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New on DVD and Blu-ray
"Goosebumps"
Jack Black plays author R.L. Stine in this monster family hit, which arrives on Blu-ray and DVD January 26. The "spook-tacular" special features include an alternate opening and ending, deleted scenes, a blooper reel, and a casting gallery. There are also two new featurettes -- "Beginners Guide to Surviving a Goosebumps Creature" and "Strange Things are Happening...On-Set" -- with actors Dylan Minette and Ryan Lee. Blu-ray exclusives include "All About Slappy" and a "Creaturefied!" featurette with makeup FX artist Steve Prouty demonstrating how to become your favorite Goosebumps creature.
Check out this exclusive clip with Jack Black and Slappy talking about working with each other: "Chi-Raq"
Spike Lee's clever modern-day adaptation of the Greek play "Lysistrata" comes out on DVD...
New on DVD and Blu-ray
"Goosebumps"
Jack Black plays author R.L. Stine in this monster family hit, which arrives on Blu-ray and DVD January 26. The "spook-tacular" special features include an alternate opening and ending, deleted scenes, a blooper reel, and a casting gallery. There are also two new featurettes -- "Beginners Guide to Surviving a Goosebumps Creature" and "Strange Things are Happening...On-Set" -- with actors Dylan Minette and Ryan Lee. Blu-ray exclusives include "All About Slappy" and a "Creaturefied!" featurette with makeup FX artist Steve Prouty demonstrating how to become your favorite Goosebumps creature.
Check out this exclusive clip with Jack Black and Slappy talking about working with each other: "Chi-Raq"
Spike Lee's clever modern-day adaptation of the Greek play "Lysistrata" comes out on DVD...
- 1/25/2016
- by Gina Carbone
- Moviefone
“From Everything I’ve seen and learned, prison is not about helping people reform or rehabilitate, or learn to read, or get a job. It’s not about reconciliation or healing the victims of crime. It’s not about public safety, and it’s not about the wellbeing of our communities. It’s about two things: our worst instinct to revenge and the worship of money.”
Award winning Producer, Director & Human Rights Activist Matthew Cooke is using the power of crowd funding via Indiegogo to finish his film Survivor’S Guide To Prison, an exposé on the barbaric acts of the Us Prison system that holds 25% of the world’s prison population.
The film’s Executive Producers include Adrian Grenier and Susan Sarandon, and features interviews with Harry Belafonte, Deepak Chopra, Russell Simmons, Author of The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine, and Brandon Boyd, the singer of Incubus.
His chilling exploration dives deep into the criminally abusive & socially unjust realities of incarceration through the perspectives of two prisoners who were convicted of crimes they did not commit. This is an all too common story in the Us where the Innocence Project estimates there could easily be anywhere from 40,000 to 100,000 people in Us prisons that haven’t committed a crime.
Your support of the film’s Indiegogo campaign will help to do more than just finish a film. It will help to give a loud roar to a nearly silent movement to end human rights abuses of an unfathomable scale.
Watch Cooke’s gripping and poignant call to action, and learn more about the chilling facts below:
The Us has the largest prison population on the planet, larger than China.
1/3 of all women prisoners in the world are in Us prisons.
If you’re an American, you’re more likely to go to prison here than anyone else in the entire world.
More Black men are in prison now, than the total enslaved in 1850.
The USA Has More Prisons Than Colleges And Universities.
More About Matthew Cooke:
In 2013 Cooke released his directorial debut How To Make Money Selling Drugs which he also wrote, narrated, shot, edited and art directed. Drugs was produced by Bert Marcus Productions and Adrian Grenier featuring Eminem, 50 Cent, Susan Sarandon, Woody Harrelson and others. Drugs was bought and distributed by Robert DeNiro's Tribeca Film where it debuted at #1 on iTunes and Amazon. Drugs won the audience award at the Champs-Elysees and Newport Film Festivals and the Best Writing Award from the International Documentary Association.
In 2007 Cooke produced and edited his first feature film. Deliver Us From Evil, written + directed by Amy Berg, was honored with the Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary film, made over 100 critics "best of" lists and Rotten Tomatoes top 100 best reviewed films of all time.
Award winning Producer, Director & Human Rights Activist Matthew Cooke is using the power of crowd funding via Indiegogo to finish his film Survivor’S Guide To Prison, an exposé on the barbaric acts of the Us Prison system that holds 25% of the world’s prison population.
The film’s Executive Producers include Adrian Grenier and Susan Sarandon, and features interviews with Harry Belafonte, Deepak Chopra, Russell Simmons, Author of The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine, and Brandon Boyd, the singer of Incubus.
His chilling exploration dives deep into the criminally abusive & socially unjust realities of incarceration through the perspectives of two prisoners who were convicted of crimes they did not commit. This is an all too common story in the Us where the Innocence Project estimates there could easily be anywhere from 40,000 to 100,000 people in Us prisons that haven’t committed a crime.
Your support of the film’s Indiegogo campaign will help to do more than just finish a film. It will help to give a loud roar to a nearly silent movement to end human rights abuses of an unfathomable scale.
