Italy’s Taormina Film Festival kicks off its 69th edition Friday evening against the backdrop of its landmark Teatro Antico amphitheatre with a “Pavarotti Forever” benefit event headlined by Placido Domingo and Vittorio Grigolo.
It’s not the typical opening for a film festival, but it is in keeping with the eclectic programming of incoming artistic director Barrett Wissman, whose interview with Deadline on his plans for the festival can be read here.
Much is riding on the edition, with Wissman being brought in to raise its local and international profile after a turbulent decade, which was compounded by the Covid pandemic.
Topping the bill over the first weekend is the Italian premiere of Indiana Jones and the Dial Of Destiny in the presence of Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Mads Mikkelsen. It’s the first time a major Disney production has touched down at the festival since Inside Out in 2015. Indiana Jones,...
It’s not the typical opening for a film festival, but it is in keeping with the eclectic programming of incoming artistic director Barrett Wissman, whose interview with Deadline on his plans for the festival can be read here.
Much is riding on the edition, with Wissman being brought in to raise its local and international profile after a turbulent decade, which was compounded by the Covid pandemic.
Topping the bill over the first weekend is the Italian premiere of Indiana Jones and the Dial Of Destiny in the presence of Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Mads Mikkelsen. It’s the first time a major Disney production has touched down at the festival since Inside Out in 2015. Indiana Jones,...
- 6/23/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The 69th Taormina Film Festival boasts an impressive lineup of Italian and world premieres as it seeks to reboot and re-establish its status as a date to watch on the festival circuit. Located in the historical Sicilian town – its visibility recently getting an unlooked for boost with the second season of HBO’s ”The White Lotus” – will be hosting a series of screenings. The outdoor Teatro Antico will provide a suitably antique background for the Italian premiere of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” with Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies, and Mads Mikkelsen in attendance.
The directorial debut of Italian artist Marco Perego, “The Absence of Eden,” will receive its world premiere. The film stars Perego’s wife Zoe Saldaña, Garrett Hedlund and Adria Arjona. The thriller tells the story of an undocumented immigrant fleeing a drug cartel whose path crosses with a U.S. Immigration...
The directorial debut of Italian artist Marco Perego, “The Absence of Eden,” will receive its world premiere. The film stars Perego’s wife Zoe Saldaña, Garrett Hedlund and Adria Arjona. The thriller tells the story of an undocumented immigrant fleeing a drug cartel whose path crosses with a U.S. Immigration...
- 6/18/2023
- by John Bleasdale
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: In what will be her first film promotion appearance in a good long time, Amber Heard is set to appear at the 69th Taormina Film Festival for the world premiere of In The Fire. Heard will be in Sicily along with the film’s director Conor Allyn and co-star Eduardo Noriego. The film will premiere June 24 at the Teatro Antico di Taorina. The fest takes place June 23-July 1, 2023 in Sicily.
In the Fire is described as a supernatural thriller that stars Heard as a pioneering psychiatrist who sets out to treat a desperate child at a time when psychiatry is not yet a respected science. Set in 1899, the film follows a 38-year-old American psychiatrist as she arrives on a rich farm in Colombia after being called to solve the case of a disturbed child following increasingly insistent accusations that the child is the devil. While the woman tries to psychoanalyze the child,...
In the Fire is described as a supernatural thriller that stars Heard as a pioneering psychiatrist who sets out to treat a desperate child at a time when psychiatry is not yet a respected science. Set in 1899, the film follows a 38-year-old American psychiatrist as she arrives on a rich farm in Colombia after being called to solve the case of a disturbed child following increasingly insistent accusations that the child is the devil. While the woman tries to psychoanalyze the child,...
- 6/12/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Plot: A detective teams up with a professor of African studies to stop a serial killer who has been making ritual sacrifices of local youths.
Review: The story and screenplay for The Ritual Killer were cobbled together by a writing team of five different people: Bob Bowersox, Francesco Cinquemani, Luca Giliberto, Jennifer Lemmon, and Joe Lemmon. Director George Gallo then endeavored to bring their work to the screen as a film that really feels like it wants to live up to classic, gritty serial killer crime thrillers of the past. They even got a dash of Seven in there by casting Morgan Freeman in a supporting role. The film just wasn’t written quite well enough to reach the heights of the classics, and at times it seems like the script was assembled by having each of the writers contribute their favorite elements from past movies.
You’ve got the detective on the edge,...
Review: The story and screenplay for The Ritual Killer were cobbled together by a writing team of five different people: Bob Bowersox, Francesco Cinquemani, Luca Giliberto, Jennifer Lemmon, and Joe Lemmon. Director George Gallo then endeavored to bring their work to the screen as a film that really feels like it wants to live up to classic, gritty serial killer crime thrillers of the past. They even got a dash of Seven in there by casting Morgan Freeman in a supporting role. The film just wasn’t written quite well enough to reach the heights of the classics, and at times it seems like the script was assembled by having each of the writers contribute their favorite elements from past movies.
You’ve got the detective on the edge,...
