The producer behind Pretty Woman is set to provide virtual guidance to Australia’s emerging filmmakers and screenwriters.
Delivered through Screen Canberra, in partnership with Creative Edge, Gary W. Goldstein will deliver an eight-week masterclass designed to help those in the industry take the next step in their careers.
Goldstein’s films have generated over $1 billion dollars worldwide and received multiple Academy Award nominations, People’s Choice Awards, and a Golden Globe.
He has also helped launch the careers of screenwriter J.F. Lawton (Pretty Woman), writer-producer-director Matt Reeves’ (War for the Planet of the Apes), and Allison Burnett (Autumn in NY).
The producer and author said Australian talent held high value internationally.
“I love Australia,” he said.
“In fact, Hollywood loves Australia. Every week it seems, we’re stealing a screenwriter, actor, actress, director or producer and are bringing them to LA because we recognise the extraordinary wealth of Australian talent.
Delivered through Screen Canberra, in partnership with Creative Edge, Gary W. Goldstein will deliver an eight-week masterclass designed to help those in the industry take the next step in their careers.
Goldstein’s films have generated over $1 billion dollars worldwide and received multiple Academy Award nominations, People’s Choice Awards, and a Golden Globe.
He has also helped launch the careers of screenwriter J.F. Lawton (Pretty Woman), writer-producer-director Matt Reeves’ (War for the Planet of the Apes), and Allison Burnett (Autumn in NY).
The producer and author said Australian talent held high value internationally.
“I love Australia,” he said.
“In fact, Hollywood loves Australia. Every week it seems, we’re stealing a screenwriter, actor, actress, director or producer and are bringing them to LA because we recognise the extraordinary wealth of Australian talent.
- 8/30/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Image Source: Kei Moreno
My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan is a book that will linger with you long after you've turned the last page. The novel, which hit shelves in April, doesn't neatly fit into one genre. Take a coming-of-age arc, mix it with literary fiction, toss in a love story, add a pinch of poetry and enough British charm to make you swoon, and you'd find yourself with some of the magic Whelan's captured in her book.
The story packs in its fair share of surprises, so to keep things spoiler-free, here's the gist: at 24, American Ella Durran makes her way overseas to live out her lifelong dream of studying at Oxford. She's a driven, determined Rhodes Scholar who's stepping into the life she always planned for herself, and when she's offered a position in a promising politician's campaign, she agrees to work remotely and return to Washington...
My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan is a book that will linger with you long after you've turned the last page. The novel, which hit shelves in April, doesn't neatly fit into one genre. Take a coming-of-age arc, mix it with literary fiction, toss in a love story, add a pinch of poetry and enough British charm to make you swoon, and you'd find yourself with some of the magic Whelan's captured in her book.
The story packs in its fair share of surprises, so to keep things spoiler-free, here's the gist: at 24, American Ella Durran makes her way overseas to live out her lifelong dream of studying at Oxford. She's a driven, determined Rhodes Scholar who's stepping into the life she always planned for herself, and when she's offered a position in a promising politician's campaign, she agrees to work remotely and return to Washington...
- 5/22/2018
- by Laura Marie Meyers
- Popsugar.com
Melissa Benoist and Sam Heughan are teaming up for love story Oxford.
The Supergirl actress and Outlander lead will star in the romance set at Oxford University, reports Deadline.
Benoist will play a student who arrives at Oxford and falls in love with her arrogant teaching assistant (Heughan).
When she discovers he is privately fighting terminal cancer, the pair decide to make the most of his days and travel the world together.
Allison Burnett wrote Oxford's script, while Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey are producing.
Benoist has appeared in projects such as Glee, Whiplash and The Longest Ride. Supergirl will premiere in October on CBS.
As well as Outlander, Heughan has popped up in Doctors, A Princess for Christmas and Any Human Heart.
The Supergirl actress and Outlander lead will star in the romance set at Oxford University, reports Deadline.
Benoist will play a student who arrives at Oxford and falls in love with her arrogant teaching assistant (Heughan).
When she discovers he is privately fighting terminal cancer, the pair decide to make the most of his days and travel the world together.
Allison Burnett wrote Oxford's script, while Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey are producing.
Benoist has appeared in projects such as Glee, Whiplash and The Longest Ride. Supergirl will premiere in October on CBS.
As well as Outlander, Heughan has popped up in Doctors, A Princess for Christmas and Any Human Heart.
- 8/30/2015
- Digital Spy
"Supergirl" star Melissa Benoist and "Outlander" hunk Sam Heughan are set to co-star in the romantic drama "Oxford" for Screen Gems. A director will be locked before setting the film's start date.
Benoist will play an American Rhodes scholar who, after arriving at Oxford University, falls for an arrogant teaching assistant (Heughan) who is quietly fighting terminal cancer.
When she learns the truth, they make the most of each day traveling the world together. Allison Burnett penned the script while Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey are producing.
Source: Variety...
Benoist will play an American Rhodes scholar who, after arriving at Oxford University, falls for an arrogant teaching assistant (Heughan) who is quietly fighting terminal cancer.
When she learns the truth, they make the most of each day traveling the world together. Allison Burnett penned the script while Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey are producing.
Source: Variety...
