Exclusive: Legendary British actor Stephen Fry has boarded Netflix’s The F**k it Bucket from The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures, joining a clutch of highly-rated newcomers including lead Sophie Wilde (You Don’t Know Me) and Boiling Point’s Lauryn Ajufo.
Fry will play the role of Mia Polanco (Wilde)’s doctor, Dr Nell, in his latest Netflix show, having appeared as Headmaster Barnes in hit young adult drama Heartstopper and Gilbert in Neil Gaiman’s upcoming The Sandman.
Unveiled on a UK slate last year, The F**k it Bucket is Netflix’s latest big UK young adult bet, following on from the critical and commercial success of Heartstopper.
Newcomer Ripley Parker’s show follows a 17-year-old Londoner who is released from hospital after a lengthy battle with anorexia nervosa. She is thrust back into the chaotic world of sixth form, only to find that her friends have...
Fry will play the role of Mia Polanco (Wilde)’s doctor, Dr Nell, in his latest Netflix show, having appeared as Headmaster Barnes in hit young adult drama Heartstopper and Gilbert in Neil Gaiman’s upcoming The Sandman.
Unveiled on a UK slate last year, The F**k it Bucket is Netflix’s latest big UK young adult bet, following on from the critical and commercial success of Heartstopper.
Newcomer Ripley Parker’s show follows a 17-year-old Londoner who is released from hospital after a lengthy battle with anorexia nervosa. She is thrust back into the chaotic world of sixth form, only to find that her friends have...
- 8/4/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Former Orange Is the New Black star Taylor Schilling is back with The Gersh Agency for representation.
Schilling starred on all seven seasons of Netflix’s critically praised series Orange is the New Black, earning Emmy and Golden nominations for her role as Piper Chapman.
She was most recently seen alongside Peter Mooney and Colm Feore in horror thriller The Prodigy directed by Nicholas McCarthy. in the film, Schilling stars as Sarah, whose young son Miles’ (Jackson Robert Scott) is exhibiting disturbing behavior signals that an evil, possibly supernatural force has overtaken him. She also recently starred in dark comedy Phil, Greg Kinnear’s feature directorial debut.
Other recent film credits include comedy Family, directed and written by Laura Steinel, and Emilio Estevez’s The Public.
Schilling was previously with Wme.
Schilling starred on all seven seasons of Netflix’s critically praised series Orange is the New Black, earning Emmy and Golden nominations for her role as Piper Chapman.
She was most recently seen alongside Peter Mooney and Colm Feore in horror thriller The Prodigy directed by Nicholas McCarthy. in the film, Schilling stars as Sarah, whose young son Miles’ (Jackson Robert Scott) is exhibiting disturbing behavior signals that an evil, possibly supernatural force has overtaken him. She also recently starred in dark comedy Phil, Greg Kinnear’s feature directorial debut.
Other recent film credits include comedy Family, directed and written by Laura Steinel, and Emilio Estevez’s The Public.
Schilling was previously with Wme.
- 5/29/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Taylor Schilling, Kate McKinnon, Bryn Vale, Fabrizio Zacharee Guido, Allison Tolman, Brian Tyree Henry, Matt Walsh, Eric Edelstein, Peter Horton, Jessie Ennis, Karan Kendrick, Juan Gaspard | Written and Directed by Laura Steinel
I was drawn to 2018′s Family initially by the lead-casting of Taylor Schilling, mainly because of how much I liked her throughout the seasons of Orange is the New Black. I also found an appeal in the synopsis, which sounded fresh, interesting and fun. Who doesn’t dig that kind of thing? As for the brief idea here, we follow Kate (Schilling), a Senior V.P who is very focused on her career, but when her estranged brother asks her, last-minute, to babysit her niece Maddie, she reluctantly helps out and see’s her life becomes a chaotic one in the process. Oh, and there’s Juggalo’s too. Yep.
Directed and written by Laura Steinel, her feature debut,...
I was drawn to 2018′s Family initially by the lead-casting of Taylor Schilling, mainly because of how much I liked her throughout the seasons of Orange is the New Black. I also found an appeal in the synopsis, which sounded fresh, interesting and fun. Who doesn’t dig that kind of thing? As for the brief idea here, we follow Kate (Schilling), a Senior V.P who is very focused on her career, but when her estranged brother asks her, last-minute, to babysit her niece Maddie, she reluctantly helps out and see’s her life becomes a chaotic one in the process. Oh, and there’s Juggalo’s too. Yep.
Directed and written by Laura Steinel, her feature debut,...
- 10/8/2019
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
Cannes 2018 crime-dramedy Under The Silver Lake by David Robert Mitchell came out on top among the weekend’s crowded roster of specialty newcomers, which mostly had slow launches. The A24 title had a long journey to its theatrical release. The title, which stars Andrew Garfield and Riley Keough, grossed $40,157 in two locations over the Easter and Passover holiday weekend, averaging $20,079, the highest per theater average among releases as of Sunday morning.