- 3/8/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The Ghosts of Monday trailer: Julian Sands horror film is now available on Digital, Blu-ray, and DVD
Ten days have gone by since Warlock star Julian Sands went missing while hiking up Mount Baldy in Southern California. While his car has been located, the actor himself is still missing, and we’re still hoping for a positive outcome to this situation. In a bit of awkward timing, the latest movie Sands starred in was just given a Digital, Blu-ray, and DVD release today – it’s the horror movie The Ghosts of Monday, and you can pick up a copy at This Link. To help you figure out whether or not this is a movie you would like to watch, we have the trailer embedded above.
Directed by Francesco Cinquemani, The Ghosts of Monday promises to deliver an unnerving horror experience. The film centers on Mark Huberman (Vikings Valhalla) as a television director who becomes embroiled in a supernatural conspiracy after traveling to Cyprus to make a tv pilot about a haunted hotel.
Directed by Francesco Cinquemani, The Ghosts of Monday promises to deliver an unnerving horror experience. The film centers on Mark Huberman (Vikings Valhalla) as a television director who becomes embroiled in a supernatural conspiracy after traveling to Cyprus to make a tv pilot about a haunted hotel.
- 1/23/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Stars: Julian Sands, Anthony Skordi, Maria Ioannou, Mark Huberman, Marianna Rosset, Kristina Godunova, Flavia Watson, Elva Trill | Written by Francesco Cinquemani, Andy Edwards, Barry Keating, Mark Thompson-Ashworth | Directed by Francesco Cinquemani
The Hotel Gula, stately, luxurious and abandoned for over twenty years since the food for a party’s banquet was seasoned with rat poison leading to the painful death of everyone in attendance as well as the owner’s suicide. It’s hardly the kind of place that would need help to appear haunted.
But less than ten minutes into The Ghosts of Monday that’s exactly what Bruce the host of a ghost hunting show, is suggesting to the property’s new owners, Frank and Rosemary. This does not sit well with the show’s director Eric. And the last thing this production needs is more tension, Eric’s ex-wife, and Bruce’s daughter, Sofia is also part of the show’s crew.
The Hotel Gula, stately, luxurious and abandoned for over twenty years since the food for a party’s banquet was seasoned with rat poison leading to the painful death of everyone in attendance as well as the owner’s suicide. It’s hardly the kind of place that would need help to appear haunted.
But less than ten minutes into The Ghosts of Monday that’s exactly what Bruce the host of a ghost hunting show, is suggesting to the property’s new owners, Frank and Rosemary. This does not sit well with the show’s director Eric. And the last thing this production needs is more tension, Eric’s ex-wife, and Bruce’s daughter, Sofia is also part of the show’s crew.
- 1/13/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
On Digital, Blu-ray, And DVD Jan 23, 2023 Acclaimed actor Julia Sands stars in The Ghosts Of Monday, an unnerving new horror experience from filmmaker Francesco Cinquemani (Eye For An Eye). Mark Huberman (Vikings Valhalla) stars as a television director who becomes embroiled in a supernatural conspiracy after traveling to Cyprus to make a …
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- 12/30/2022
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
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One year after Alec Baldwin was involved in a tragic shooting on the set of Rust, the star says he has lost multiple acting opportunities, noting in an interview with CNN in August that five roles disappeared. Yet since the Oct. 21, 2021, death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who died when Baldwin pulled the trigger of a prop gun that was not supposed to contain live rounds, the actor has maintained a steady stream of work not all that different from the low-budget fare he appeared in before Rust.
In part, he has benefactors involved in Rust to thank for his continued employment, with upcoming titles including the sleep-walking-centric False Awakening and 97 Minutes, his first acting gig after briefly retreating from film sets.
“You don’t abandon your good friends at the drop of any trouble,” 97 Minutes screenwriter Pavan Grover tells The Hollywood Reporter of continuing to work with Baldwin.
One year after Alec Baldwin was involved in a tragic shooting on the set of Rust, the star says he has lost multiple acting opportunities, noting in an interview with CNN in August that five roles disappeared. Yet since the Oct. 21, 2021, death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who died when Baldwin pulled the trigger of a prop gun that was not supposed to contain live rounds, the actor has maintained a steady stream of work not all that different from the low-budget fare he appeared in before Rust.
In part, he has benefactors involved in Rust to thank for his continued employment, with upcoming titles including the sleep-walking-centric False Awakening and 97 Minutes, his first acting gig after briefly retreating from film sets.
“You don’t abandon your good friends at the drop of any trouble,” 97 Minutes screenwriter Pavan Grover tells The Hollywood Reporter of continuing to work with Baldwin.
- 10/21/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
UK-based sales outfit Jinga Films has closed deals in multiple territories for Francesco Cinquemani’s supernatural thriller, The Ghosts of Monday, writes ScreenDaily. Cleopatra Entertainment has acquired all rights for the US, while Raven Banner will release in Canada. Reel2Reel has acquired UK and Ireland and Lighthouse will distribute in Germany and Austria. In the film, a […]
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- 5/19/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
North America, Canada, UK and Ireland and Germany and Austria have acquired the film.
UK-based sales outfit Jinga Films has closed deals in multiple territories for Francesco Cinquemani’s supernatural thriller, The Ghosts Of Monday.
Cleopatra Entertainment has acquired all rights for the US, Raven Banner will release in Canada, Reel2Reel has acquired UK and Ireland and Lighthouse will distribute in Germany and Austria.
