Star Real Estate Agents Tomer Fridman and Sally Forster Jones Link Up as Jones Fridman International
A new high-powered real estate group has been born. The Sally Forster Jones Group and The Fridman Group, both of Compass, are joining forces as Jones Fridman International. Both groups have storied careers, with a combined $25 billion in sales. And now, a new chapter begins.
“Our partnership story is really one of organic growth,” says The Fridman Group (Tfg) co-founder Tomer Fridman. “Over the years, Sally and I found ourselves collaborating on various high-profile projects not just in Los Angeles but around the country and worldwide. The Richard Meier Rothschild Tower in Tel Aviv was Meier’s acclaimed international residential tower, and particularly pivotal for us. It was during this project that we discovered not only a shared passion for luxury real estate around the globe, but also a shared vision for elevating the standard of service in our industry. That vision really laid the foundation for our partnership.”
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“Our partnership story is really one of organic growth,” says The Fridman Group (Tfg) co-founder Tomer Fridman. “Over the years, Sally and I found ourselves collaborating on various high-profile projects not just in Los Angeles but around the country and worldwide. The Richard Meier Rothschild Tower in Tel Aviv was Meier’s acclaimed international residential tower, and particularly pivotal for us. It was during this project that we discovered not only a shared passion for luxury real estate around the globe, but also a shared vision for elevating the standard of service in our industry. That vision really laid the foundation for our partnership.”
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- 4/8/2024
- by Hadley Meares
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cutscenes is a column exploring—and blurring—the intersection of cinema and video games.I Can't Follow You Anymore.A game is a series of meaningful choices.—Sid Meier, video-game designer and creator of the Civilization seriesThe work of British-born, Berlin-based artist Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley is unified by a consistent mission: “I create work that seeks to archive Black trans experience,” she writes in her website’s artist bio, an ethos that is applicable to all of her projects, spanning video games, digital animation, painting, sound art, installation, and performance. “I think of myself as a mediator,” she explained to Frieze in 2022. “I’m trying to build environments that can hold our words.”Though she's best known now for video-game design, as an art student Brathwaite-Shirley was first drawn to film. She used film to create containers for the shaping of one's own world as a Black trans person. Inspired by...
- 2/5/2024
- MUBI
The candy-colored look of Barbie delivered colorist Yvan Lucas of Company 3 the FilmLight Color Award for a theatrical feature.
The third annual awards — organized by FilmLight, the maker of the Baselight color grading system, in collaboration with Camerimage — were presented Sunday at the EnergaCamerimage cinematography film festival in Toruń, Poland. From roughly 400 entries, honorees were selected by a jury chaired by Oscar-nominated cinematographer Lawrence Sher (Joker, Joker: Folie à Deux), who presented the awards.
Of his award-winning work on Barbie, which was directed by Greta Gerwig and lensed by cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, Lucas tells The Hollywood Reporter, “Rodrigo Prieto and I both like to work together on the overall look of a film before production starts. Creating LUTs (Look Up Tables) that define the way color and contrast will be affected helps Rodrigo, the director and the department heads all work toward a common goal.
“For the majority of Barbie,...
The third annual awards — organized by FilmLight, the maker of the Baselight color grading system, in collaboration with Camerimage — were presented Sunday at the EnergaCamerimage cinematography film festival in Toruń, Poland. From roughly 400 entries, honorees were selected by a jury chaired by Oscar-nominated cinematographer Lawrence Sher (Joker, Joker: Folie à Deux), who presented the awards.
Of his award-winning work on Barbie, which was directed by Greta Gerwig and lensed by cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, Lucas tells The Hollywood Reporter, “Rodrigo Prieto and I both like to work together on the overall look of a film before production starts. Creating LUTs (Look Up Tables) that define the way color and contrast will be affected helps Rodrigo, the director and the department heads all work toward a common goal.
“For the majority of Barbie,...
- 11/12/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Martin Ellis, a beloved second assistant director who worked on films such as A Dog’s Journey and the upcoming Monster High The Movie 2, and television shows including The Flash and The Power, died August 22 at his home in Vancouver, family friend and producer Seth William Meier confirmed to Deadline. Ellis was 44. A cause of death was not released.
Born in Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada, Ellis’ interest in the movie industry began at a young age, according to a family statement announcing his death. In Winnipeg, where his family moved when he was a child, Ellis went on to work as an Assistant Location Manager and Location Manager, eventually becoming a Second Assistant Director in Winnipeg and then in Vancouver.