IFC Films’ Red Joan was the only other limited release starter to have a per theater average with five figures. Starring Dame Judi Dench as Joan Stanley, the Kgb’s longest-serving British spy, the feature grossed $40,631 in four locations, averaging $10,158. The company said Sunday it is expecting to “see a nice bump today from matinee audiences” who are fans of Dench. Red Joan will expand to the top five markets next weekend including Chicago, San Francisco, D.C. and...
IFC Films’ Red Joan was the only other limited release starter to have a per theater average with five figures. Starring Dame Judi Dench as Joan Stanley, the Kgb’s longest-serving British spy, the feature grossed $40,631 in four locations, averaging $10,158. The company said Sunday it is expecting to “see a nice bump today from matinee audiences” who are fans of Dench. Red Joan will expand to the top five markets next weekend including Chicago, San Francisco, D.C. and...
- 4/21/2019
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
Comedies, docs and a Bollywood title are among the Easter and Passover weekend’s packed roster of new specialty releases. The heavy number of limited openers comes just ahead of next weekend’s rollout of Avengers: Endgame, which will mark mostly a pause for new specialties. Terry Gilliam’s long-awaited The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, starring Adam Driver and Jonathan Pryce, begins its regular theatrical run following a one-night showing in hundreds of locations around the country last week. The Film Arcade is bowing fellow comedy Family, starring Taylor Schilling and directed by feature first-timer Laura Steinel. Counterprogramming the religious holiday weekend, Magnolia is opening Sundance doc Hail Satan? with an exclusive New York run before heading to L.A. next weekend. Zeitgeist Films/Kino Lorber is launching doc Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché by Pamela B. Green and narrated by Jodie Foster exclusively in L.
- 4/19/2019
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
The Film Arcade has released the trailer for “Family,” writer-director Laura Steinel’s comedy starring Taylor Schilling as a workaholic whose unexpected week of niece-sitting naturally ends at the Gathering of the Juggalos. The “Orange Is the New Black” star isn’t the only one immersing herself in the music and culture of Insane Clown Posse, as newcomer Bryn Vale dons black-and-white face paint. Watch the trailer below.
Here’s the synopsis: “Kate Stone (Taylor Schilling) is career-focused, and enjoys her life that way. Her brash attitude keeps relationships at arm’s length, making her an outcast in her own right. When her estranged brother calls asking her to babysit her tween niece Maddie, Kate reluctantly agrees to help. But babysitting overnight unexpectedly turns into a week, and Kate’s life spins into chaos. As Maddie reveals stories of being bullied and of wanting to run away and be a Juggalo,...
Here’s the synopsis: “Kate Stone (Taylor Schilling) is career-focused, and enjoys her life that way. Her brash attitude keeps relationships at arm’s length, making her an outcast in her own right. When her estranged brother calls asking her to babysit her tween niece Maddie, Kate reluctantly agrees to help. But babysitting overnight unexpectedly turns into a week, and Kate’s life spins into chaos. As Maddie reveals stories of being bullied and of wanting to run away and be a Juggalo,...
- 3/16/2019
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
"I don't want your money, Kate, I want a sister!" The Film Arcade has released the first official trailer for an indie comedy titled Family, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival last year. The film is the feature debut of writer Laura Steinel, telling a story about a young woman who reluctantly babysits her brother's very weird, bullied tween daughter, only to discover she's into the juggalo community and planning to sneak away to an Insane Clown Posse concert. Taylor Schilling stars as the self-absorbed workaholic sister, and the cast includes Bryn Vale, Kate McKinnon, Brian Tyree Henry, Eric Edelstein, Allison Tolman, Jessie Ennis, and Matt Walsh. Family is, of course, a film about learning that "family can be found in all different forms" and features a "delightful and layered comedic performance" from Schilling. Enjoy this one. Here's the first official trailer for Laura Steinel's Family, direct from The...
- 3/15/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The Film Arcade has acquired U.S. rights to Family, the comedy written and directed by Laura Steinel and starring Taylor Schilling that world premiered earlier this year at SXSW. Brian Tyree Henry, Jessie Ennis, Kate McKinnon and newcomer Bryn Vale also star in the pic, which now will get a spring 2019 theatrical release.
Schilling plays a workaholic hedge fund exec who must save her 12-year-old niece (Vale) who runs away to become a “juggalo” — a superfan of the group Insane Clown Posse. Matt Walsh, Allison Tolman and Eric Edelstein co-star. Annapurna’s Sue Naegle and Kit Giordano are producers, and Steinel, Dan Kaplow, Schilling and Jeremy Garelick are executive producers.
UTA, which reps Steinel, negotiated the deal for the filmmakers with The Law Offices of Greg S. Bernstein on behalf of The Film Arcade.
Schilling plays a workaholic hedge fund exec who must save her 12-year-old niece (Vale) who runs away to become a “juggalo” — a superfan of the group Insane Clown Posse. Matt Walsh, Allison Tolman and Eric Edelstein co-star. Annapurna’s Sue Naegle and Kit Giordano are producers, and Steinel, Dan Kaplow, Schilling and Jeremy Garelick are executive producers.