The horror is produced by Loris Curci, Marianna Rosset and Vitaly Rosset of Cyprus-based Altadium Group. Julian Sands and Mark Huberman stars. It follows a director who becomes embroiled in an occult conspiracy after traveling...
UK-based sales outfit Jinga Films has closed deals in multiple territories for Francesco Cinquemani’s supernatural thriller, The Ghosts Of Monday.
Cleopatra Entertainment has acquired all rights for the US, Raven Banner will release in Canada, Reel2Reel has acquired UK and Ireland and Lighthouse will distribute in Germany and Austria.
The horror is produced by Loris Curci, Marianna Rosset and Vitaly Rosset of Cyprus-based Altadium Group. Julian Sands and Mark Huberman stars. It follows a director who becomes embroiled in an occult conspiracy after traveling...
- 5/18/2022
- ScreenDaily
Five months after the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during the production of Rust, the film’s star Alec Baldwin is set to make his screen comeback in a pair of Italian Christmas features.
Deadline has confirmed that Baldwin and his brother William Baldwin are flying to Italy to shoot Kid Santa and Billie’s Magic World, two live-action and animation-hybrid family comedies. The Baldwins will be appearing in the live-action segments of the films.
The projects see Alec Baldwin re-team with filmmaker Francesco Cinquemani following the 2015 sci-fi Andron. That film’s producers, Monika Bacardi and Andrea Iervolino of Ilbe, are partnering with Minerva Pictures to produce the Christmas films.
Filming has now begun in Italian capital Rome on the two projects. The news was first reported by Italian news org Ansa.
On October 21 last year, Ukrainian-American DoP Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed by a live bullet in...
Deadline has confirmed that Baldwin and his brother William Baldwin are flying to Italy to shoot Kid Santa and Billie’s Magic World, two live-action and animation-hybrid family comedies. The Baldwins will be appearing in the live-action segments of the films.
The projects see Alec Baldwin re-team with filmmaker Francesco Cinquemani following the 2015 sci-fi Andron. That film’s producers, Monika Bacardi and Andrea Iervolino of Ilbe, are partnering with Minerva Pictures to produce the Christmas films.
Filming has now begun in Italian capital Rome on the two projects. The news was first reported by Italian news org Ansa.
On October 21 last year, Ukrainian-American DoP Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed by a live bullet in...
- 3/23/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Alec Baldwin has found his next pair of acting projects on the heels of the shooting on the Albuquerque set of his Western Rust, Deadline has confirmed.
He will star alongside his brother Daniel Baldwin and Elva Trill in the live-action/animated Christmas family comedies Kid Santa and Billie’s Magic World, from Italian director Francesco Cinquemani, with production to take place in Rome. Both Baldwins will produce the titles from Minerva Pictures and Andrea Iervolino and Monica Bacardi’s Ilbe.
Alec Baldwin last collaborated with Cinquemani on the sci-fi pic Andron: The Black Labyrinth. His involvement with the director’s latest films reportedly preceded the Rust incident, which saw him discharge a prop gun, which killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, while injuring director Joel Souza.
Baldwin was also recently at work in the UK on 97 Minutes, a hijacking action-thriller from director Timo Vuorensola (Iron Sky), which has him starring alongside...
He will star alongside his brother Daniel Baldwin and Elva Trill in the live-action/animated Christmas family comedies Kid Santa and Billie’s Magic World, from Italian director Francesco Cinquemani, with production to take place in Rome. Both Baldwins will produce the titles from Minerva Pictures and Andrea Iervolino and Monica Bacardi’s Ilbe.
Alec Baldwin last collaborated with Cinquemani on the sci-fi pic Andron: The Black Labyrinth. His involvement with the director’s latest films reportedly preceded the Rust incident, which saw him discharge a prop gun, which killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, while injuring director Joel Souza.
Baldwin was also recently at work in the UK on 97 Minutes, a hijacking action-thriller from director Timo Vuorensola (Iron Sky), which has him starring alongside...
- 3/23/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Alec Baldwin will be going back to work as an actor in Italy after the fatal “Rust” accident last October, according to two Italian production companies.
Italy’s Minerva Pictures and Andrea Iervolino and Monica Bacardi’s Ilbe have revealed that both Alec Baldwin and his brother Daniel Baldwin have been cast in two films they are jointly producing, and which will soon shoot in Rome.
Minerva chief Gianluca Curti said Baldwin will be arriving in Rome on Saturday. Daniel Baldwin is already in the Italian capital.
Baldwin’s representative did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation.
Both pics are by Italian helmer Francesco Cinquemani, who directed William Baldwin in the 2021 live-action/animation family comedy “The Christmas Witch,” which Minerva and Ilbe also jointly produced. Cinquemani also previously directed Alec Baldwin in sci-fi actioner “Andron: The Black Labyrinth.”
The two Italian productions in which Alec Baldwin will star...
Italy’s Minerva Pictures and Andrea Iervolino and Monica Bacardi’s Ilbe have revealed that both Alec Baldwin and his brother Daniel Baldwin have been cast in two films they are jointly producing, and which will soon shoot in Rome.