During his career he worked on over 50 productions, including films, TV movies and television series. Notable movies include A Dog’s Journey and the soon to be released television movie Monster High The...
Born in Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada, Ellis’ interest in the movie industry began at a young age, according to a family statement announcing his death. In Winnipeg, where his family moved when he was a child, Ellis went on to work as an Assistant Location Manager and Location Manager, eventually becoming a Second Assistant Director in Winnipeg and then in Vancouver.
During his career he worked on over 50 productions, including films, TV movies and television series. Notable movies include A Dog’s Journey and the soon to be released television movie Monster High The...
- 9/11/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
When Barry Meier first published what would become his explosive book Pain Killer back in 2003, which investigated the billionaire scions behind Purdue Pharma and the drug OxyContin, it was optioned by production firm Anonymous Content. But, the author says, Hollywood wasn’t actually ready to tell the story. “They had a very hard time selling a script at that point, because Purdue had not been indicted yet by the Justice Department,” Meier tells The Hollywood Reporter. “So people in Hollywood were going, ‘Are these good guys; are they bad guys? How do we cast this?’ Well, by 2007, it was pretty clear that this company had pled guilty to a federal crime, and that OxyContin had planted the seed and was the gateway drug to this horrible opioid epidemic that was still unfolding.”
Nearly 20 years later, after Patrick Radden Keefe’s New Yorker article “The Family That Built the Empire of...
Nearly 20 years later, after Patrick Radden Keefe’s New Yorker article “The Family That Built the Empire of...
- 8/18/2023
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, whose $375 million acquisition of Redbox closed about a year ago, delivered second-quarter financial results reflecting the company’s struggle to fully digest the deal.
Citing a host of industry headwinds that have intensified since the transaction was completed, the company reported total revenue of $79.9 million in the quarter ending June 30. While that was more than twice the year-earlier figure of $37.6 million thanks to the addition of Redbox and its thousands of movie-rental kiosks, it fell well short of Wall Street analysts’ consensus expectation for $120.1 million.
Net losses came in a little ahead of the Street’s outlook, widening to $1.50 per share from $1.39 in the year-ago quarter but topping analysts’ -$1.72 outlook.
In a conference call with analysts to discuss the quarterly numbers, CEO Bill Rouhana and CFO Jason Meier said the company has ramped up efforts to cut costs and generate more near-term free cash flow.
Citing a host of industry headwinds that have intensified since the transaction was completed, the company reported total revenue of $79.9 million in the quarter ending June 30. While that was more than twice the year-earlier figure of $37.6 million thanks to the addition of Redbox and its thousands of movie-rental kiosks, it fell well short of Wall Street analysts’ consensus expectation for $120.1 million.
Net losses came in a little ahead of the Street’s outlook, widening to $1.50 per share from $1.39 in the year-ago quarter but topping analysts’ -$1.72 outlook.
In a conference call with analysts to discuss the quarterly numbers, CEO Bill Rouhana and CFO Jason Meier said the company has ramped up efforts to cut costs and generate more near-term free cash flow.
- 8/14/2023
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix’s new limited series “Painkiller” tackles the Sackler dynasty and Purdue Pharma’s role in the opioid crisis through a fictional retelling of the epidemic — similar to Hulu’s 2021-released “Dopesick.”
“Painkiler” EP and director Pete Berg says the coincidence was simply a matter of timing.
“We were sort of moving at the same pace,” Berg told TheWrap about the Netflix six-episode series and “Dopesick.” “Both shows were in development around the same time, which happens every once in a while and our business. They went first.”
“Dopesick,” which premiered October 2021, stars Kaitlyn Dever, Michael Stuhlbarg and Michael Keaton, whose portrayal of a doctor getting bit by addiction Berg called “shattering.” Centering on similar themes of the destruction prompted by the opioid epidemic, “Painkiller,” which was released Thursday on Netflix, balances its critique of the Sackler family — led by Matthew Broderick’s Richard Sackler — with touching vignettes portrayed by Uzo Aduba,...
“Painkiler” EP and director Pete Berg says the coincidence was simply a matter of timing.
“We were sort of moving at the same pace,” Berg told TheWrap about the Netflix six-episode series and “Dopesick.” “Both shows were in development around the same time, which happens every once in a while and our business. They went first.”