Watch Cooke’s gripping and poignant call to action, and learn more about the chilling facts below:
The Us has the largest prison population on the planet, larger than China.
1/3 of all women prisoners in the world are in Us prisons.
If you’re an American, you’re more likely to go to prison here than anyone else in the entire world.
More Black men are in prison now, than the total enslaved in 1850.
The USA Has More Prisons Than Colleges And Universities.
More About Matthew Cooke:
In 2013 Cooke released his directorial debut How To Make Money Selling Drugs which he also wrote, narrated, shot, edited and art directed. Drugs was produced by Bert Marcus Productions and Adrian Grenier featuring Eminem, 50 Cent, Susan Sarandon, Woody Harrelson and others. Drugs was bought and distributed by Robert DeNiro's Tribeca Film where it debuted at #1 on iTunes and Amazon. Drugs won the audience award at the Champs-Elysees and Newport Film Festivals and the Best Writing Award from the International Documentary Association.
In 2007 Cooke produced and edited his first feature film. Deliver Us From Evil, written + directed by Amy Berg, was honored with the Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary film, made over 100 critics "best of" lists and Rotten Tomatoes top 100 best reviewed films of all time.
- 8/17/2015
- by Erin Grover
- Sydney's Buzz
Sneak Peek footage from director Bert Marcus' documentary "Champs", following the lives and careers of legendary professional boxers Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins. available May 12, 2015 on DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment:
"...in their own words, these champions reveal their journeys from poverty and violence, through fame and fortune, to self-destruction and self-discovery.
"Featuring clips from classic bouts and observations from journalists, educators, and boxing fans that include Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson, Spike Lee and Mary J. Blige, discover the sometimes disturbing truths behind the controversial sport where the fight for glory is challenged only by the fight to survive..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Champs"...
"...in their own words, these champions reveal their journeys from poverty and violence, through fame and fortune, to self-destruction and self-discovery.
"Featuring clips from classic bouts and observations from journalists, educators, and boxing fans that include Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson, Spike Lee and Mary J. Blige, discover the sometimes disturbing truths behind the controversial sport where the fight for glory is challenged only by the fight to survive..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Champs"...
- 5/7/2015
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
The distributor has acquired North American rights and will handle international sales on Garrett Bradley’s New Orleans-set feature directorial debut.
Below Dreams (pictured) premiered at Tribeca 2014 and follows a trio of adults in the Big Easy as they pursue, work, stardom and love.
108 Media plans to release the film in Los Angeles on April 10 and New York on April 17 followed by VOD release on April 21. 108 Media also handles international sales.
Below Dreams was produced in New Orleans and supported by New York’s Independent Filmmaker Project.
Abhi Rastogi and Nick Burton of 108 Media negotiated the deal with Rj Millard of Obscured Pictures on behalf of the film-maker.
Gravitas Ventures has picked up Us rights to David T Friendly and Mick Partridge’s recent SXSW premiere Sneakerheadz. The film will receive an autumn theatrical and VOD debut in collaboration with its sponsor At&T, as well as Complex and Submarine Deluxe. Nolan Gallagher brokered...
Below Dreams (pictured) premiered at Tribeca 2014 and follows a trio of adults in the Big Easy as they pursue, work, stardom and love.
108 Media plans to release the film in Los Angeles on April 10 and New York on April 17 followed by VOD release on April 21. 108 Media also handles international sales.
Below Dreams was produced in New Orleans and supported by New York’s Independent Filmmaker Project.
Abhi Rastogi and Nick Burton of 108 Media negotiated the deal with Rj Millard of Obscured Pictures on behalf of the film-maker.
Gravitas Ventures has picked up Us rights to David T Friendly and Mick Partridge’s recent SXSW premiere Sneakerheadz. The film will receive an autumn theatrical and VOD debut in collaboration with its sponsor At&T, as well as Complex and Submarine Deluxe. Nolan Gallagher brokered...
- 3/23/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
To watch Champs, a new documentary about the world of boxing and three of its most prolific athletes, is to watch two very different kinds of films duke it out. The first is one chronicling the rags-to-riches stories of how Evander Holyfield, Bernard Hopkins and Mike Tyson battled a life of poverty and the continual threat of jail time to reinvent themselves as world champion boxers. However, despite intimate interviews with the athletes and inspiring stories of adversity, Champs also gives academics and sports journalists the time to analyze and criticize much of the sport, from crippling injuries to a lack of health and safety standards.
The two sides cancel each other out. In an attempt to achieve a well rounded discourse about the sport – one that reveals the hope, one that exposes the hurt – Champs turns into a simplistic documentary. Bret Marcus’s film is like a disjointed introductory...
The two sides cancel each other out. In an attempt to achieve a well rounded discourse about the sport – one that reveals the hope, one that exposes the hurt – Champs turns into a simplistic documentary. Bret Marcus’s film is like a disjointed introductory...
