- 2/16/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
If you’ve been watching Emily in Paris, you might be gushing over Emily’s love interest, Gabriel. Everyone wants a hot neighbor who’s also a chef, right? The heartthrob who plays Gabriel in the romantic comedy series is French actor and model Lucas Bravo. With Emily in Paris announcing last month a third and fourth season, we are definitely looking forward to how Emily and Gabriel’s relationship will unfold. With his breakout role in Emily in Paris, he seems to be getting his name out there and has been working on more projects. According to Deadline, Bravo wrapped filming Dean Craig’s
Six Facts Everyone Must Know About Emily In Paris’ Lucas Bravo...
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- 2/10/2022
- by A.E. Oats
- TVovermind.com
Capstone Launches Toni Collette-Anna Faris Comedy For EFM Capstone is launching sales at the virtual EFM on Toni Collette, Anna Faris and Thomas Haden Church comedy The Estate, the story of two sisters who try to re-ingratiate themselves with their wealthy, estranged aunt when they discover she is ill. The film heralds from writer-director Dean Craig, who recently made his feature directorial debut with Netflix rom-com Love Wedding Repeat starring Sam Claflin and Olivia Munn. Signature Films’ Marc Goldberg and Sarah Gabriel will produce alongside Sarah Jessica Parker and Alison Benson’s Pretty Matches Productions. Executive Producers include Capstone Global’s Christian Mercuri and David Haring and Thruline’s Josh Kesselman. Signature and Capstone Global will finance. Capstone’s involvement was known, but this is the market debut for the project.
Channel 4 Unveils All-Disabled Paralympics Presenting Lineup
Channel 4 has become the first ever network to have an...
Channel 4 Unveils All-Disabled Paralympics Presenting Lineup
Channel 4 has become the first ever network to have an...
- 2/7/2022
- by Max Goldbart and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Kathleen Turner, Rosemarie DeWitt and Keyla Monterroso have boarded Signature Films comedy “The Estate,” starring Toni Collette and Anna Faris.
Directed by Dean Craig, who also wrote the script, the film revolves around sisters Macey (Collette) and Savanna (Faris), who learn their wealthy but estranged Aunt Hilda is dying from cancer. Seeing this as an opportunity to get her inheritance and rescue their dying café, the sisters plan to improve their bitter relationship and cater to Hilda’s needs.
However, when they get to the extravagant estate, the siblings find that they’re not the only ones in the family with shifted morals. Cousins Beatrice and Richard have come along with the same plan to swoon Hilda into giving them her estate, and soon, it becomes a battle between the eclectic family as to who can impress the matriarch the most and come out on top.
The project, which is...
Directed by Dean Craig, who also wrote the script, the film revolves around sisters Macey (Collette) and Savanna (Faris), who learn their wealthy but estranged Aunt Hilda is dying from cancer. Seeing this as an opportunity to get her inheritance and rescue their dying café, the sisters plan to improve their bitter relationship and cater to Hilda’s needs.
However, when they get to the extravagant estate, the siblings find that they’re not the only ones in the family with shifted morals. Cousins Beatrice and Richard have come along with the same plan to swoon Hilda into giving them her estate, and soon, it becomes a battle between the eclectic family as to who can impress the matriarch the most and come out on top.
The project, which is...
- 1/27/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
‘Love Wedding Repeat’ filmmaker Dean Craig to direct.
Toni Collette, Anna Faris and Thomas Haden Church have joined the cast of Dean Craig’s comedy The Estate, which UK production firm Signature Films is co-financing and producing.
Signature will finance the film with Capstone Global. Producers are Marc Goldberg and Sarah Gabriel for Signature, alongside Sarah Jessica Parker and Alison Benson’s US firm Pretty Matches Productions. The film will start production in February 2022, with locations yet to be confirmed.
Executive producers are Christian Mercuri and David Haring for Capstone Global, with Josh Kesselman for Thruline of the US.
Written by Craig,...