“Dopesick,” which premiered October 2021, stars Kaitlyn Dever, Michael Stuhlbarg and Michael Keaton, whose portrayal of a doctor getting bit by addiction Berg called “shattering.” Centering on similar themes of the destruction prompted by the opioid epidemic, “Painkiller,” which was released Thursday on Netflix, balances its critique of the Sackler family — led by Matthew Broderick’s Richard Sackler — with touching vignettes portrayed by Uzo Aduba,...
- 8/11/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Making a compelling show about the opioid crisis was certainly a challenge for “Painkiller” executive producer Eric Newman — especially one that kept viewers engaged for the entirety of the Netflix six-episode limited series without feeling like the show was overly burdensome emotionally.
“Because so many people know someone [or] have lost someone from opioid abuse, it can appear daunting, to jump into a show on the subject, and we were very conscious about not wanting it to feel an exercise in grief,” Newman told TheWrap.
With the hopes that Netflix’s broad reach will share the tragic story of the epidemic that has destroyed so many lives and crushed an uncountable number of families — and “why it can’t happen again” — with as many people as possible, the “Painkiller” team adjusted the series’ tone to ensure viewers would stick it out until the end.
“The tone, the casting, all of it...
“Because so many people know someone [or] have lost someone from opioid abuse, it can appear daunting, to jump into a show on the subject, and we were very conscious about not wanting it to feel an exercise in grief,” Newman told TheWrap.
With the hopes that Netflix’s broad reach will share the tragic story of the epidemic that has destroyed so many lives and crushed an uncountable number of families — and “why it can’t happen again” — with as many people as possible, the “Painkiller” team adjusted the series’ tone to ensure viewers would stick it out until the end.
“The tone, the casting, all of it...
- 8/11/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Meghan Markle might not be on great terms with the royal family now, but the Duchess of Sussex certainly managed to make a good first impression. She had a special way of bonding with Queen Elizabeth II over her dogs and finding ways to charm Prince Philip and King Charles, who both thought highly of her when she and Harry first started dating.
One body language expert calls it “the Markle charm,” and Meghan has always had a way of captivating everyone in a new room. It turns out she uses just four easy moves to make herself more approachable when meeting new people.
Meghan Markle in 2019 | Facundo Arrizabalaga/Pool/Getty Images Meghan Markle’s easy moves for turning on the charm around new people
Meghan has a way of making herself the most approachable person in the room. Speaking to Ok! Magazine (via Marie Claire), etiquette expert Myka Meier...
One body language expert calls it “the Markle charm,” and Meghan has always had a way of captivating everyone in a new room. It turns out she uses just four easy moves to make herself more approachable when meeting new people.
Meghan Markle in 2019 | Facundo Arrizabalaga/Pool/Getty Images Meghan Markle’s easy moves for turning on the charm around new people
Meghan has a way of making herself the most approachable person in the room. Speaking to Ok! Magazine (via Marie Claire), etiquette expert Myka Meier...
- 8/5/2023
- by Julia Mullaney
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Netflix’s upcoming limited series “Painkiller” is lifting the veil on America’s opioid crisis, investigating the role of one family in making OxyContin “the No. 1 opioid in the country.”
“All of human behavior is essentially comprised of two things: run from pain, run toward pleasure; pain, pleasure,” Matthew Broderick’s Richard Sackler said in the series’ official trailer. “If we place ourselves right there between pain and pleasure, we will never have to worry about money again.”
As the Sackler dynasty’s Purdue Pharma recruits a batch of fresh-faced sales workers who they claim will convince doctors to “take pain seriously,” an investor from the U.S. attorneys office (Uzo Aduba) is determined to take the family responsible for countless deaths down.
“You lie, you hurt people, you go down,” Aduba said. “They are doing the exact same thing as crack dealers but they are getting rewarded it.”
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“All of human behavior is essentially comprised of two things: run from pain, run toward pleasure; pain, pleasure,” Matthew Broderick’s Richard Sackler said in the series’ official trailer. “If we place ourselves right there between pain and pleasure, we will never have to worry about money again.”
As the Sackler dynasty’s Purdue Pharma recruits a batch of fresh-faced sales workers who they claim will convince doctors to “take pain seriously,” an investor from the U.S. attorneys office (Uzo Aduba) is determined to take the family responsible for countless deaths down.