Minerva chief Gianluca Curti said Baldwin will be arriving in Rome on Saturday. Daniel Baldwin is already in the Italian capital.
Baldwin’s representative did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation.
Both pics are by Italian helmer Francesco Cinquemani, who directed William Baldwin in the 2021 live-action/animation family comedy “The Christmas Witch,” which Minerva and Ilbe also jointly produced. Cinquemani also previously directed Alec Baldwin in sci-fi actioner “Andron: The Black Labyrinth.”
The two Italian productions in which Alec Baldwin will star...
- 3/23/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Giancarlo Giannini, who was the late great Lina Wertmüller’s muse, helmer Gabriele Muccino (“The Pursuit of Happyness”), and Teresa Saponangelo, star of Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Hand of God,” are among top honorees of the seventh edition of Filming Italy — Los Angeles, the bridge between Italy and Hollywood set to run as a hybrid event Feb. 28-March 3.
The celebration of Italy’s top film and TV titles is headed by longtime Italian industry promoter Tiziana Rocca, a former chief of the Taormina Film Festival. She proudly points out that its physical screenings, starting on March 1 in L.A.’s Harmony Gold Theater, are among the first inperson events in Los Angeles as ceremonies open up in the city.
Thanks to Rocca’s dogged determination Giannini, who starred in nine Wertmüller films, starting with sex comedy and social satire “The Seduction of Mimi,” is to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The celebration of Italy’s top film and TV titles is headed by longtime Italian industry promoter Tiziana Rocca, a former chief of the Taormina Film Festival. She proudly points out that its physical screenings, starting on March 1 in L.A.’s Harmony Gold Theater, are among the first inperson events in Los Angeles as ceremonies open up in the city.
Thanks to Rocca’s dogged determination Giannini, who starred in nine Wertmüller films, starting with sex comedy and social satire “The Seduction of Mimi,” is to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 2/28/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
RuPaul Leads The Way On BBC Three Return
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World led the way on BBC Three’s return to linear TV after a six year break last night, securing five times more viewers than any other show. The spin-off format, in which queens from around the world compete, was viewed by 350,000 people from 9pm-10pm, according to Barb data from overnights.tv. It was way ahead of reality format Eating With My Ex (70,000) from the previous slot, while the Launch Party managed just 28,000. The RuPaul spin-off will air for the next 10 weeks and comes off the back of the huge success of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, which has aired for three seasons and is widely recognized to be BBC Three’s most popular non-scripted show.
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Love Island and I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! co-creator Richard Cowles...
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World led the way on BBC Three’s return to linear TV after a six year break last night, securing five times more viewers than any other show. The spin-off format, in which queens from around the world compete, was viewed by 350,000 people from 9pm-10pm, according to Barb data from overnights.tv. It was way ahead of reality format Eating With My Ex (70,000) from the previous slot, while the Launch Party managed just 28,000. The RuPaul spin-off will air for the next 10 weeks and comes off the back of the huge success of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, which has aired for three seasons and is widely recognized to be BBC Three’s most popular non-scripted show.
ITV Studios Promotes Richard Cowles
Love Island and I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! co-creator Richard Cowles...
- 2/2/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman, Max Goldbart and Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Tom Arnold, Michael Madsen, Lorenzo McGovern Zaini, Mia McGovern Zaini, Douglas Dean, Gabriele Greggio, Katie McGovern, Esmeralda Spadea, Mark Thompson-Ashworth | Written by Mario Bellino, Ferdinando Dell’Omo, Andrea Fazzini, Andrea Iervolino | Directed by Francesco Cinquemani
A Christmas heist movie? Two burglars try to steal from a house that happens to have a couple of kids there too. You’d be forgiven for thinking you might have seen this all before but Christmas Thieves is nothing at all like Home Alone.
I don’t mean in quality either – I don’t expect any movie, let alone a Christmas movie, to be as great as Home Alone but this movie just goes off in all kinds of directions and is not at all what I expected.
In Christmas Thieves ,Frank (Tom Arnold) and Vince (Michael Madsen) are ready to take presents from houses on Christmas Eve when they happen upon a house...
A Christmas heist movie? Two burglars try to steal from a house that happens to have a couple of kids there too. You’d be forgiven for thinking you might have seen this all before but Christmas Thieves is nothing at all like Home Alone.
I don’t mean in quality either – I don’t expect any movie, let alone a Christmas movie, to be as great as Home Alone but this movie just goes off in all kinds of directions and is not at all what I expected.
In Christmas Thieves ,Frank (Tom Arnold) and Vince (Michael Madsen) are ready to take presents from houses on Christmas Eve when they happen upon a house...
- 11/15/2021
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Exclusive: Redbox Entertainment has picked up North American distribution rights to Muti, the action-thriller starring Oscar winner Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) and Yellowstone star Cole Hauser.
As we first revealed, Muti heralds from writer-director George Gallo (Bad Boys) and producers Iervolino & Lady Bacardi Entertainment (Waiting For The Barbarians). Above is a first look image of the production.
The film follows Detective Boyd (Hauser), who, unable to process the death of his daughter, embarks on the hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles (Freeman), an anthropologist who hides an unspeakable secret. The line between sanity and madness thins as Boyd goes deeper into the killer’s world.