Toni Collette, Anna Faris and Thomas Haden Church have joined the cast of Dean Craig’s comedy The Estate, which UK production firm Signature Films is co-financing and producing.
Signature will finance the film with Capstone Global. Producers are Marc Goldberg and Sarah Gabriel for Signature, alongside Sarah Jessica Parker and Alison Benson’s US firm Pretty Matches Productions. The film will start production in February 2022, with locations yet to be confirmed.
Executive producers are Christian Mercuri and David Haring for Capstone Global, with Josh Kesselman for Thruline of the US.
Written by Craig,...
- 12/2/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Toni Collette, Anna Faris and Thomas Haden Church will star in “The Estate,” the story of two sisters who try to re-ingratiate themselves with their wealthy, estranged aunt when they discover she is ill.
The film is from writer and director Dean Craig, who mined family dysfunction in the script for “Death at a Funeral.” Craig recently made his feature directorial debut with “Love Wedding Repeat,” a romantic comedy with Sam Claflin and Olivia Munn that debuted in 2020 on Netflix.
Collette was nominated for an Oscar for “The Sixth Sense” and earned raves for her work in “Hereditary” and “Knives Out.” She also earned an Emmy for “United States of Tara” and appears in Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming “Nightmare Alley.”
Faris is best known for her work in “The House Bunny” and on the CBS sitcom “Mom.” She also appeared in the Scary Movie franchise and the remake of “Overboard.
The film is from writer and director Dean Craig, who mined family dysfunction in the script for “Death at a Funeral.” Craig recently made his feature directorial debut with “Love Wedding Repeat,” a romantic comedy with Sam Claflin and Olivia Munn that debuted in 2020 on Netflix.
Collette was nominated for an Oscar for “The Sixth Sense” and earned raves for her work in “Hereditary” and “Knives Out.” She also earned an Emmy for “United States of Tara” and appears in Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming “Nightmare Alley.”
Faris is best known for her work in “The House Bunny” and on the CBS sitcom “Mom.” She also appeared in the Scary Movie franchise and the remake of “Overboard.
- 12/2/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar nominee Toni Collette — soon to be seen in Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley — is teaming with Anna Faris (The House Bunny, Overboard) and fellow Oscar nominee Thomas Haden Church (Sideways, Spider-Man: No Way Home) on The Estate.
The comedy — from writer-director Dean Craig (Death at a Funeral, Love Wedding Repeat) — was announced by Signature Films, which is financing alongside Capstone Global. Signature’s Marc Goldberg and Sarah Gabriel will produce alongside Sarah Jessica Parker and Alison Benson’s Pretty Matches Productions. Executive producers include Capstone Global’s Christian Mercuri and David Haring and Thruline’s Josh Kesselman.
The Estate revolves around two sisters, Macey (Collette) and ...
The comedy — from writer-director Dean Craig (Death at a Funeral, Love Wedding Repeat) — was announced by Signature Films, which is financing alongside Capstone Global. Signature’s Marc Goldberg and Sarah Gabriel will produce alongside Sarah Jessica Parker and Alison Benson’s Pretty Matches Productions. Executive producers include Capstone Global’s Christian Mercuri and David Haring and Thruline’s Josh Kesselman.
The Estate revolves around two sisters, Macey (Collette) and ...
- 12/2/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Oscar nominee Toni Collette — soon to be seen in Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley — is teaming with Anna Faris (The House Bunny, Overboard) and fellow Oscar nominee Thomas Haden Church (Sideways, Spider-Man: No Way Home) on The Estate.
The comedy — from writer/director Dean Craig (Death at a Funeral, Love Wedding Repeat) — was announced by Signature Films, which is financing alongside Capstone Global. Signature’s Marc Goldberg and Sarah Gabriel will produce alongside Sarah Jessica Parker and Alison Benson’s Pretty Matches Productions. Executive producers include Capstone Global’s Christian Mercuri and David Haring and Thruline’s Josh Kesselman.
The Estate revolves around two sisters, Macey (Collette) and Savanna ...