“You lie, you hurt people, you go down,” Aduba said. “They are doing the exact same thing as crack dealers but they are getting rewarded it.”
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- 7/11/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
The ‘Coming Soon to TV’ shelf in your local bookshop will be sagging under the weight of this lot – the thrillers, sci-fi stories, crime novels and non-fiction currently being adapted for television. If you prefer to read ahead before your imagination is sullied by the small screen version, then here’s where to start, from Apple TV+’s adaptation of 1950s-set revenge comedy Lessons in Chemistry and psychological thriller The Crowded Room, to Prime Video’s new Neil Gaiman show Anansi Boys and rumoured Kay Scarpetta series, via Netflix’s true-life opioid drama Painkiller, Itvx/MGM+ historical adventure series The Winter King and many more. Many many more.
It’s too soon to say when we’ll see those planned adaptations below which are yet to film, given the current WGA Writers’ Strike and earth-shifts taking place among the streaming networks whose pile ‘em high, sell ‘em cheap model is proving unsustainable,...
It’s too soon to say when we’ll see those planned adaptations below which are yet to film, given the current WGA Writers’ Strike and earth-shifts taking place among the streaming networks whose pile ‘em high, sell ‘em cheap model is proving unsustainable,...
- 6/2/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Netflix has unveiled the first look images for “Painkiller,” a new series that explores the origins and aftermath of the opioid crisis in America through a fictional retelling of events.
The six-part limited series, which stars Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick, Taylor Kitsch, Dina Shihabi, John Rothman and West Duchovny, will premiere on Netflix Aug. 10.
Billed as an “examination of crime, accountability, and the systems that have repeatedly failed hundreds of thousands of Americans,” the series will spotlight stories of the perpetrators, victims, and truth-seekers whose lives are forever altered by the invention of OxyContin,” per the official logline.
Courtesy of Keri Anderson/Netflix
The scripted series is based on the book of the same name by Barry Meier as well as Patrick Radden Keefe’s article in the New Yorker Magazine titled “The Family That Built the Empire of Pain,” which exposes the Sackler Dynasty’s pivotal role in the opioid epidemic.
The six-part limited series, which stars Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick, Taylor Kitsch, Dina Shihabi, John Rothman and West Duchovny, will premiere on Netflix Aug. 10.
Billed as an “examination of crime, accountability, and the systems that have repeatedly failed hundreds of thousands of Americans,” the series will spotlight stories of the perpetrators, victims, and truth-seekers whose lives are forever altered by the invention of OxyContin,” per the official logline.
Courtesy of Keri Anderson/Netflix
The scripted series is based on the book of the same name by Barry Meier as well as Patrick Radden Keefe’s article in the New Yorker Magazine titled “The Family That Built the Empire of Pain,” which exposes the Sackler Dynasty’s pivotal role in the opioid epidemic.
- 5/8/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Some celebrity couples have no problem showing public displays of affection. But Pda is rare for famous royals like Prince William and Kate Middleton. That’s because the British royal family abides by unspoken rules about being touchy-feely in public. And like generations before them, many royal family members continue to follow the no-pda tradition.
The royal family follows unwritten rules about Pda Engaged couple Prince William and Kate Middleton pose for photos in 2010 | Chris Jackson/Getty Images
Royals make dozens of public appearances every year. And they usually appear alongside their spouses to showcase the monarchy’s strength and solidarity.
King Charles III often steps out for events with Queen Consort Camilla. And Prince William and Kate Middleton are usually seen together at celebrations, commemorations, and charitable functions.
But the public rarely sees these royal couples hug or kiss. And that’s because they follow unspoken rules about refraining from Pda.
The royal family follows unwritten rules about Pda Engaged couple Prince William and Kate Middleton pose for photos in 2010 | Chris Jackson/Getty Images
Royals make dozens of public appearances every year. And they usually appear alongside their spouses to showcase the monarchy’s strength and solidarity.
King Charles III often steps out for events with Queen Consort Camilla. And Prince William and Kate Middleton are usually seen together at celebrations, commemorations, and charitable functions.
But the public rarely sees these royal couples hug or kiss. And that’s because they follow unspoken rules about refraining from Pda.