Supporting cast includes Peter Stormare (Fargo) and former NFL player Vernon Davis.
Principal photography recently wrapped in Mississippi and will continue in Italy. The screenplay is written by Bob Bowersox,...
As we first revealed, Muti heralds from writer-director George Gallo (Bad Boys) and producers Iervolino & Lady Bacardi Entertainment (Waiting For The Barbarians). Above is a first look image of the production.
The film follows Detective Boyd (Hauser), who, unable to process the death of his daughter, embarks on the hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles (Freeman), an anthropologist who hides an unspeakable secret. The line between sanity and madness thins as Boyd goes deeper into the killer’s world.
Supporting cast includes Peter Stormare (Fargo) and former NFL player Vernon Davis.
Principal photography recently wrapped in Mississippi and will continue in Italy. The screenplay is written by Bob Bowersox,...
- 9/8/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Morgan Freeman and “Yellowstone’s” Cole Hauser are set to star in an action thriller called “Muti” from director George Gallo.
The feature film follows a detective (Hauser) who is unable to process the death of his daughter and embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who kills based on a brutal tribal ritual known as Muti. He recruits the help of a professor and African anthropologist (Freeman) who hides an unspeakable secret but allows him to go deeper into the killer’s world, which reveals that one man’s insanity is another man’s religion.
The screenplay was written by Bob Bowersox, Jennifer Lemmon, Francesco Cinquemani, Giorgia Iannone, Luca Giliberto and Ferdinando Dell’Omo. “Muti” is based on a story by Joe Lemmon and Francesco Cinquemani.
The film’s producers are Joe Lemmon of Black Diamond Films, Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi and Danielle Maloni of Iervolino & Lady Bacardi Entertainment Spa,...
The feature film follows a detective (Hauser) who is unable to process the death of his daughter and embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who kills based on a brutal tribal ritual known as Muti. He recruits the help of a professor and African anthropologist (Freeman) who hides an unspeakable secret but allows him to go deeper into the killer’s world, which reveals that one man’s insanity is another man’s religion.
The screenplay was written by Bob Bowersox, Jennifer Lemmon, Francesco Cinquemani, Giorgia Iannone, Luca Giliberto and Ferdinando Dell’Omo. “Muti” is based on a story by Joe Lemmon and Francesco Cinquemani.
The film’s producers are Joe Lemmon of Black Diamond Films, Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi and Danielle Maloni of Iervolino & Lady Bacardi Entertainment Spa,...
- 8/17/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Oscar winner Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) and Yellowstone star Cole Hauser have been set to lead action-thriller Muti from writer-director George Gallo (Bad Boys) and producers Iervolino & Lady Bacardi Entertainment (Waiting for the Barbarians).
The film will follow Detective Boyd (Hauser), who, unable to process the death of his daughter, embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles (Freeman), an anthropologist who hides an unspeakable secret. The line between sanity and madness thins as Boyd goes deeper into the killer’s world.
The supporting cast will include Peter Stormare (Fargo) and former NFL tight end-turned-actor Vernon Davis, a Super Bowl winner and two-time Pro Bowler.
Filming is due to take place in Mississippi and Italy. The Exchange will introduce the project to international buyers during TIFF.
The screenplay was written by Bob Bowersox,...
The film will follow Detective Boyd (Hauser), who, unable to process the death of his daughter, embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles (Freeman), an anthropologist who hides an unspeakable secret. The line between sanity and madness thins as Boyd goes deeper into the killer’s world.
The supporting cast will include Peter Stormare (Fargo) and former NFL tight end-turned-actor Vernon Davis, a Super Bowl winner and two-time Pro Bowler.
Filming is due to take place in Mississippi and Italy. The Exchange will introduce the project to international buyers during TIFF.
The screenplay was written by Bob Bowersox,...
- 8/17/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: John Travolta, Morgan Freeman, Robert Patrick, Famke Janssen, Peter Stormare, Brendan Fraser | Written and Directed by Francesco Cinquemani, George Gallo
I honestly don’t have a clue why I do it to myself… It seems like the more left-field the synopsis a movie has but it also deatures actors I’m into, the more I want to check it out. In this case the trailer features John Travolta doing some sort of accent I couldn’t quite place and even more exciting it looked like some sort of noir detective thriller complete with an old school narration. To say I was as giddy as a school girl at this prospect would be an understatement! Then the cast names started dropping: Famke Janssen, Robert Patrick, Peter Stormare, Brendan Fraser and Morgan Freeman. Tell me that’s not an exciting cast.
I really do wish Travolta would find his straight-to-dvd niche sooner rather than later.
I honestly don’t have a clue why I do it to myself… It seems like the more left-field the synopsis a movie has but it also deatures actors I’m into, the more I want to check it out. In this case the trailer features John Travolta doing some sort of accent I couldn’t quite place and even more exciting it looked like some sort of noir detective thriller complete with an old school narration. To say I was as giddy as a school girl at this prospect would be an understatement! Then the cast names started dropping: Famke Janssen, Robert Patrick, Peter Stormare, Brendan Fraser and Morgan Freeman. Tell me that’s not an exciting cast.
I really do wish Travolta would find his straight-to-dvd niche sooner rather than later.