The comedy — from writer/director Dean Craig (Death at a Funeral, Love Wedding Repeat) — was announced by Signature Films, which is financing alongside Capstone Global. Signature’s Marc Goldberg and Sarah Gabriel will produce alongside Sarah Jessica Parker and Alison Benson’s Pretty Matches Productions. Executive producers include Capstone Global’s Christian Mercuri and David Haring and Thruline’s Josh Kesselman.
The Estate revolves around two sisters, Macey (Collette) and Savanna ...
- 12/2/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ho, ho, ho. And like that 2021 is (almost) over. It went by fast, didn’t it? But even as the year that was begins its final 30-day run on your calendar, we cannot deny being happy to see the broader holiday season here, and all the good cheer it brings—including on streaming services.
Netflix, for one, is committed to spreading happy tidings, as judged by their glut of new Christmas movies. However, if you’re someone who isn’t looking for more cinematic trifles this December, and rather just want to know about the best non-original film content coming to your living room, well we’ve comprised the list below!
Closer (2004)
December 1
No one would mistake Mike Nichols’ brutally cynical adaptation of Patrick Marber’s play to be a holiday movie, and yet there are few better films you could watch on Netflix this December. A blunt force meditation...
Netflix, for one, is committed to spreading happy tidings, as judged by their glut of new Christmas movies. However, if you’re someone who isn’t looking for more cinematic trifles this December, and rather just want to know about the best non-original film content coming to your living room, well we’ve comprised the list below!
Closer (2004)
December 1
No one would mistake Mike Nichols’ brutally cynical adaptation of Patrick Marber’s play to be a holiday movie, and yet there are few better films you could watch on Netflix this December. A blunt force meditation...
- 12/1/2021
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Oscar nominee Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm ), Pico Alexander (Home Again), Asim Chaudhry (People Just Do Nothing) and Lucas Bravo (Emily in Paris) are set to star in Italy-uk rom-com The Honeymoon.
Filming is underway in Rome and Venice on the movie, which heralds from Italian firm Notorious Pictures and the UK’s Tempo Productions. Endeavor Content is repping world sales with CAA co-repping domestic.
In the film, Englishman Adam and his American bride Sarah are about to embark on the romantic honeymoon of a lifetime in Venice, Italy. But when the newlyweds’ trip is gatecrashed by Adam’s excessively needy best friend, Ed, it inadvertently turns their perfect lovers’ holiday into a complete disaster.
Pic is written and will be directed by Dean Craig. Producers are Guglielmo Marchetti and Piers Tempest.
Bakalova commented: “This film intrigued me because it’s an escapist comedy that put a twist on the...
Filming is underway in Rome and Venice on the movie, which heralds from Italian firm Notorious Pictures and the UK’s Tempo Productions. Endeavor Content is repping world sales with CAA co-repping domestic.
In the film, Englishman Adam and his American bride Sarah are about to embark on the romantic honeymoon of a lifetime in Venice, Italy. But when the newlyweds’ trip is gatecrashed by Adam’s excessively needy best friend, Ed, it inadvertently turns their perfect lovers’ holiday into a complete disaster.
Pic is written and will be directed by Dean Craig. Producers are Guglielmo Marchetti and Piers Tempest.
Bakalova commented: “This film intrigued me because it’s an escapist comedy that put a twist on the...
- 8/31/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Maria Bakalova, the Bulgarian actress who rocketed from obscurity to an Oscar nomination after her performance in Sasha Baron Cohen’s Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, has found her next project.
Bakalova has been cast to star in the upcoming romantic comedy The Honeymoon, a British-Italian production from Italy’s Notorious Cinemas. Dean Craig, the director of Love Wedding Repeat and screenwriter on Death at a Funeral, will write and helm the feature, which is set to begin principal photography in early September in Rome and Venice.
Bakalova will play Sarah, a new bride who sets off with her husband on a romantic honeymoon in Venice,...