- 4/1/2023
- by Mishal Ali Zafar
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The royal family is known for its strict adherence to protocol, and this extends to their public displays of affection (Pda). The institution has a “no-touching” policy that prohibits couples like Prince William and Kate Middleton from hugging and kissing in public.
While this may feel like a normal practice for the royals, experts have suggested that limiting displays of affection could actually weaken romance in royal relationships.
Engaged couple Prince William and Kate Middleton pose for photos in 2010 | Chris Jackson/Getty Images Why royal couples don’t hug and kiss in public
Pda is often seen as a way for couples to express their love and affection for each other. However, when it comes to the royal family, there are some unspoken rules around Pda.
The royal family is known for being more reserved in their public interactions. This includes limiting their displays of romantic displays. According to Royal etiquette expert Myka Meier,...
While this may feel like a normal practice for the royals, experts have suggested that limiting displays of affection could actually weaken romance in royal relationships.
Engaged couple Prince William and Kate Middleton pose for photos in 2010 | Chris Jackson/Getty Images Why royal couples don’t hug and kiss in public
Pda is often seen as a way for couples to express their love and affection for each other. However, when it comes to the royal family, there are some unspoken rules around Pda.
The royal family is known for being more reserved in their public interactions. This includes limiting their displays of romantic displays. According to Royal etiquette expert Myka Meier,...
- 4/1/2023
- by Mishal Ali Zafar
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
As the new crop of 2023 festival favorites roll out, Focus Features presents A Thousand And One in over 900 carefully curated theaters, testing the appetite for specialty fare at a challenging moment.
Short film and video director A.V. Rockwell’s feature-length debut stars Teyana Taylor as free-spirited Inez, who kidnaps her six-year-old son Terry from the foster care system. Holding onto their secret and each other, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability in a rapidly changing New York City. Reviews are stellar, see Deadline’s. The winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize is at 97% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes, 82% with auds. The fest called it “an elegant ode to the terribly beautiful power of family as an anchor in an ever-changing world, making us into who we are in ways we can only haltingly understand.”
This film, like Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight in...
Short film and video director A.V. Rockwell’s feature-length debut stars Teyana Taylor as free-spirited Inez, who kidnaps her six-year-old son Terry from the foster care system. Holding onto their secret and each other, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability in a rapidly changing New York City. Reviews are stellar, see Deadline’s. The winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize is at 97% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes, 82% with auds. The fest called it “an elegant ode to the terribly beautiful power of family as an anchor in an ever-changing world, making us into who we are in ways we can only haltingly understand.”
This film, like Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight in...
- 3/31/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Maybe just seeing the song title “Oh Yeah” written out plainly on the page like this won’t trigger any immediate memories — but trust us, you know it. Recorded in 1985 by Swiss electronic duo Yello, “Oh Yeah” is the song that blew up thanks to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and The Secret of My Success — the one that goes “doo bow-bow” and then, “chick, chicka chick-ahh” —and has remained an enduring part of the pop soundscape for nearly 40 years.
The song’s story, its singular longevity, and the two...
The song’s story, its singular longevity, and the two...
- 3/31/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Kate Middleton nearly suffereed a wardrobe malfunction at Princess Eugenie’s 2018 wedding but could have avoided it entirely if she used Queen Elizabeth’s trick. Kate’s dress blew up in the wind but she managed to keep it from fully exposing her undergarments.
Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Prince Harry, Prince Edward, Prince William, Kate Middleton, and Sophie, Countess of Wessex | Mark Large – Wpa Pool/Getty Images Kate Middleton nearly had a big wardrobe malfunction
Kate wore a stunning pink dress to Eugenie’s and Jack Brooksbank’s wedding in 2018. While standing outside St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle, Kate’s dress started to blow up. Sophie, Countess of Wessex stood next to Kate when the windy mishap happened.
A style expert shared an easy fix that could have prevented the fashion oops from happening at all, telling Express about an old trick the queen used.
Daena Borrowman, the PR,...
Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Prince Harry, Prince Edward, Prince William, Kate Middleton, and Sophie, Countess of Wessex | Mark Large – Wpa Pool/Getty Images Kate Middleton nearly had a big wardrobe malfunction
Kate wore a stunning pink dress to Eugenie’s and Jack Brooksbank’s wedding in 2018. While standing outside St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle, Kate’s dress started to blow up. Sophie, Countess of Wessex stood next to Kate when the windy mishap happened.