UTA, which reps Steinel, negotiated the deal for the filmmakers with The Law Offices of Greg S. Bernstein on behalf of The Film Arcade.
- 9/12/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Film Arcade has taken U.S. rights to Family, a comedy starring Orange Is the New Black's Taylor Schilling.
Laura Steinel, who was a staff writer on Amazon comedy Red Oaks, wrote and directed the feature that premiered in March at SXSW.
Family follows an emotionally stunted aunt (Schilling) tasked with watching her 12-year-old niece who finds her life unfurling when the girl runs away to become a Juggalo, a super-fan of the group Insane Clown Posse.
Brian Tyree Henry, Jessie Ennis and Matt Walsh also star, along with Allison Tolman, Eric Edelstein and newcomer Bryn Vale.
Annapurna’s Sue Naegle produced the pic ...
Laura Steinel, who was a staff writer on Amazon comedy Red Oaks, wrote and directed the feature that premiered in March at SXSW.
Family follows an emotionally stunted aunt (Schilling) tasked with watching her 12-year-old niece who finds her life unfurling when the girl runs away to become a Juggalo, a super-fan of the group Insane Clown Posse.
Brian Tyree Henry, Jessie Ennis and Matt Walsh also star, along with Allison Tolman, Eric Edelstein and newcomer Bryn Vale.
Annapurna’s Sue Naegle produced the pic ...
- 9/12/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film Arcade has taken U.S. rights to Family, a comedy starring Orange Is the New Black's Taylor Schilling.
Laura Steinel, who was a staff writer on Amazon comedy Red Oaks, wrote and directed the feature that premiered in March at SXSW.
Family follows an emotionally stunted aunt (Schilling) tasked with watching her 12-year-old niece who finds her life unfurling when the girl runs away to become a Juggalo, a super-fan of the group Insane Clown Posse.
Brian Tyree Henry, Jessie Ennis and Matt Walsh also star, along with Allison Tolman, Eric Edelstein and newcomer Bryn Vale.
Annapurna’s Sue Naegle produced the pic ...
Laura Steinel, who was a staff writer on Amazon comedy Red Oaks, wrote and directed the feature that premiered in March at SXSW.
Family follows an emotionally stunted aunt (Schilling) tasked with watching her 12-year-old niece who finds her life unfurling when the girl runs away to become a Juggalo, a super-fan of the group Insane Clown Posse.
Brian Tyree Henry, Jessie Ennis and Matt Walsh also star, along with Allison Tolman, Eric Edelstein and newcomer Bryn Vale.
Annapurna’s Sue Naegle produced the pic ...
- 9/12/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Rooftop Films released the first round of titles screening in its popular summer series, including Robert Pattinson in David and Nathan Zellner’s “Damsel,” which will make its New York premiere in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood cemetery. The series features a slew of the year’s most highly-anticipated festival favorites, including Bart Layton’s “American Animals,” and Crystal Moselle’s “Skate Kitchen,” and a sneak preview of Carlos López Estrada’s “Blindspotting,” starring “Hamilton” actor Daveed Diggs.
“Rooftop Films is famous for creating fun, custom-curated, large-scale events that augment the
experience of watching our favorite new films,” said Dan Nuxoll, Artistic Director of Rooftop Films. “This year we have put extra effort into adding exciting components to every event, including a performance from the vivacious Arkansas drag queens from Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher’s ‘The Gospel of Eureka.'”
Rooftop is introducing two new venues this year: Brooklyn Army Terminal and Green-Wood Cemetery,...
“Rooftop Films is famous for creating fun, custom-curated, large-scale events that augment the
experience of watching our favorite new films,” said Dan Nuxoll, Artistic Director of Rooftop Films. “This year we have put extra effort into adding exciting components to every event, including a performance from the vivacious Arkansas drag queens from Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher’s ‘The Gospel of Eureka.'”
Rooftop is introducing two new venues this year: Brooklyn Army Terminal and Green-Wood Cemetery,...
- 4/30/2018
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Family debuted at SXSW last week and it's a funny, honest, and refreshing film centered around strong leading ladies. It serves as a reminder that women can own a film too and it doesn't have to be one of those boring romcoms. We sat down with some of the cast along with writer/director Laura Steinel to discuss the film.
Kate (played by Taylor Schilling) is a businesswoman in New York married to her career. When her brother (played by Eric Edelstein) begs her to watch her niece, Maddie (played by Bryn Vale) because his wife (played by Allison Tolman)'s mother is ill – she drags her feet but eventually agrees. Though, while under Kate's supervision, Maddie befriends a bunch of Juggalos and Kate has to struggle with kind of saving her from those “wrong side of the tracks” type people. The film eventually becomes a dual coming of age...