Bakalova has been cast to star in the upcoming romantic comedy The Honeymoon, a British-Italian production from Italy’s Notorious Cinemas. Dean Craig, the director of Love Wedding Repeat and screenwriter on Death at a Funeral, will write and helm the feature, which is set to begin principal photography in early September in Rome and Venice.
Bakalova will play Sarah, a new bride who sets off with her husband on a romantic honeymoon in Venice,...
- 8/31/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Maria Bakalova, the Bulgarian actress who rocketed from obscurity to an Oscar nomination after her performance in Sasha Baron Cohen’s Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, has found her next project.
Bakalova has been cast to star in the upcoming romantic comedy The Honeymoon, a British-Italian production from Italy’s Notorious Cinemas. Dean Craig, the director of Love Wedding Repeat and screenwriter on Death at a Funeral, will write and helm the feature, which is set to begin principal photography in early September in Rome and Venice.
Bakalova will play Sarah, a new bride who sets off with her husband on a romantic honeymoon in Venice,...
Bakalova has been cast to star in the upcoming romantic comedy The Honeymoon, a British-Italian production from Italy’s Notorious Cinemas. Dean Craig, the director of Love Wedding Repeat and screenwriter on Death at a Funeral, will write and helm the feature, which is set to begin principal photography in early September in Rome and Venice.
Bakalova will play Sarah, a new bride who sets off with her husband on a romantic honeymoon in Venice,...
- 8/31/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Ditzy farce in the time of a solemn family function became a popular mainstream sub-genre with the release of "Four Weddings And A Funeral" all those decades ago. Years later, writer Dean Craig successfully tapped the formula to set up the 2007 British comedy, "Death At A Funeral", which was an instant winner. For his directorial debut "Love Wedding Repeat", Craig tries re-hauling the formula all over again.
The film is pitched as a rom-com that tries serving up random slapstick to keep moving a very basic plot. Cokehead Marc (Jack Farthing) gatecrashes into the posh wedding reception of Hayley (Eleanor Tomlinson). They have had a fling of sorts in the past, so Marc is convinced that Hailey will readily walk out of her affluent marital bliss with him. Hayley tells her brother Jack (Sam Claflin) to discreetly take care of Marc before he becomes an embarrassment at the party. Of course,...
The film is pitched as a rom-com that tries serving up random slapstick to keep moving a very basic plot. Cokehead Marc (Jack Farthing) gatecrashes into the posh wedding reception of Hayley (Eleanor Tomlinson). They have had a fling of sorts in the past, so Marc is convinced that Hailey will readily walk out of her affluent marital bliss with him. Hayley tells her brother Jack (Sam Claflin) to discreetly take care of Marc before he becomes an embarrassment at the party. Of course,...
- 4/16/2020
- GlamSham
Netflix’s new film “Love Wedding Repeat” is exactly the kind of entertainment the world could use right now.
“We wanted it to be this really light, fun romantic comedy,” star Olivia Munn says on this week’s episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket.”
The wedding ensemble (available now on Netflix), directed by Dean Craig, stars Sam Claflin as the brother of the bride (Eleanor Tomlinson) who is hoping to rekindle a romance with one of his sister’s friends, played by Munn. But things take a disastrous turn when a childhood friend (Jack Farthing) shows up coked out of his mind and determined to profess his love for the wife-to-be. Rounding out the cast are Freida Pinto, Joel Fry, Tim Key, Allan Mustafa and Aisling Bea.
In a twist, the film also imagines what would happen under different circumstances. “It’s like if everybody sat at a table,...
“We wanted it to be this really light, fun romantic comedy,” star Olivia Munn says on this week’s episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket.”
The wedding ensemble (available now on Netflix), directed by Dean Craig, stars Sam Claflin as the brother of the bride (Eleanor Tomlinson) who is hoping to rekindle a romance with one of his sister’s friends, played by Munn. But things take a disastrous turn when a childhood friend (Jack Farthing) shows up coked out of his mind and determined to profess his love for the wife-to-be. Rounding out the cast are Freida Pinto, Joel Fry, Tim Key, Allan Mustafa and Aisling Bea.