- 3/15/2015
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
Most boxing narratives follow a comfortable, predictable formula. There’s an underdog (maybe his name is Rocky or Mike Tyson or Jimmy Braddock), and over the course of the story we watch him battle against all odds in order to ultimately become the champion they were destined to be. And when the story is over, we’re meant feel inspired, determined, perhaps even in awe of the simplistic in the beauty of the “American Dream.” It’s a formula in the genre that may be familiar but that’s worked well, both in narrative features and documentaries - most recently in the documentary “Champs,” which chronicled the careers of Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson, and Bernard Hopkins. The story there was...
- 3/15/2015
- by Zeba Blay
- ShadowAndAct
Boxing legend Mike Tyson stopped by Et to talk about his new documentary Champs, but came to the brink of tears when remembering some of the roughest times of his childhood.
"They bullied me to be their slave," Tyson told Et's Kevin Frazier.
News: Mike Tyson: Robin Williams and I Knew the Same Drug Dealer
As a young boy growing up in Brooklyn, Tyson was picked on because he was a shy, pudgy kid who spoke with a lisp. To survive, he not only had to fight off bullies, but also poverty and hunger.
The story of Tyson's rise and fall is told in Champs, including Tyson's heyday as a heavyweight champion when Hollywood embraced the decorated boxer.
"The first big fight I went to was a Tyson fight," Mark Wahlberg said in the documentary. "There was nothing more exciting than that."
News: Mike Tyson's Best Quotes
"It was crazy in there," [link...
"They bullied me to be their slave," Tyson told Et's Kevin Frazier.
News: Mike Tyson: Robin Williams and I Knew the Same Drug Dealer
As a young boy growing up in Brooklyn, Tyson was picked on because he was a shy, pudgy kid who spoke with a lisp. To survive, he not only had to fight off bullies, but also poverty and hunger.
The story of Tyson's rise and fall is told in Champs, including Tyson's heyday as a heavyweight champion when Hollywood embraced the decorated boxer.
"The first big fight I went to was a Tyson fight," Mark Wahlberg said in the documentary. "There was nothing more exciting than that."
News: Mike Tyson's Best Quotes
"It was crazy in there," [link...
- 3/13/2015
- Entertainment Tonight
Mike Tyson with Madonna and Sean Penn on a double date seeing a Pee-wee Herman movie?! Access has the details!
The former heavyweight champ stopped by Access Hollywood Live on Friday, to chat about his new documentary, "Champs," and also talked once going on a double date with Madonna and Sean Penn in the '80s.
"I was married at the time. She was married to Sean and we went on a double date and we saw 'Pee-wee's Big Top Adventure,'" he told Billy Bush and Kit Hoover.
Watch: The Real Mike Tyson Uncovered In ‘Champs’
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The former heavyweight champ stopped by Access Hollywood Live on Friday, to chat about his new documentary, "Champs," and also talked once going on a double date with Madonna and Sean Penn in the '80s.
"I was married at the time. She was married to Sean and we went on a double date and we saw 'Pee-wee's Big Top Adventure,'" he told Billy Bush and Kit Hoover.
Watch: The Real Mike Tyson Uncovered In ‘Champs’
According ...
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This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
- 3/13/2015
- by access.hollywood@nbcuni.com (Access Hollywood)
- Access Hollywood
On today's podcast we talked about this very thing, though I forgot Jamie Foxx has been talking about playing Mike Tyson in a biopic on the fighter's life since 2005, and things have only been picking up since then. In 2008 Tyson talked about it and last year it was announced Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street) would pen the screenplay with Foxx in mind to star and Tyson told IGN once again that Foxx would star and it looked like Martin Scorsese would be involved in some capacity. Today the story gets even bigger. In an interview with Power 105's "The Breakfast Club" (included just below), Foxx said, "I just went in with Paramount with Mike Tyson. So I'm going to do the Mike Tyson story. Listen, to be in the same room pitching Mike Tyson to Paramount, Mike Tyson is on one side, I'm on the other side doing...
- 3/13/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The latest boxing documentary is at its best when it isn't really about boxing. Before moving on to the in-ring action that defined the careers of Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson, and Bernard Hopkins, director Bert Marcus opens Champs with a dissection of the sport's socioeconomic roots. "Rich kids don't go into boxing," one talking head says bluntly, explaining how a great many up-and-comers envision the sport first and foremost as a means of escaping the poverty of their youth. Once those kids make it, however, promoters and glad-handing entourages milk them dry and bail at the first sign of trouble. Tyson (who also co-produced) remains one of the most interesting athletic figures of his generation, as magnetic now, talking about pigeons, as he is in the montages of his ...
- 3/11/2015
- Village Voice
For the most part, the genre of boxing documentaries has largely focused on the big fights and the pugilists with the most personality, and you could be forgiven for making a similar assumption about "Champs" on first glance. Legendary boxers Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, and Bernard Hopkins take center stage in the film, but the story being told isn't one you're likely expecting. Joining the boxers are sports writers, professors, trainers and more, for a look at the sport through a sociological lens, one that sees the pursuit of boxing as the journey to the American Dream, and everything good and bad that comes with the system both inside and outside the ring, which is far from perfect. Less about what it takes to win a title belt, "Champs" examines what it means to be a man in a sport that often views the competitors as animals. What unites the...