Kate (played by Taylor Schilling) is a businesswoman in New York married to her career. When her brother (played by Eric Edelstein) begs her to watch her niece, Maddie (played by Bryn Vale) because his wife (played by Allison Tolman)'s mother is ill – she drags her feet but eventually agrees. Though, while under Kate's supervision, Maddie befriends a bunch of Juggalos and Kate has to struggle with kind of saving her from those “wrong side of the tracks” type people. The film eventually becomes a dual coming of age...
- 3/19/2018
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Kelly McInerney)
- Cinelinx
Kate Stone (Taylor Schilling) has spent her whole life chasing boring leads in a bland office job, can’t stand her other people, and has such an estranged relationship with her brother (Eric Edelstein) that she barely realizes he has an adolescent daughter Maddie (Bryn Vale) — until, one day, he begs her to babysit the girl for a few days while her parents are away. So begins the formula of “Family,” writer-director Laura Steinel’s amiable debut, which belongs to that familiar tradition of commercial storytelling that finds an unhappy woman discovering a better path in connecting with others. You’ve probably seen a version of this movie before, just not with all the Juggalos.
That’s right, Juggalos: those hard-partying anarchists in clown makeup who gather each year for raucous debauchery with carnivalesque glee. “Family” begins with Kate stumbling through that affair, looking terrified and out of place, setting...
That’s right, Juggalos: those hard-partying anarchists in clown makeup who gather each year for raucous debauchery with carnivalesque glee. “Family” begins with Kate stumbling through that affair, looking terrified and out of place, setting...
- 3/15/2018
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
A self-improvement-through-childcare comedy exposing the hitherto unknown potential of the Insane Clown Posse to enable young girls' emotional growth, Laura Steinel's Family introduces an 11-year-old girl ready to run off and join the Juggalos. Playing the career-minded jerk stuck temporarily with caring for the kid, Taylor Schilling colors within the lines of the Bad Fill-in-the-Blank misbehavior genre, with a performance that is less debauched than self-centered to the point of criminal negligence. Enjoyable despite its familiarity, the pic has commercial appeal well beyond the Faygo-guzzling demographic.
Schilling's Kate is her workplace's requisite pariah — the one who says what she thinks...
Schilling's Kate is her workplace's requisite pariah — the one who says what she thinks...
- 3/13/2018
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“I think I wanted to make a movie for women to be able to be rougher characters than they're usually given opportunities to play,” writer/director Laura Steinel told Deadline yesterday out of SXSW, of her latest directorial effort, Family. “That was my first goal, just to make a character that was a little bit more abrasive and not your typical female character.” Starring Taylor Schilling, Bryn Vale, Allison Tolman, Eric Edelstein, Jessie Ennis and Blair Beeken, the…...
- 3/12/2018
- Deadline
Cowboy Ninja Viking: Michelle MacLaren (Game of Thrones; The Deuce, above) will direct Cowboy Ninja Viking. Chris Pratt will star as an assassin with a multiple-personality disorder in the big-screen adaptation of a comic book series created by A.J. Lieberman and Riley Rossmo. It's scheduled for theatrical release on June 28, 2019. [Deadline] SXSW: This year's South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) will kick off on March 9; A Quiet Place, a thriller starring Emily Blunt (above) and directed by John Krasinski, will be the opening night presentation. Eight of the ten features in the Narrative Feature Competition were directed or codirected by women, including Laura Steinel's Family, starring Taylor Schilling (Orange Is the New Black). Also on offer: an...
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- 2/1/2018
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
With Sundance 2018 wrapped up, the next major American festival is South by Southwest Film Festival and today they’ve announced their lineup. Opening with John Krasinski’s horror film A Quiet Place, it also includes some of our most-anticipated films of the year: Jody Hill’s Observe & Report follow-up The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter (which Netflix has announced they’ll release), Andrew Bujalski’s Support the Girls, and Julia Hart’s Miss Stevens follow-up, the sci-fi film Fast Color (pictured above) starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
Check out the lineup below for the festival that takes place March 9-18 in Austin. It also includes many Sundance 2018 titles, and you can see our reviews of those here.
Narrative Feature Competition
Ten world premieres; ten unique ways to celebrate the art of storytelling. Selected from 1,408 narrative feature submissions in 2018.
Family
Director/Screenwriter: Laura Steinel
When an emotionally stunted 30 year-old woman is tasked...
Check out the lineup below for the festival that takes place March 9-18 in Austin. It also includes many Sundance 2018 titles, and you can see our reviews of those here.
Narrative Feature Competition
Ten world premieres; ten unique ways to celebrate the art of storytelling. Selected from 1,408 narrative feature submissions in 2018.
Family
Director/Screenwriter: Laura Steinel
When an emotionally stunted 30 year-old woman is tasked...
- 2/1/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
"If they hear you, they hunt you." Before it's released in theaters this April, John Krasinski's new post-apocalyptic movie A Quiet Place will have its world premiere as the opening night movie at South by Southwest.