A style expert shared an easy fix that could have prevented the fashion oops from happening at all, telling Express about an old trick the queen used.
Daena Borrowman, the PR,...
- 2/17/2023
- by Wendy Michaels
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Hosted by Chance the Rapper and his close friend and collaborator Vic Mensa, the inaugural Black Star Line Festival — a week of talks, parties, skating, and music in Accra, Ghana — was dreamt of and designed to catalyze physical connectivity, understanding, and eventually, radical movement-making among Black people globally.
“I think this is kind of what they call a pilot in TV, where this is an example of what it could be like yearly or biyearly to have something that we all just go to that’s free, that you bring your kids to,...
“I think this is kind of what they call a pilot in TV, where this is an example of what it could be like yearly or biyearly to have something that we all just go to that’s free, that you bring your kids to,...
- 1/14/2023
- by Mankaprr Conteh
- Rollingstone.com
The International Film Festival Of India (Iffi) has announced the 15 films that will screen in competition at this year’s edition of the annual event, including recent festival favourites such as Maha Haj’s Mediterranean Fever and Lav Diaz’ When The Waves Are Gone, and three Indian films, including recent Busan premiere The Storyteller.
The selection of 12 international titles also includes Syrian filmmaker Soudade Kaadan’s Nezouh; Next Sohee, from South Korea’s Jung Ju-ri; Red Shoes, from Japan’s Toshiro Saiga; Cold As Marble, from Azerbaijan’s Asif Rustamov; Seven Dogs, from Argentina’s Rodrigo Guerrero; Ursula Meier’s The Line (La Ligne); Valentina Maurel’s I Have Electric Dreams, and two Iranian films – Dariush Mehrjui’s A Minor and Nader Saeivar’s No End.
South Asia is also represented by Maarya: The Ocean Angel, about a group of fishermen disturbed by a sex doll they find in the sea,...
The selection of 12 international titles also includes Syrian filmmaker Soudade Kaadan’s Nezouh; Next Sohee, from South Korea’s Jung Ju-ri; Red Shoes, from Japan’s Toshiro Saiga; Cold As Marble, from Azerbaijan’s Asif Rustamov; Seven Dogs, from Argentina’s Rodrigo Guerrero; Ursula Meier’s The Line (La Ligne); Valentina Maurel’s I Have Electric Dreams, and two Iranian films – Dariush Mehrjui’s A Minor and Nader Saeivar’s No End.
South Asia is also represented by Maarya: The Ocean Angel, about a group of fishermen disturbed by a sex doll they find in the sea,...
- 11/14/2022
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Mexico’s Barbara Mori and Peru’s Christian Meier and helmer-scribe Ricardo de Montreuil are reuniting for culinary drama “Mistura,” some 17 years after their 2005 box office hit “La Mujer de Mi Hermano” (“My Brother’s Wife”).
Joining them are Magaly Solier, best known for her lead role in Peru’s Oscar-nominated and 2009 Berlinale Golden Bear winner, “The Milk of Sorrow.”
“Mistura,” which means mixture or blend, takes place in 1960s Peru where Mori plays Norma who, after being ditched by her husband (played by Meier), must face the scorn of Lima’s elitist high society. She reinvents herself by teaming up with people from the communities she previously ignored to launch a restaurant that helps her rediscover Peru, its cultural diversity and its spectacular cuisine.
Peru’s gastronomy has always been a huge draw for culinary enthusiasts and serious food critics. Three Lima restaurants made the cut in the annual World’s 50 Best Restaurants list,...
Joining them are Magaly Solier, best known for her lead role in Peru’s Oscar-nominated and 2009 Berlinale Golden Bear winner, “The Milk of Sorrow.”
“Mistura,” which means mixture or blend, takes place in 1960s Peru where Mori plays Norma who, after being ditched by her husband (played by Meier), must face the scorn of Lima’s elitist high society. She reinvents herself by teaming up with people from the communities she previously ignored to launch a restaurant that helps her rediscover Peru, its cultural diversity and its spectacular cuisine.
Peru’s gastronomy has always been a huge draw for culinary enthusiasts and serious food critics. Three Lima restaurants made the cut in the annual World’s 50 Best Restaurants list,...
- 11/11/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners are teaming up on “Carry On,” an action thriller that will be the first film produced as part of a production deal announced between the two companies last year.