- 3/10/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
I can't say I'm necessarily a fan of boxing, granted, it's a sport that makes for great cinema with everything from Rocky to the recent Oscar-winner The Fighter, not to mention even the bare-knuckle moments in something like Snatch, but when Mike Tyson was fighting I was absolutely interested. The guy was just so intense, but when his reign ended and he decided to bit Evander Holyfield's ear off I was pretty much done with boxing... Well, done considering how little I had invested in the first place. That said, the cinematic intrigue boxing holds doesn't end and it would appear the next interesting feature to arrive is in the form of the documentary Champs, set to premiere in theaters and on iTunes on March 13 and the trailer has just arrived. Featuring the likes of Tyson and Holyfield along with some celebrity contributions including Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington and Ron Howard,...
- 2/16/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The story goes... Boxing, "the poor man’s sport," has long given kids from America’s roughest neighborhoods an opportunity to escape violence with violence. But with success in the ring comes new fights for which there is no training: champions are made and broken in the blink of an eye, and young men thrust into the spotlight are often ill-equipped for the fame and fortune that accompany a title belt. Built around the stories of heavyweight legends Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins, "Champs" balances these uncensored recollections with reenactments, classic fight footage, and candid interviews with Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Spike Lee, Mary J....
- 2/14/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
As someone who isn't the biggest sports guy, the fascination with the sport of boxing is a mystery to me. But at the same time, I've enjoyed many a boxing drama, from Rocky to The Fighter. But for those who have an interest in boxing, there's a new documentary on the way called Champs, which profiles heavyweight championship boxers like Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins. Helped along by interviews with boxing fans and pop culture figures like Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Spike Lee and more, this looks like something accessible for even the most clueless sports fan, and actually looks at the darker side of the sport, exploiting these athletes for their skills. Watch below! Here's the first trailer for Bert Marcus' documentary Champs, originally from Apple: Champs is directed by Bert Marcus. Boxing, "the poor man’s sport," has long given kids from America...
- 2/13/2015
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
You know the famous names — Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, and Bernard Hopkins — and you may even known their stories, but you've never seen them told quite like they are in "Champs," an eye-opening documentary from Bert Marcus that goes ringside with an angle you don't see coming. And today we've got the exclusive poster for the film that should be on your radar. While we all may know the stories of these pugilists from their time in the spotlight, and even the backgrounds which they came from, Marcus tells his story from a sociological viewpoint. For many entering the sport, boxing is the way out of poverty, an escape from communities where there aren't many opportunities for a better life. However, as the documentary points out, the sport doesn't have the systemic structures in place to protect these young athletes who are not just experiencing the wider world for the first time,...
- 2/11/2015
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Jay Martin’s directorial debut also stars Luke Mitchell, Leven Rambin and Kris Kristofferson
Starz Digital Media has acquired all North American rights to Jay Martin’s crime thriller “7 Minutes” and will release the film theatrically and on VOD this summer.
“7 Minutes,” which premiered at the Austin Film Festival in October, marks the directorial debut of Martin, a veteran music video director who also wrote the screenplay.
Also Read: ‘Avengers’ Star Clark Gregg’s Comedy ‘Trust Me’ Acquired by Starz Digital Media
The film stars Luke Mitchell, Jason Ritter, Leven Rambin (“The Hunger Games”), Kris Kristofferson and Zane Holtz, and...
Starz Digital Media has acquired all North American rights to Jay Martin’s crime thriller “7 Minutes” and will release the film theatrically and on VOD this summer.
“7 Minutes,” which premiered at the Austin Film Festival in October, marks the directorial debut of Martin, a veteran music video director who also wrote the screenplay.
Also Read: ‘Avengers’ Star Clark Gregg’s Comedy ‘Trust Me’ Acquired by Starz Digital Media
The film stars Luke Mitchell, Jason Ritter, Leven Rambin (“The Hunger Games”), Kris Kristofferson and Zane Holtz, and...
- 1/22/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Above: Italian 4-foglio for Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1960); artist: Sandro Symeoni.
The two most popular posters—each with over 600 likes—that I have posted in the past three months on Movie Poster of the Day have been unfamiliar takes on very familiar movies. The stunning Italian 55" x 78" poster for Godard’s Breathless, sold by Posteritati this past fall, is strikingly different from the usual poster images of Belmondo and Seberg strolling the Champs-Elysée or smoking in bed. Instead, artist Sandro Symeoni adapts the climactic scene of the film, but gives it a much more noirish feel, with Belmondo’s petty criminal receding into the blackest of nights. Without looking at the names you’d be hard pressed to identify the film from the poster.
The Russian poster for Star Wars, below, created in 1990 for the first Russian release of the film, is even less easily identifiable: a colorful crayon-drawing...