Set in a post-apocalyptic world that's been ravaged by monsters attracted by sound, A Quiet Place was directed and co-written by John Krasinski, who also co-stars alongside Emily Blunt, Noah Jupe, and Millicent Simmonds.
Part of the Headliners screening slate, A Quiet Place will make its world premiere on March 9th ahead of the film's April 6th theatrical release from Paramount Pictures. This marks the third feature film behind the camera for Krasinski, who directed Brief Interviews with Hideous Men and The Hollars, as well as three episodes of The Office, on which he played the iconic character of Jim Halpert.
Other genre movies screening at SXSW, including the Midnighters slate, will be announced on February 7th,...
Set in a post-apocalyptic world that's been ravaged by monsters attracted by sound, A Quiet Place was directed and co-written by John Krasinski, who also co-stars alongside Emily Blunt, Noah Jupe, and Millicent Simmonds.
Part of the Headliners screening slate, A Quiet Place will make its world premiere on March 9th ahead of the film's April 6th theatrical release from Paramount Pictures. This marks the third feature film behind the camera for Krasinski, who directed Brief Interviews with Hideous Men and The Hollars, as well as three episodes of The Office, on which he played the iconic character of Jim Halpert.
Other genre movies screening at SXSW, including the Midnighters slate, will be announced on February 7th,...
- 1/31/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The 2018 SXSW Film and TV lineups have landed, and Austin’s programming of new films and TV shows looks like nothing else out there. As the film section enters its 25th anniversary and the festival’s top programmer Janet Pierson enters her 10th, SXSW remains a distinctive presence on the festival circuit, one that speaks to an ever-changing media landscape and the variability of filmmaking outside of Hollywood. Here are some of the standouts from the announcement.
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Daryl Hannah Made an Experimental Western With Willie Nelson
As calls for supporting women filmmakers continue to dominate the industry, SXSW’s program provides a compelling response. Its 10-movie narrative competition is dominated by eight women directors, varying wildly in age and experience. These include first-time director Hannah Marks, who co-directed the drama “Shotgun” with Joey Power. Marks...
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Daryl Hannah Made an Experimental Western With Willie Nelson
As calls for supporting women filmmakers continue to dominate the industry, SXSW’s program provides a compelling response. Its 10-movie narrative competition is dominated by eight women directors, varying wildly in age and experience. These include first-time director Hannah Marks, who co-directed the drama “Shotgun” with Joey Power. Marks...
- 1/31/2018
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Jordan Peele’s The Last O.G to screen in Independent Episodic; Timur Bekmambetov’s Profile among SXSW line-up.
Source: Paramount Pictures
SXSW top brass on Wednesday (January 31) said the world premiere of John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place will open the 25th edition of the festival, which runs in Austin, Texas, from March 9-18.
Krasinski directed and stars in horror-thriller A Quiet Place alongside his wife Emily Blunt in the tale of an isolated family living in silence for fear of attack by an unknown force than tracks sound. Platinum Dunes produced the feature, which opens in the Us through on April 6 through Paramount.
SXSW launches the inaugural Independent Episodic section this year, an expansion on the Episodic section launched in 2014. Overall, the festival will screen 132 features, with additional titles to be announced.
The full line-up will include 44 films from first-time filmmakers, 86 world premieres, 11 North American premieres and five Us premieres. The films were culled...
Source: Paramount Pictures
SXSW top brass on Wednesday (January 31) said the world premiere of John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place will open the 25th edition of the festival, which runs in Austin, Texas, from March 9-18.
Krasinski directed and stars in horror-thriller A Quiet Place alongside his wife Emily Blunt in the tale of an isolated family living in silence for fear of attack by an unknown force than tracks sound. Platinum Dunes produced the feature, which opens in the Us through on April 6 through Paramount.
SXSW launches the inaugural Independent Episodic section this year, an expansion on the Episodic section launched in 2014. Overall, the festival will screen 132 features, with additional titles to be announced.
The full line-up will include 44 films from first-time filmmakers, 86 world premieres, 11 North American premieres and five Us premieres. The films were culled...
- 1/31/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The SXSW Conference and Festivals has announced its features lineup and opening night film, plus a selection of episodic titles for the 25th edition of the Film Festival, running this March in Austin, Texas. This year’s festival will open with John Krasinski’s Paramount-produced “A Quiet Place,” playing as part of the festival’s Headliners section. Elsewhere, the film lineup is stacked with a number of offerings from female filmmakers, including its Narrative Feature Competition, which includes eight films (out of ten) directed or co-directed by women, from Megan Griffiths’ “Sadie” to Stacy Cochran’s “Write When You Get Work.”
Other sections of the festival also include a heavily female bent, including three films in the Headliners section (which currently includes five titles), and the Narrative Spotlight section, which includes new films from Lynn Shelton, Miranda Bailey, Julia Hart, and Suzi Yoonessi. Those titles are joined by a slew of other SXSW regulars,...