- 1/29/2021
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
Building on their 12-year partnership, Lionsgate and Grindstone Entertainment Group are entering into a new multiyear agreement.
Grindstone, led by President and CEO Barry Brooker and principal Stan Wertlieb, has delivered a slate of star-driven features, prime for today’s fast-growing multiplatform streaming space. The new agreement includes such movies as the action thriller Force of Nature, starring Mel Gibson, Emile Hirsch and Kate Bosworth, the thriller Rogue, starring Transformers’ Megan Fox, the comedy Guest House, starring Pauly Shore, Aimee Teegarden, Mike Castle and Steve-o, and the thriller Hair of the Dog, starring Olympus Has Fallen’s Gerard Butler. During Grindstone’s run with Lionsgate, and counting their future projects, the label has amassed a 500-title catalog. The Grindstone management team of Brooker and Wertlieb have worked together for over 20 years.
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Grindstone, led by President and CEO Barry Brooker and principal Stan Wertlieb, has delivered a slate of star-driven features, prime for today’s fast-growing multiplatform streaming space. The new agreement includes such movies as the action thriller Force of Nature, starring Mel Gibson, Emile Hirsch and Kate Bosworth, the thriller Rogue, starring Transformers’ Megan Fox, the comedy Guest House, starring Pauly Shore, Aimee Teegarden, Mike Castle and Steve-o, and the thriller Hair of the Dog, starring Olympus Has Fallen’s Gerard Butler. During Grindstone’s run with Lionsgate, and counting their future projects, the label has amassed a 500-title catalog. The Grindstone management team of Brooker and Wertlieb have worked together for over 20 years.
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- 4/14/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Robert Patrick is in talks to join Mark Williams’ Liam Neeson-Kate Walsh action thriller feature Honest Thief.
In the film, written by Steve Allrich and Ozark co-creator Williams, career bank robber Tom Carter (Neeson) meets the love of his life in Annie (Kate Walsh), who works at the front desk of a storage facility where he hid $7 million in stolen loot. They fall head over heels, and he resolves to wipe the slate clean by turning himself in. When the case is turned over to a crooked FBI agent, everything becomes far more dangerous and difficult. Patrick will play the FBI agent who sets up the story.
Patrick just completed Netflix’s The Laundromat for Steven Soderbergh and stars in the George Gallo-Luca Giliberto-Francesco Cinquemani-directed noir thriller The Poison Rose. The Terminator: Judgement Day star also headlined 93 episodes on CBS’ Scorpion. Patrick is repped by The Coronel Group,...
In the film, written by Steve Allrich and Ozark co-creator Williams, career bank robber Tom Carter (Neeson) meets the love of his life in Annie (Kate Walsh), who works at the front desk of a storage facility where he hid $7 million in stolen loot. They fall head over heels, and he resolves to wipe the slate clean by turning himself in. When the case is turned over to a crooked FBI agent, everything becomes far more dangerous and difficult. Patrick will play the FBI agent who sets up the story.
Patrick just completed Netflix’s The Laundromat for Steven Soderbergh and stars in the George Gallo-Luca Giliberto-Francesco Cinquemani-directed noir thriller The Poison Rose. The Terminator: Judgement Day star also headlined 93 episodes on CBS’ Scorpion. Patrick is repped by The Coronel Group,...
- 11/26/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Alec Baldwin is the one pulling the strings as a futuristic puppet master in the first clip for Andron – The Black Labyrinth, Francesco Cinquemani’s nutty new sci-fi that’s set for a simultaneous release across VOD and select theaters on June 3.
Arriving to us by way of The Wrap, the snippet introduces moviegoers to Baldwin as the merciless games master, thrusting a group of young adults into a dark and dingy maze with little hope of escape. Evoking the dystopian themes synonymous with tentpole franchises such as The Hunger Games and The Maze Runner, Andron is a much more low-key affair, favoring claustrophobic thrills and spills over lavish CG set-pieces.
Andron is the name of the maze, and outfoxing Baldwin’s power-mongering trickster looks to be the game, with the movie’s official logline revealing that the Ya cast “have no idea how they got there to begin with,...
Arriving to us by way of The Wrap, the snippet introduces moviegoers to Baldwin as the merciless games master, thrusting a group of young adults into a dark and dingy maze with little hope of escape. Evoking the dystopian themes synonymous with tentpole franchises such as The Hunger Games and The Maze Runner, Andron is a much more low-key affair, favoring claustrophobic thrills and spills over lavish CG set-pieces.
Andron is the name of the maze, and outfoxing Baldwin’s power-mongering trickster looks to be the game, with the movie’s official logline revealing that the Ya cast “have no idea how they got there to begin with,...
- 5/27/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
As seen in the exclusive clip above, Alec Baldwin has found himself in the year 2154, playing the master manipulator of a mysterious claustrophobic maze. A group of young adults awakens in the darkness of a meandering labyrinth called Andron. They have no idea how they got there to begin with, and soon find themselves deciphering codes in order to beat the tests put before them in the bizarre, scary environment. In order to survive they must stick together as the outside world watches and wagers on their fate. Directed by Francesco Cinquemani, “Andron” also features Danny Glover and Michelle Ryan...