The two most popular posters—each with over 600 likes—that I have posted in the past three months on Movie Poster of the Day have been unfamiliar takes on very familiar movies. The stunning Italian 55" x 78" poster for Godard’s Breathless, sold by Posteritati this past fall, is strikingly different from the usual poster images of Belmondo and Seberg strolling the Champs-Elysée or smoking in bed. Instead, artist Sandro Symeoni adapts the climactic scene of the film, but gives it a much more noirish feel, with Belmondo’s petty criminal receding into the blackest of nights. Without looking at the names you’d be hard pressed to identify the film from the poster.
The Russian poster for Star Wars, below, created in 1990 for the first Russian release of the film, is even less easily identifiable: a colorful crayon-drawing...
- 1/2/2015
- by Adrian Curry
- MUBI
He exchanged a lot of jabs in the rings, and Mike Tyson had one for CNN anchor Don Lemon Wednesday night. Also read: Mike Tyson-Produced Boxing Documentary ‘Champs’ Lands U.S. Distribution On to promote his new Adult Swim show “Mike Tyson Mysteries” and a new book, Tyson didn't think he got enough promotional love from CNN. “What the hell did you put me on the show for?” Tyson said, unhappy the interview was ending so soon. “I put you on the show to talk about your series,” Lemon replied. “We talked for a long time actually.” Also read:...
- 10/30/2014
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
Mike Tyson has the Afm in his sights and will attend a buyer screening of the documentary after The Works International picked up sales rights.
Bert Marcus directed Champs, which features interviews with Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins as they discuss their lifelong journeys, travails and successes.
Celebrity interviewers include Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Spike Lee and Mary J Blige.
Last week it emerged that Amplify and Starz Digital Media had acquired North American rights and plan a day-and-date theatrical and VOD release.
Attorney Larry Kopeikin negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers with The Works CEO Laurence Gornall. The parties said the deal closed during the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
“I am honoured to be a part of Champs,” said Tyson, who also serves as producer. “It was a great experience to work with my friend Bert Marcus and to have him help tell my story. This is a film...
Bert Marcus directed Champs, which features interviews with Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins as they discuss their lifelong journeys, travails and successes.
Celebrity interviewers include Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Spike Lee and Mary J Blige.
Last week it emerged that Amplify and Starz Digital Media had acquired North American rights and plan a day-and-date theatrical and VOD release.
Attorney Larry Kopeikin negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers with The Works CEO Laurence Gornall. The parties said the deal closed during the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
“I am honoured to be a part of Champs,” said Tyson, who also serves as producer. “It was a great experience to work with my friend Bert Marcus and to have him help tell my story. This is a film...
- 9/22/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Mike Tyson has the Afm in his sights and will attend a buyer screening of the documentary after The Works International picked up sales rights.
Bert Marcus directed Champs, which features interviews with Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins as they discuss their lifelong journeys, travails and successes.
Celebrity interviewers include Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Spike Lee and Mary J Blige.
Last week it emerged that Amplify and Starz Digital Media had acquired North American rights and plan a day-and-date theatrical and VOD release.
Attorney Larry Kopeikin negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers with The Works CEO Laurence Gornall. The parties said the deal closed during the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
“I am honoured to be a part of Champs,” said Tyson, who also serves as producer. “It was a great experience to work with my friend Bert Marcus and to have him help tell my story. This is a film...
Bert Marcus directed Champs, which features interviews with Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins as they discuss their lifelong journeys, travails and successes.
Celebrity interviewers include Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Spike Lee and Mary J Blige.
Last week it emerged that Amplify and Starz Digital Media had acquired North American rights and plan a day-and-date theatrical and VOD release.
Attorney Larry Kopeikin negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers with The Works CEO Laurence Gornall. The parties said the deal closed during the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
“I am honoured to be a part of Champs,” said Tyson, who also serves as producer. “It was a great experience to work with my friend Bert Marcus and to have him help tell my story. This is a film...
- 9/22/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Mike Tyson has the Afm in his sights and will attend a buyer screening of the documentary after The Works International picked up sales rights.
Bert Marcus directed the film, which features interviews with Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins as they discuss their lifelong journeys, travails and successes.
Celebrity interviewers include Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Spike Lee and Mary J Blige.
Last week it emerged that Amplify and Starz Digital Media had acquired North American rights and plan a day-and-date theatrical and VOD release.
Attorney Larry Kopeikin negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers with The Works CEO Laurence Gornall. The parties said the deal closed during the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
“I am honoured to be a part of Champs,” said Tyson, who also serves as producer. “It was a great experience to work with my friend Bert Marcus and to have him help tell my story. This is a film...
Bert Marcus directed the film, which features interviews with Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins as they discuss their lifelong journeys, travails and successes.
Celebrity interviewers include Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Spike Lee and Mary J Blige.
Last week it emerged that Amplify and Starz Digital Media had acquired North American rights and plan a day-and-date theatrical and VOD release.
Attorney Larry Kopeikin negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers with The Works CEO Laurence Gornall. The parties said the deal closed during the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
“I am honoured to be a part of Champs,” said Tyson, who also serves as producer. “It was a great experience to work with my friend Bert Marcus and to have him help tell my story. This is a film...