Other sections of the festival also include a heavily female bent, including three films in the Headliners section (which currently includes five titles), and the Narrative Spotlight section, which includes new films from Lynn Shelton, Miranda Bailey, Julia Hart, and Suzi Yoonessi. Those titles are joined by a slew of other SXSW regulars,...
- 1/31/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Exclusive: SNL‘s Kate McKinnon, Allison Tolman, Matt Walsh, Jessie Ennis, Bryn Vale, and FX’s Atlanta star Brian Tyree Henry have boarded first-time director Laura Steinel’s indie comedy Fam-i-ly, joining previously announced star Taylor Schilling (Orange Is The New Black). Steinel wrote the screenplay, which follows an awkward 13-year-old Maddie (Vale) who tries to run away from home to become a Juggalo, and the emotionally-stunted Aunt Kate (Schilling) who is tasked…...
- 4/28/2017
- Deadline
Taylor Schilling has closed a deal to star in the indie Fam-i-ly, the directorial debut of writer Laura Steinel, perhaps best known for her work on Amazon comedy Red Oaks.
Sue Naegle and Jeremy Garelick are producing.
The script, which was written by Steinel, centers on the relationship between an emotionally stunted aunt (Schilling) and her 13-year-old niece, who wants nothing more than to run away from home and become a juggalo. A juggalo is a term used for extreme fans of a subset of hip-hop who have developed their own social group and lingo. (Yes, it's a real thing.)
Steinel is carving...
Sue Naegle and Jeremy Garelick are producing.
The script, which was written by Steinel, centers on the relationship between an emotionally stunted aunt (Schilling) and her 13-year-old niece, who wants nothing more than to run away from home and become a juggalo. A juggalo is a term used for extreme fans of a subset of hip-hop who have developed their own social group and lingo. (Yes, it's a real thing.)
Steinel is carving...
- 1/4/2017
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s November – a time for Thanksgiving, feasts, and the presence of relatives. If you have some time off (or are trying to grab some much-needed alone time), here is a list of films opening throughout the coming weeks, separated into categories of wide and limited runs. (Synopses are provided by festivals and distributors.)
Each week we will have more updates and information, so be sure to keep coming back. You can also check our calendar page, which has releases for the rest of the year. Eat well and keep watching!
Week of November 4 Wide
Trolls
Director: Mike Mitchell, Walt Dohrn
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Christine Baranski, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Gwen Stefani, Icona Pop, James Corden, Jeffrey Tambor, John Cleese, Justin Timberlake, Kunal Nayyar, Quvenzhané Wallis, Ron Funches, Russell Brand, Zooey Deschanel
Synopsis: After the Bergens invade Troll Village, Poppy, the happiest Troll ever born, and the overly-cautious curmudgeonly Branch set off...
Each week we will have more updates and information, so be sure to keep coming back. You can also check our calendar page, which has releases for the rest of the year. Eat well and keep watching!
Week of November 4 Wide
Trolls
Director: Mike Mitchell, Walt Dohrn
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Christine Baranski, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Gwen Stefani, Icona Pop, James Corden, Jeffrey Tambor, John Cleese, Justin Timberlake, Kunal Nayyar, Quvenzhané Wallis, Ron Funches, Russell Brand, Zooey Deschanel
Synopsis: After the Bergens invade Troll Village, Poppy, the happiest Troll ever born, and the overly-cautious curmudgeonly Branch set off...
- 11/4/2016
- by Zipporah Smith
- Indiewire
20th Century Fox has beaten out multiple studios to score Laura Steinel's female-driven comedy spec script "Women in Business".
The story centers on two competitive women who are sent on a business trip to Canada. There, they hire a third woman off Craigslist to act as their intern, which derails their trip.
Emma Stone, "Ghostbusters" reboot star Kate McKinnon and "22 Jump Street" break out actress Jillian Bell will play the trio while Jake Szymanski ("Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates") is slated to direct and Gloria Sanchez will produce.
Source: THR...
The story centers on two competitive women who are sent on a business trip to Canada. There, they hire a third woman off Craigslist to act as their intern, which derails their trip.
Emma Stone, "Ghostbusters" reboot star Kate McKinnon and "22 Jump Street" break out actress Jillian Bell will play the trio while Jake Szymanski ("Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates") is slated to direct and Gloria Sanchez will produce.
Source: THR...
- 4/22/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
In one of the best episodes of "The Office," Michael Scott goes to Canada on a business trip, joined by Andy and Oscar, where he experiences the exotic customs and traditions of Winnipeg. And the brewing comedy "Women In Business" sounds like a riff on that idea. Emma Stone, Kate McKinnon and Jillian Bell are attached to star in the picture that follows two competitive businesswomen who head to Canada on a business trip, only to find it derailed by an intern they hire off Craigslist. The project comes from the pen of Laura Steinel (Amazon's "Red Oaks"), and has Jake Szymanski ("7 Days In Hell," "Mike And Dave Need Wedding Dates") attached to direct. With that trio of comedic star power, the movie sounds like it has "big hit" written all over it. Indeed, "Women In Business" saw various studios battling over it, but 20th Century Fox emerged victorious. [THR]...