- 5/26/2016
- by TheWrap Staff
- The Wrap
"All this is Andròn - the quest for the contenders." The first trailer has debuted for an interesting sci-fi film called Andròn - The Black Labyrinth, or just Andron. It's about a dark, claustrophobic maze being run by Alec Baldwin, who broadcasts the fights of the various contenders hoping to survive. This seems like some weird mash-up of Cube and The Hunger Games, with a dose of The Maze Runner because of course. The ensemble cast includes Michelle Ryan, Danny Glover, Leo Howard, Gale Harold, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Gaia Scodellaro and Margareth Madè. There are some cool moments in this (the opening looks great) but I'm not sure if it'll be any good, especially with such a low IMDb rating. Fire it up. Here's the first trailer for Francesco Cinquemani's Andròn - The Black Labyrinth, found on YouTube: A group of people are plunged into a dark, claustrophobic maze, where they must fight to survive,...
- 4/29/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
With the success of "The Hunger Games" and "The Maze Runner" franchises, there's inevitable low-budget films trying to copy that style - one of which is Italian filmmaker Francesco Cinquemani's UK sci-fi film "Andron - The Black Labyrinth". Today, the trailer for it has dropped.
Alec Baldwin is the President Snow of this particular film, one in which a group of people are plunged into a dark, claustrophobic maze, where they must fight to survive as the outside world watches. Michelle Ryan, Danny Glover, Leo Howard, Gale Harold, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Gaia Scodellaro and Margareth Made also star in the film which hasn't set a release date as yet.
Alec Baldwin is the President Snow of this particular film, one in which a group of people are plunged into a dark, claustrophobic maze, where they must fight to survive as the outside world watches. Michelle Ryan, Danny Glover, Leo Howard, Gale Harold, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Gaia Scodellaro and Margareth Made also star in the film which hasn't set a release date as yet.
- 4/29/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Francesco Cinquemani directs Andron, an upcoming sci-fi thriller about a group of folks who wake up in a claustrophobic maze with no memory. The man behind the sinister game? Alec Baldwin!
We brought you the first look at the film at the end of last year, and now we have the first trailer. Andron also Michelle Ryan and Danny Glover. It will see a theatrical release this summer.
Synopsis:
In the year 2154, a group of young men and women awake in a dark claustrophobic maze. They don't remember who they are or how they got stuck in the Black Labyrinth of Andron. The group must learn to decipher codes, understand the signals and beat the tests in this mysterio [Continued ...]...
We brought you the first look at the film at the end of last year, and now we have the first trailer. Andron also Michelle Ryan and Danny Glover. It will see a theatrical release this summer.
Synopsis:
In the year 2154, a group of young men and women awake in a dark claustrophobic maze. They don't remember who they are or how they got stuck in the Black Labyrinth of Andron. The group must learn to decipher codes, understand the signals and beat the tests in this mysterio [Continued ...]...
- 4/8/2016
- QuietEarth.us
Francesco Cinquemani directs this upcoming sci-fi thriller about a group of folks who wake up in a claustrophobic maze with no memory. Starring some big names like Alec Baldwin and Danny Golver, the film is currently in post production.
We've tracked down the first images from the film which include a shot of Baldwin as some sort of high class corporate type (the film's villain perhaps?)
Synopsis:
In the year 2154, a group of young men and women awake in a dark claustrophobic maze. They don't remember who they are or how they got stuck in the Black Labyrinth of Andron. The group must learn to decipher codes, understand the signals and beat the tests in this mysterious and bizarre place. Out of necessity they struggle to form a bond to survive, while the outside world watches [Continued ...]...
We've tracked down the first images from the film which include a shot of Baldwin as some sort of high class corporate type (the film's villain perhaps?)
Synopsis:
In the year 2154, a group of young men and women awake in a dark claustrophobic maze. They don't remember who they are or how they got stuck in the Black Labyrinth of Andron. The group must learn to decipher codes, understand the signals and beat the tests in this mysterious and bizarre place. Out of necessity they struggle to form a bond to survive, while the outside world watches [Continued ...]...
- 9/23/2015
- QuietEarth.us
One of the most notable Hollywood trends of late is the way in which studios have gravitated towards dystopian stories situated within an all-encompassing battle arena. From The Hunger Games to the soon-to-be-released The Maze Runner, it appears as though these productions are channeling a barbaric spectatorship that harkens back to the Roman Empire and the blood-drenched days of the Colosseum.
And the latest project to venture into such a genre is Francesco Cinquemani’s directorial debut, Andron — The Black Labyrinth, which recently added Danny Glover and Alec Baldwin to its cast.
Speaking of the core concept behind the upcoming sci-fi adventure, Andrew Iervolino, Ambi Pictures Group’s producer — the company behind the film — stated that recruiting the likes of Glover and Baldwin only elevate the production to new heights.
“The story of Andron is enough to excite sci-fi fans worldwide but when you add actors like Alec Baldwin and Danny Glover,...
And the latest project to venture into such a genre is Francesco Cinquemani’s directorial debut, Andron — The Black Labyrinth, which recently added Danny Glover and Alec Baldwin to its cast.