- 9/22/2014
- ScreenDaily
Amplify and Starz Digital Media have jointly acquired North American rights to director Bert Marcus’ documentary “Champs,” which premiered earlier this year at the Tribeca Film Festival and is slated for a day-and-date theatrical and VOD release in 2015. “Champs” takes a unique look into the remarkable lives and careers of three of the world's most legendary boxers — Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins. “Champs” features candid, never-before-seen interviews with the three fighters, as well as notable boxing supporters including Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Spike Lee and Mary J. Blige. Also read: Adrian Grenier, Bert Marcus...
- 9/15/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Tribeca Film has acquired North American rights to Gerard Johnson’s Hyena following its recent screening in Toronto. In separate deals, Amplify and Starz Digital Media take Champs and Dada Films will release All You Need Is Love.
The thriller opened this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival and Tribeca plans a theatrical 2015 launch after brokering the deal with Independent Film Sales.
Johnson directed from his screenplay about a corrupt police officer in London who must adapt to an influx of Albanian organised crime. Peter Ferdinando stars.
Film4 and the BFI present Hyena, a Number 9 Films Production in association with Riggins Productions Limited and Lipsync. Stephen Woolley, Joanna Laurie and Elizabeth Karlsen are the producers.
The thriller can access funding through the BFI’s Us Distribution Fund, the pilot scheme that helps UK films premiering at Toronto attract theatrical distribution and reach wider audiences in the Us.
Amplify and Starz Digital Media have jointly acquired North American...
The thriller opened this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival and Tribeca plans a theatrical 2015 launch after brokering the deal with Independent Film Sales.
Johnson directed from his screenplay about a corrupt police officer in London who must adapt to an influx of Albanian organised crime. Peter Ferdinando stars.
Film4 and the BFI present Hyena, a Number 9 Films Production in association with Riggins Productions Limited and Lipsync. Stephen Woolley, Joanna Laurie and Elizabeth Karlsen are the producers.
The thriller can access funding through the BFI’s Us Distribution Fund, the pilot scheme that helps UK films premiering at Toronto attract theatrical distribution and reach wider audiences in the Us.
Amplify and Starz Digital Media have jointly acquired North American...
- 9/15/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
For the most part, the genre of boxing documentaries has largely focused on the big fights and the pugilists with the most personality, and you could be forgiven for making a similar assumption about "Champs" on first glance. Legendary boxers Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins take center stage in the film, but the story being told isn't one you're likely expecting. Joining the boxers are sports writers, professors, trainers and more, for a look at the sport through a sociological lens, one that sees the pursuit of boxing as the journey to the American Dream, and everything good and bad that comes with a system both inside and outside the ring, that is far from perfect. Less about what it takes to win a title belt, "Champs" examines what it means to be a man in a sport that often views the competitors as animals. What unites the...
- 4/28/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
"Champs," which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 19th, is much more than a a documentary about boxing. As Zeba Blay writes in her review over at Shadow and Act, "'Champs' is as much about boxing as it is about the triumph, and failure, of the so-called American Dream." Following the screening of Bert Marcus' feature debut, the director participated in a conversation with former boxers Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield and boxing promoter Lou Dibella moderated by Emmy-award winning sports journalist Jeremy Schaap. One of the film's storylines was about how boxing plucks usually minority fighters out of poverty, catapults them into astronomical wealth and provides no education on how to navigate the pitfalls of accelerated upward class mobility. Both Tyson and Holyfield gained and lost millions, and when Schaap made a comment about the fall from the upper class, Tyson quipped,...
- 4/24/2014
- by Luke Slattery
- Indiewire
Ah, film festivals. Where else can you soak in the cinema with a group of fellow cinephiles and hear commentary from directors and their hardworking cast members all in the same day? The 2014 Tribeca Film Festival is underway, and the movie gods behind the famed New York City gathering have gifted us with an audio series of Tribeca talks featuring some of our favorite filmmakers. Yesterday we featured a conversation with former heavyweight fighters Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield discussing the new documentary Champs, but there's more where that came from. The Social Network writer Aaron Sorkin chats with fellow scribe Jon Favreau about heroes, being “moral” in 2014, and making the change from analogue to digital in moviemaking. Also featured is a...
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- 4/22/2014
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
8 Things We Learned from Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield at the Premiere of Their New Film 'Champs'
The 2014 Tribeca Film Festival is in full swing, and this past weekend saw one of the fest's most anticipated events: the premiere of the documentary Champs, followed by a special conversation with former heavyweight boxing champions Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield. The film is an intriguing look back at the boxing careers of Tyson, Holyfield and Wba light-heavyweight world champion Bernard Hopkins, all of whom were forced to overcome broken homes, poverty--and in some cases the prison system--in order to eventually become some of boxing's greatest fighters. Along with interviews and dramatic re-creations, Champs not only documents the last great, memorable heavyweight boxing moments, but it also takes a real harsh look at the sport itself and why it's taking...