- 4/22/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Emma Stone is attached to star in the upcoming comedy, “Women in Business,” TheWrap has learned. Twentieth Century Fox just acquired the script, written by relative newcomer Laura Steinel. Her credits include Amazon’s “Red Oaks,” and she is in hot demand. Steinel has also signed on to write workplace comedy pilot “Hr” for Fox, starring Judy Greer and Patton Oswalt, along with the comedy “Fa-mil-y,” starring Taylor Schilling. Kate McKinnon and Jillian Bell are also attached as the leads in “Women in Business,” and Jake Szymanski, of “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates,” is attached as director. Also Read: Emma Stone to Play JFK's.
- 4/21/2016
- by Meriah Doty
- The Wrap
After a fierce bidding war between studios, Fox has won the rights to Laura Steinel’s female-driven workplace comedy Women in Business. The film already has its leads, as well, with Emma Stone, Kate McKinnon, and Jillian Bell set to co-star in the comedy.
In addition to casting, the studio has hired Jake Szymanski – director of the upcoming film Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates – to helm the project. The movie will focus on a pair of competitive women who go on a business trip to Canada, where they peruse Craigslist to hire a third woman as their put-upon intern. Shenanigans will most definitely ensue.
Although the cast and crew is quickly assembling, there was no word given on an estimated debut for the new comedy. The cast is undoubtedly busy – McKinnon is starring in the upcoming Ghostbusters reboot, and Szymanski’s Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates has just...
In addition to casting, the studio has hired Jake Szymanski – director of the upcoming film Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates – to helm the project. The movie will focus on a pair of competitive women who go on a business trip to Canada, where they peruse Craigslist to hire a third woman as their put-upon intern. Shenanigans will most definitely ensue.
Although the cast and crew is quickly assembling, there was no word given on an estimated debut for the new comedy. The cast is undoubtedly busy – McKinnon is starring in the upcoming Ghostbusters reboot, and Szymanski’s Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates has just...
- 4/21/2016
- by Mitchel Broussard
- We Got This Covered
Esai Morales is set to co-star opposite Judy Greer and Patton Oswalt in Fox's untitled Laura Steinel comedy pilot (aka Hr). The project, from 20th Century Fox TV, centers on Jane (Greer), the overused and underappreciated head of Human Resources for a plastics molding plant, who is caught between trying to manage her charmingly incompetent Hr department and an eccentric new CEO Sam (Oswalt), who dreams of bringing the New Jersey plastics plant into the future. Morales…...
- 3/21/2016
- Deadline TV
Veronica Osorio (Hail Caesar!) and newcomer Lateefah Holder are set as series regulars opposite Judy Greer in Fox’s untitled Laura Steinel comedy pilot (aka Hr). The project, from 20th Century Fox TV, centers around Jane (Greer), the over-used and under-appreciated head of H.R. for a plastic molding plant, who is caught between trying to manage her charmingly incompetent human resources department and a new eccentric CEO who dreams of bringing the New Jersey plastics…...
- 3/19/2016
- Deadline TV
Patton Oswalt has joined Judy Greer in Fox’s untitled sitcom from Laura Steinel. The show is a half-hour workplace comedy that centers around Jane, who is caught between trying to manage her charmingly incompetent human resources department and a new eccentric CEO who dreams of bringing the New Jersey plastics plant into the future. Jeff Schaffer is directing the pilot. Sue Naegle is producing. Also Read: Judy Greer, Kathryn Hahn to Host Zimmer Children's Museum Discovery Awards Oswalt narrates ABC’s “The Goldbergs” and also recently recurred on “Veep” and “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” He is represented by UTA and Generate.
- 3/12/2016
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
Actor-comedian Patton Oswalt is set as the male lead opposite Judy Greer in Fox's untitled Laura Steinel comedy pilot (aka Hr). The project, from 20th Century Fox TV, centers on Jane (Greer), the overused and underappreciated head of Human Resources for a plastics molding plant, who is caught between trying to manage her charmingly incompetent Hr department and an eccentric new CEO Sam (Oswalt), who dreams of bringing the New Jersey plastics plant into the future. Sam…...
- 3/12/2016
- Deadline TV
Milana Vayntrub (Other Space) is set as a series regular opposite Judy Greer in Fox's untitled Laura Steinel comedy pilot (aka Hr). The project, from 20th Century Fox TV, centers around Jane (Greer), the over-used and under-appreciated head of H.R. for a Fox plastic molding plant, who is caught between trying to manage her charmingly incompetent human resources department and a new eccentric CEO who dreams of bringing the New Jersey plastics plant into the future…...