The film, a high-flying adventure, will star Taron Egerton of “Kingsman” and “Rocketman” fame and will be directed by “Jungle Cruise” filmmaker Jaume Collet-Serra. The story follows Ethan Kopek, a young Tsa agent who gets blackmailed by a mysterious traveler to let a dangerous package slip through security and onto a Christmas Day flight. At a time when the friendly skies have never seemed less inviting, the movie could make air travel even less appealing.
Dylan Clark Productions will produce the film. It boasts a script by Tj Fixman, with additional writing by Michael Green. Executive producers include Holly Bario, Amblin’s president of production, who will oversee the project on behalf of the studio.
The film, a high-flying adventure, will star Taron Egerton of “Kingsman” and “Rocketman” fame and will be directed by “Jungle Cruise” filmmaker Jaume Collet-Serra. The story follows Ethan Kopek, a young Tsa agent who gets blackmailed by a mysterious traveler to let a dangerous package slip through security and onto a Christmas Day flight. At a time when the friendly skies have never seemed less inviting, the movie could make air travel even less appealing.
Dylan Clark Productions will produce the film. It boasts a script by Tj Fixman, with additional writing by Michael Green. Executive producers include Holly Bario, Amblin’s president of production, who will oversee the project on behalf of the studio.
- 7/27/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Season 2 of Ana is set to premiere via Pantaya on July 22nd in the United States including Puerto Rico. Deadline can exclusively reveal a first-look at Season 2 in the photo above.
The six-episode comedy, loosely based on the life of series creator and star Ana de la Reguera, will also be available via Amazon Prime.
When audiences last saw Ana, she was reeling after realizing her dream gig portraying Morticia Adams wasn’t all she imagined.
When Season 2 picks up approximately a year later, Ana is working in Los Angeles on a TV series reminiscent of a bad 90’s sitcom. Yes, she’s working steadily, but what does that matter when you’re unhappy?
“Ana is working on this new series in Season 2 and she is absolutely miserable,” de la Reguera tells Deadline exclusively. “I really feel that the best comedy comes from people’s misery,...
The six-episode comedy, loosely based on the life of series creator and star Ana de la Reguera, will also be available via Amazon Prime.
When audiences last saw Ana, she was reeling after realizing her dream gig portraying Morticia Adams wasn’t all she imagined.
When Season 2 picks up approximately a year later, Ana is working in Los Angeles on a TV series reminiscent of a bad 90’s sitcom. Yes, she’s working steadily, but what does that matter when you’re unhappy?
“Ana is working on this new series in Season 2 and she is absolutely miserable,” de la Reguera tells Deadline exclusively. “I really feel that the best comedy comes from people’s misery,...
- 6/21/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Taylor Kitsch has joined the cast of Netflix’s opioid crisis drama Painkiller.
The Waco and Friday Night Lights star is one of eight actors to come aboard the series from showrunners Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) and Narcos executive producer Eric Newman. John Ales, Sam Anderson, Carolina Bartczak, Jack Mulhern, Ana Cruz Kayne, Ron Lea and Tyler Ritter have also joined the series.
The show’s previously announced cast includes Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick, West Duchovny, Dina Shihabi and John Rothman.
Painkiller is a reunion for Kitsch and director and executive producer Peter Berg. The two worked together on Friday Night Lights and Battleship.
Painkiller will dramatize the origins of the opioid crisis with a focus on Oxycontin maker Purdue Pharma. The show is based on Patrick Radden Keefe’s New Yorker article “The Family That Built an Empire of Pain” and Barry Meier...
The Waco and Friday Night Lights star is one of eight actors to come aboard the series from showrunners Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) and Narcos executive producer Eric Newman. John Ales, Sam Anderson, Carolina Bartczak, Jack Mulhern, Ana Cruz Kayne, Ron Lea and Tyler Ritter have also joined the series.
The show’s previously announced cast includes Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick, West Duchovny, Dina Shihabi and John Rothman.
Painkiller is a reunion for Kitsch and director and executive producer Peter Berg. The two worked together on Friday Night Lights and Battleship.
Painkiller will dramatize the origins of the opioid crisis with a focus on Oxycontin maker Purdue Pharma. The show is based on Patrick Radden Keefe’s New Yorker article “The Family That Built an Empire of Pain” and Barry Meier...
- 10/4/2021
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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