Speaking of the core concept behind the upcoming sci-fi adventure, Andrew Iervolino, Ambi Pictures Group’s producer — the company behind the film — stated that recruiting the likes of Glover and Baldwin only elevate the production to new heights.
“The story of Andron is enough to excite sci-fi fans worldwide but when you add actors like Alec Baldwin and Danny Glover,...
- 9/15/2014
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Alec Baldwin and Danny Glover will star in Ambi Pictures Group’s sci-fi from Andrea Iervolino and Lady Monika Bacardi.
Iervolino and Bacardi are financing and producing Andron - The Black Labyrinth and Ambi’s international sales arm Ambi Distribution handles worldwide sales.
Francesco Cinquemani will direct from his screenplay about a group of people plunged into a maze that is being observed by the outside world.
Principal photography will commence this month in Malta in collaboration with the Malta Film Commission and in Italy.
The cast includes Michelle Ryan, Skunk Anansie lead singer Skin, Jon Kortajarena, Gale Harold and Leo Howard.
“The story of Andron is enough to excite sci-fi fans worldwide but when you add actors like Alec Baldwin and Danny Glover, the meter rises even higher and audiences expect something very special, which is what we plan to deliver,” said Iervolino.
“We’re very excited to add this film to our production slate and eager...
Iervolino and Bacardi are financing and producing Andron - The Black Labyrinth and Ambi’s international sales arm Ambi Distribution handles worldwide sales.
Francesco Cinquemani will direct from his screenplay about a group of people plunged into a maze that is being observed by the outside world.
Principal photography will commence this month in Malta in collaboration with the Malta Film Commission and in Italy.
The cast includes Michelle Ryan, Skunk Anansie lead singer Skin, Jon Kortajarena, Gale Harold and Leo Howard.
“The story of Andron is enough to excite sci-fi fans worldwide but when you add actors like Alec Baldwin and Danny Glover, the meter rises even higher and audiences expect something very special, which is what we plan to deliver,” said Iervolino.
“We’re very excited to add this film to our production slate and eager...
- 9/13/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
That's What I'm Talking About
Tyler Hoechlin ("Teen Wolf"), Blake Jenner ("Glee") and Wyatt Russell ("22 Jump Street") have reportedly been offered the leading roles in "Boyhood" director Richard Linklater's baseball-themed next film "That’s What I’m Talking About".
Set in 1980, the story follows a college freshman who moves into the baseball house at his college and experiences a fraternity like lifestyle with his hard partying teammates. Each of the trio has an offer to play one of the lead baseball players in the film which is said to have the same tone as Linklater's classic "Dazed and Confused". [Source: Deadline]
Andron - The Black Labyrinth
Alec Baldwin and Danny Glover have joined the cast of Francesco Cinquemani's sci-fi/action film "Andron - The Black Labyrinth" for Ambi Pictures. Michelle Ryan, Jon Kortajarena, Gale Harold and Leo Howard also star. Filming begins this month in Malta.
The story follows a...
Tyler Hoechlin ("Teen Wolf"), Blake Jenner ("Glee") and Wyatt Russell ("22 Jump Street") have reportedly been offered the leading roles in "Boyhood" director Richard Linklater's baseball-themed next film "That’s What I’m Talking About".
Set in 1980, the story follows a college freshman who moves into the baseball house at his college and experiences a fraternity like lifestyle with his hard partying teammates. Each of the trio has an offer to play one of the lead baseball players in the film which is said to have the same tone as Linklater's classic "Dazed and Confused". [Source: Deadline]
Andron - The Black Labyrinth
Alec Baldwin and Danny Glover have joined the cast of Francesco Cinquemani's sci-fi/action film "Andron - The Black Labyrinth" for Ambi Pictures. Michelle Ryan, Jon Kortajarena, Gale Harold and Leo Howard also star. Filming begins this month in Malta.
The story follows a...
- 9/13/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Alec Baldwin and Danny Glover are both set to star in sci-fi flick Andron.
The Hollywood Reporter says the duo have agreed to headline the cast of a sci-fi movie about a group of young men and women who awake in a dark, claustrophobic maze without knowing who they are or how they got there.
Andron will also star Michelle Ryan, Jon Kortajarena and punk singer Skin.
The film is to be directed by Francesco Cinquemani, in what will be his debut feature. He is also the writer of the project.
Principal photography for the movie is set to begin later this month in Malta, before moving on to Italy.
Baldwin is best known for his Emmy winning performance in 30 Rock, while Glover shot to fame as Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon series alongside Mel Gibson.
Watch the trailer below for Rage, which co-stars Glover:...
The Hollywood Reporter says the duo have agreed to headline the cast of a sci-fi movie about a group of young men and women who awake in a dark, claustrophobic maze without knowing who they are or how they got there.
Andron will also star Michelle Ryan, Jon Kortajarena and punk singer Skin.
The film is to be directed by Francesco Cinquemani, in what will be his debut feature. He is also the writer of the project.
Principal photography for the movie is set to begin later this month in Malta, before moving on to Italy.
Baldwin is best known for his Emmy winning performance in 30 Rock, while Glover shot to fame as Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon series alongside Mel Gibson.
Watch the trailer below for Rage, which co-stars Glover:...
- 9/13/2014
- Digital Spy
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