In a twist, the film also imagines what would happen under different circumstances. “It’s like if everybody sat at a table,...
- 4/10/2020
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Staying home? Good. Looking for something new to watch while you do it? Even better! As the world shifts to accommodate a wide range of in-home viewing options for movie lovers, it’s not just platforms that are expanding, it’s the very type of films they host. There’s more than ever to sift through, and IndieWire is here to help you do just that.
This week’s new releases include Netflix Originals, fresh VOD offerings, and new studio releases now available in the comfort of your own home. Browse your options below. “The Lost Husband” (directed by Vicky Wight)
Distributor: Quiver Distribution
Where to Find It: Rent or buy on Redbox
There’s plenty of drama to be found in “The Lost Husband,” Vicky Wight...
This week’s new releases include Netflix Originals, fresh VOD offerings, and new studio releases now available in the comfort of your own home. Browse your options below. “The Lost Husband” (directed by Vicky Wight)
Distributor: Quiver Distribution
Where to Find It: Rent or buy on Redbox
There’s plenty of drama to be found in “The Lost Husband,” Vicky Wight...
- 4/10/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
It’s not a bad idea in these dark days to provide sheltering audiences with a light-hearted romp. What a shame then that the soufflé writer-director Dean Craig labors to construct in Love Wedding Repeat sinks early on and never recovers. Instead of a fresh take on Four Weddings and a Funeral, . Remember Hugh Grant, hair-tousled just so, in his star-making role as an Englishman who falls for an American beauty (a radiant Andie MacDowell) at one wedding and meets her fiancé at a second? Well, here we go again...
- 4/10/2020
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
Love Wedding Repeat, the latest Netflix romantic comedy, opens with a narrator offering, "A wise person once said about life: We live in a universe ruled by chaos and chance, where all it takes is just one moment of ill fortune for all of our hopes and dreams to go right down the shitter."
The mission statement of writer-director Dean Craig's movie, out April 10, rings true in this particularly uncertain moment. Craig, whose other credits include Death at a Funeral, talked to THR from his home in Santa Monica, where he was trying to adjust ...
The mission statement of writer-director Dean Craig's movie, out April 10, rings true in this particularly uncertain moment. Craig, whose other credits include Death at a Funeral, talked to THR from his home in Santa Monica, where he was trying to adjust ...
- 4/10/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Love Wedding Repeat, the latest Netflix romantic comedy, opens with a narrator offering, "A wise person once said about life: We live in a universe ruled by chaos and chance, where all it takes is just one moment of ill fortune for all of our hopes and dreams to go right down the shitter."
The mission statement of writer-director Dean Craig's movie, out April 10, rings true in this particularly uncertain moment. Craig, whose other credits include Death at a Funeral, talked to THR from his home in Santa Monica, where he was trying to adjust ...
The mission statement of writer-director Dean Craig's movie, out April 10, rings true in this particularly uncertain moment. Craig, whose other credits include Death at a Funeral, talked to THR from his home in Santa Monica, where he was trying to adjust ...
- 4/10/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In a romantic comedy, any good-looking British actor can probably coast along on his charm and accent and manners. But to do what Hugh Grant did in the ’90s — to make you believe that for all his cultivation and civilized sex appeal, he lives inside a spectacular thicket of self-doubt that’s even more enchanting than pure confidence…well, that takes a true actor, and maybe a star. And that’s the quality Sam Claflin has in the minor but captivating “Love Wedding Repeat.” He plays Jack, who spends his sister’s wedding trying to put out a dozen fires at once. To say that the character is working overtime to hold himself together would be an understatement. He’s exquisitely flummoxed.
At the outset we hear a narrator, who sounds like the ribald version of a “Masterpiece Theatre” host, as she offers up cynical bites of wisdom like “One bit of bad luck,...
At the outset we hear a narrator, who sounds like the ribald version of a “Masterpiece Theatre” host, as she offers up cynical bites of wisdom like “One bit of bad luck,...
- 4/10/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
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