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- 4/21/2014
- by Erik Davis
- Movies.com
Champs is as much about boxing as it is about the triumph, and failure, of the so-called American Dream. The Mike Tyson-produced documentary from first-time director Bert Marcus explores our very unique brand of patriotic idealism through the prism of a sport that gave us greats like Jack Johnson and Muhammad Ali, a sport that can oftentimes be as awe-inspiring as it is brutal. Rather than an overview of the entire history of boxing, Champs hones in on the stories of three specific champion fighters - Tyson, Evander Holyfield, and Bernard Hopkins. Chronicling the incredibly different trajectories of their careers, the documentary highlights the common threads that they and many...
- 4/21/2014
- by Zeba Blay
- ShadowAndAct
Sports movies tend to focus on the strenuous nature of professional athletics and competition, with few of them ever really managing to depict a larger, more worldly topic. Such is not the case with Bert Marcus' boxing documentary "Champs," which tackles social issues as the American dream and the perpetual distance between wealth and poverty that many athletes (such as Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins) and non-athletes alike still struggle to overcome. Tell us about yourself. I was born and raised in Los Angeles and although I have constantly sought out new adventures and travels, no matter where life leads me, there is no place like home. From a young age, I brought humor and fun into most facets of my life, which led to journalism and student government in high school, which in turn grew into working at Clear Channel radio with on-air personalities and then...
- 4/15/2014
- by Ziyad Saadi
- Indiewire
The Tribeca Film Festival has announced its 2014 lineup for both the Tribeca Talks and Tribeca Innovation Week's Future of Film series. For its 13th edition, the festival will feature thoughtful conversations with Kevin Spacey, Bryan Cranston, Alec Baldwin, Michael Douglas, Aaron Sorkin, Themla Schoonmaker, Skip Lievsay, Lee Daniels, Terence Winter and David Simon, among other respected actors, directors, producers and writers. The panels and events will be held at various locations in New York City between April 16th and 27th.
Clint Eastwood and Darren Aronofsky Talk Shop at 2013 Tribeca Film...
Clint Eastwood and Darren Aronofsky Talk Shop at 2013 Tribeca Film...
- 3/17/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Kevin Spacey, Ron Howard, Michael Douglas and Aaron Sorkin are just a few of the big names who will be part of the Tribeca Film Festival's 2014 Tribeca Talks and Tribeca Innovation Week's Future of Film series, the festival announced today. Also on tap is Thelma Schoonmaker, Skip Lievsay, Lee Daniels, Terence Winter; Bryan Cranston, Alec Baldwin, and David Simon. A few non-industry legends will be around to talk as well: Congressman Barney Frank, and legendary boxers Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield. Tff also unveiled four new documentaries world premiering at the Festival: "Now: In the Wings on a World Stage," "The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin," "Compared to What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank" and "Champs," as well as the previously announced "Food Chains," "Supermensch" and the tenth anniversary screening of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." They will each screen as part of the Tribeca Talks: After the...
- 3/17/2014
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
The 2014 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff) has unveiled its lineup for this year’s Tribeca Talks and Tribeca Innovation Week’s Future of Film series. Included in the mix are Kevin Spacey, Ron Howard, Michael Douglas, Aaron Sorkin, Thelma Schoonmaker, Skip Lievsay, Lee Daniels, Terence Winter, Bryan Cranston, Alec Baldwin, and David Simon. Full list, below.The Talks panels and events will run during the 13th edition of Tff, taking place April 16-27 in New York City.Tff also unveiled four new documentaries world premiering at the Festival: “Now – In the Wings on a World Stage,” “The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin,” “Compared to What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank” and “Champs”; as well as “Food Chains,” “Supermensch” and the tenth anniversary screening of non-doc “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” They will each screen as part of the Tribeca Talks: After the Movie series giving audiences the opportunity to...
- 3/17/2014
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
Top brass at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff) have announced the line-up for the 2014 Tribeca Talks and Tribeca Innovation Week’s four-day Future Of Film series.
The Tribeca Talks panels and events will run during the 13th edition of Tff that runs from April 16-27.
Tff also unveiled four new documentaries that will receive their world premiere at the festival: Now – In The Wings On A World Stage, The Rise And Rise Of Bitcoin, Compared To What: The Improbable Journey Of Barney Frank and Champs, as well as Food Chains, Supermensch, and the tenth anniversary screening of Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind.
Each will screen as part of the Tribeca Talks: After The Movie series.
This year’s series incudes the Tribeca Talks: Directors Series featuring on-stage conversations with Ron Howard and Lee Daniels, as well as Tribeca Talks: Industry Conversations and Tribeca Talks: Pen To Paper exploring subjects related to screenwriting.
“With these talks...
The Tribeca Talks panels and events will run during the 13th edition of Tff that runs from April 16-27.
Tff also unveiled four new documentaries that will receive their world premiere at the festival: Now – In The Wings On A World Stage, The Rise And Rise Of Bitcoin, Compared To What: The Improbable Journey Of Barney Frank and Champs, as well as Food Chains, Supermensch, and the tenth anniversary screening of Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind.
Each will screen as part of the Tribeca Talks: After The Movie series.
This year’s series incudes the Tribeca Talks: Directors Series featuring on-stage conversations with Ron Howard and Lee Daniels, as well as Tribeca Talks: Industry Conversations and Tribeca Talks: Pen To Paper exploring subjects related to screenwriting.