- 3/11/2016
- Deadline TV
Judy Greer is finally carving out a space of her very own, with a comedy pilot for Fox, written by Red Oaks staff writer Laura Steinel. The show is currently untitled, but revolves around a Human Resources department headed by a talented and ambitious woman, played by Greer. This move to a headlining position follows two seasons of the FX series Married, in addition to her ongoing supporting role on the award-winning animated comedy show, Archer, and several high profile appearances in feature film.
In the pilot, Greer will play Jane – an overworked and perennially undervalued Head of Human Resources, who works for a plastic molding plant in New Jersey. When an outlandish, driven new CEO arrives, Jane must contend with plans for fundamental changes in the direction of the company, and all who work within it – all of which makes her job considerably more hellish than it was in the first place.
In the pilot, Greer will play Jane – an overworked and perennially undervalued Head of Human Resources, who works for a plastic molding plant in New Jersey. When an outlandish, driven new CEO arrives, Jane must contend with plans for fundamental changes in the direction of the company, and all who work within it – all of which makes her job considerably more hellish than it was in the first place.
- 2/29/2016
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Judy Greer is set to play the lead in Fox’s untitled Laura Steinel comedy pilot (aka Hr). In addition to starring, Greer will serve as a producer on the single-camera workplace pilot, written by writer-actress Laura Steinel and directed by The League co-creator Jeff Schaffer. The project, from 20th Century Fox TV, centers around Jane (Greer), the over-used and under-appreciated head of H.R. for a plastic molding plant, who is caught between trying to manage her charmingly…...
- 2/26/2016
- Deadline TV
Fox has ordered an untitled single-camera TV show pilot from Laura Steinel. Steinel is a writer on Red Oaks, which was renewed for a second season, back in December. Steinel also acted in the Super Love Hero web series, and is a narrator on Drunk History.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Sue Naegle will executive produce with The League's Jeff Schaffer, who is set to direct. The League's TV series finale aired in December, 2015.
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Per The Hollywood Reporter, Sue Naegle will executive produce with The League's Jeff Schaffer, who is set to direct. The League's TV series finale aired in December, 2015.
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- 2/8/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Fox has given a pilot order to an untitled comedy from “Red Oaks” writer Laura Steinel. The half-hour single-camera comedy centers around Jane, who is caught between trying to manage her charmingly incompetent human resources department and a new eccentric CEO who dreams of bringing the New Jersey plastics plant into the future. Steinel serves as writer and co-executive producer on the pilot from 20th Century Fox Television. Sue Naegle will serve as executive producer for Naegle Ink, and Jeff Schaffer will executive produce and direct. Also read: Fox, Andy Samberg to Launch Saturday Night Sketch Series This marks the...
- 2/5/2016
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Fox has given a pilot order to an untitled single-camera workplace comedy from writer-actress Laura Steinel (Red Oaks). The League co-creator Jeff Schaffer has been tapped to direct. The project, from 20th Century Fox TV, enters around Jane, who is caught between trying to manage her charmingly incompetent human resources department and a new eccentric CEO who dreams of bringing the New Jersey plastics plant into the future. Steinel penned the script in her pilot writing…...
- 2/5/2016
- Deadline TV
Happy Endings creator David Caspe is finding more joy in pilot season.
He has received his third pilot order, this time from Comedy Central, which has signed up for Duty, a single-camera cop comedy to be executive produced by Caspe and written by ex-Happy Endings scribes Matthew Libman and Daniel Libman. There will be a Happy connection onscreen, too: The show follows a former football stud named Kyle (Ugly Americans’ Mike O’Gorman) who returns to his hometown after hitting hard times and joins the police force opposite his childhood best friend, Lonnie (Brooklyn Nine-Nine scribe Gil Ozeri, who...
He has received his third pilot order, this time from Comedy Central, which has signed up for Duty, a single-camera cop comedy to be executive produced by Caspe and written by ex-Happy Endings scribes Matthew Libman and Daniel Libman. There will be a Happy connection onscreen, too: The show follows a former football stud named Kyle (Ugly Americans’ Mike O’Gorman) who returns to his hometown after hitting hard times and joins the police force opposite his childhood best friend, Lonnie (Brooklyn Nine-Nine scribe Gil Ozeri, who...
- 4/2/2014
- by Dan Snierson
- EW - Inside TV
Summit Entertainment and OddLot Entertainment announced today that principal photography of the co-production of Draft Day will start on April 25th. Filming of the dramedy is starting in New York in time to film scenes during the actual 2013 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall. The movie, starring Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner, Ellen Burstyn and Denis Leary, is being directed and produced by Ivan Reitman from a script by Rajiv Joseph and Scott Rothman. The film will also feature Frank Langella, Chadwick Boseman, Terry Crews, Sean Combs, Josh Pence, Rosanna Arquette, Timothy Simons, David Ramsey, Wade Williams, Chi McBride, W. Earl Brown, Brad Henke, Griffin Newman, Kevin Dunn, Patrick St. Esprit, Arian Foster, Christopher Cousins, Pat Healy, Laura Steinel and Wallace Langham. Once...
- 4/24/2013
- Comingsoon.net
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