“With these talks...
- 3/17/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Top brass at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff) have announced the line-up for the 2014 Tribeca Talks and Tribeca Innovation Week’s four-day Future Of Film series.
The Tribeca Talks panels and events will run during the 13th edition of Tff that runs from April 16-27.
Tff also unveiled four new documentaries that will receive their world premiere at the festival: Now – In The Wings On A World Stage, The Rise And Rise Of Bitcoin, Compared To What: The Improbable Journey Of Barney Frank and Champs, as well as Food Chains, Supermensch, and the tenth anniversary screening of Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind.
Each will screen as part of the Tribeca Talks: After The Movie series.
This year’s series incudes the Tribeca Talks: Directors Series featuring on-stage conversations with Ron Howard and Lee Daniels, as well as Tribeca Talks: Industry Conversations and Tribeca Talks: Pen To Paper exploring subjects related to screenwriting.
“With these talks...
The Tribeca Talks panels and events will run during the 13th edition of Tff that runs from April 16-27.
Tff also unveiled four new documentaries that will receive their world premiere at the festival: Now – In The Wings On A World Stage, The Rise And Rise Of Bitcoin, Compared To What: The Improbable Journey Of Barney Frank and Champs, as well as Food Chains, Supermensch, and the tenth anniversary screening of Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind.
Each will screen as part of the Tribeca Talks: After The Movie series.
This year’s series incudes the Tribeca Talks: Directors Series featuring on-stage conversations with Ron Howard and Lee Daniels, as well as Tribeca Talks: Industry Conversations and Tribeca Talks: Pen To Paper exploring subjects related to screenwriting.
“With these talks...
- 3/17/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The New York Knicks are one of basketball’s most storied franchises but they haven’t won an NBA title since 1973. Celebrity fans like Spike Lee, Woody Allen, and screenwriter William Goldman worshipped the star-studded — but team-first — Knicks teams of that championship era, and a generation of aging sportswriters refuse to let those hardwood legends die. Actor Michael Rapaport was only three years old when the Knicks won their last title, but he’s turned his yearning for those glory years into a documentary, When the Garden was Eden.
Rapaport’s movie, which is also part of Espn’s “30 for 30″ series,...
Rapaport’s movie, which is also part of Espn’s “30 for 30″ series,...
- 3/13/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
The world premiere of the 30 For 30 documentary When The Garden Was Eden marking actor Michael Rapaport’s feature directorial debut will kick off the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival on April 17.
The line-up includes Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield taking part in an on-stage conversation as part of the Tribeca Talks series, as well as the world premiere of the documentary Maradona ‘86.
Each of the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival films will screen throughout the festival and every one will screen again on April 26.
The Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival sponsored by Mohegan Sun will present a series of free, sports-related games and activities on Sports Day under the umbrella of the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair on April 26.
The Tribeca Film Festival will run from April 16-27.
Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival
Synopses adapted from those provided by the festival.
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When The Garden Was Eden (Us), dir Michael Rapaport.
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The line-up includes Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield taking part in an on-stage conversation as part of the Tribeca Talks series, as well as the world premiere of the documentary Maradona ‘86.
Each of the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival films will screen throughout the festival and every one will screen again on April 26.
The Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival sponsored by Mohegan Sun will present a series of free, sports-related games and activities on Sports Day under the umbrella of the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair on April 26.
The Tribeca Film Festival will run from April 16-27.
Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival
Synopses adapted from those provided by the festival.
Gala
When The Garden Was Eden (Us), dir Michael Rapaport.
Actor [link=nm...
- 3/13/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The world premiere of the 30 For 30 documentary marking actor Michael Rapaport’s feature directorial debut will kick off the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival on April 17.
The line-up includes Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield taking part in an on-stage conversation as part of the Tribeca Talks series, as well as the world premiere of the documentary Maradona ‘86.
Each of the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival films will screen throughout the festival and every one will screen again on April 26.
The Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival sponsored by Mohegan Sun will present a series of free, sports-related games and activities on Sports Day under the umbrella of the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair on April 26.
The Tribeca Film Festival will run from April 16-27.
Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival
Synopses adapted from those provided by the festival.
Gala
When The Garden Was Eden (Us), dir Michael Rapaport.
Actor Michael Rapaport delivers his love letter to the Knicks in a fast-paced...
The line-up includes Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield taking part in an on-stage conversation as part of the Tribeca Talks series, as well as the world premiere of the documentary Maradona ‘86.
Each of the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival films will screen throughout the festival and every one will screen again on April 26.
The Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival sponsored by Mohegan Sun will present a series of free, sports-related games and activities on Sports Day under the umbrella of the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair on April 26.
The Tribeca Film Festival will run from April 16-27.
Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival
Synopses adapted from those provided by the festival.
Gala
When The Garden Was Eden (Us), dir Michael Rapaport.
Actor Michael Rapaport delivers his love letter to the Knicks in a fast-paced...
- 3/13/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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