- 8/28/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
“Outlander” star Sam Heughan and upcoming “Supergirl” star Melissa Benoist are set to star in Screen Gems’ love story “Oxford,” an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap. There’s no director yet, but Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey are producing the film, which was written by Allison Burnett. The story follows a young American student at Oxford University who falls for a teaching assistant with terminal cancer and together they travel the world, making the most of each day.Also Read: 'Outlander' Star Sam Heughan on Jamie's Brutal Sexual Assault Scene, Major Changes...
- 8/27/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Screen Gems has set two of the hottest stars on television for its feature film Oxford. Melissa Benoist, who’ll soon be starring as the title character in the CBS fall series Supergirl, will team with Sam Heughan, who plays the male lead role of Jamie Fraser on the Starz hit series Outlander. Oxford has a script by Allison Burnett, and Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey are producing. Soon after arriving at Oxford U, an American Rhodes Scholar student…...
- 8/27/2015
- Deadline
One has been winning acclaim for playing a highland warrior and the other is about to be a superhero. But Outlander’s Sam Heughan and Supergirl’s Melissa Benoist are finding time to fall in love. On screen, at least, in Oxford. Featuring a script by Allison Burnett, the film follows an American Rhodes Scholar arriving at an Oxford college to continue her studies. There she meets an arrogant, grouchy teaching assistant (Heughan) who she leans is secretly fighting terminal cancer.Upon learning of the reason for his daily attitude, she falls for him, and they decide to make the best of the days he has left, heading out to travel the world. Screen Gems is backing this one, though the company is looking to lock down a director before deciding when to start shooting. It’ll have to take the actors’ day jobs into consideration too, since Benoist is...
- 8/27/2015
- EmpireOnline
Chicago – The number of writers who have adapted and directed their own novels as films is a very small and elite club, and it includes writer/director Allison Burnett. His 2014 film, “Ask Me Anything,” is being released on DVD on March 3rd, 2015, and features Britt Robertson, Justin Long, Christian Slater and Martin Sheen.
“Ask Me Anything” was adapted by Burnett from his 2009 novel “Undiscovered Gyrl,” and is a gritty and multi-layered story of a girl blogger whose truth telling gets in the way of her expectations. Up-and-coming actress Britt Robertson portrays Katie Kampenfelt, taking a sabbatical between high school and college. Along the way, she can’t help being attracted to older men, including characters portrayed by Justin Long, Christian Slater and the always virtuous Martin Sheen. “Ask Me Anything” is a modern and incendiary love story, if loving yourself becomes necessary for survival.
Britt Robertson as Katie in Allison Burnett...
“Ask Me Anything” was adapted by Burnett from his 2009 novel “Undiscovered Gyrl,” and is a gritty and multi-layered story of a girl blogger whose truth telling gets in the way of her expectations. Up-and-coming actress Britt Robertson portrays Katie Kampenfelt, taking a sabbatical between high school and college. Along the way, she can’t help being attracted to older men, including characters portrayed by Justin Long, Christian Slater and the always virtuous Martin Sheen. “Ask Me Anything” is a modern and incendiary love story, if loving yourself becomes necessary for survival.
Britt Robertson as Katie in Allison Burnett...
- 3/4/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Exclusive: Allison Burnett, who has been behind such screenplays as Autumn in New York starring Richard Gere and Winona Ryder as well as the Kate Beckinsale vampire warrior sequel Underworld: Awakening has inked with Paradigm Talent Agency. Among Burnett’s projects in development are Oxford, which he sold on spec to Screen Gems with Temple Hill producing, as well as A Beautiful Disaster, which he is writing for EuropaCorp. Other Burnett writing credits include Feast of Lov…...
- 3/1/2015
- Deadline
"America’s Got Talent" host Nick Cannon will direct the independent romantic comedy "Three Little Words" at Gulfstream Pictures.
The story follows a group of people dealing with various romantic relationships as they try to summon the courage to say "I love you". Allison Burnett wrote the script.
Mike Karz and William Bindley are producing. The film is in pre-production with a distribution deal in place.
Source: Variety...
The story follows a group of people dealing with various romantic relationships as they try to summon the courage to say "I love you". Allison Burnett wrote the script.
Mike Karz and William Bindley are producing. The film is in pre-production with a distribution deal in place.
Source: Variety...
- 1/31/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Allison Burnett is a rarity in Hollywood. He is not just a successful Hollywood screenwriter, a respected novelist, and a published critic and poet, but also a film director. His new film, Ask Me Anything, which he wrote and directed based on his own novel Undiscovered Gyrl, was released two weeks ago in selected theaters and on all digital platforms. It stars Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Justin Long, and, in the lead role, luminous newcomer Britt Robertson. Recently I sat down with Allison in his Los Angeles home to discuss the challenges of indie filmmaking in general, as well as the difficulties with his leading lady that has caught the attention of the national media.
Dusty Wright: You wrote and directed Red Meat in 1996 and then did not direct again until Ask Me Anything. What took you so long to tackle directing again?
Alilson Burnett: To me the great allure of directing is creative control.
Dusty Wright: You wrote and directed Red Meat in 1996 and then did not direct again until Ask Me Anything. What took you so long to tackle directing again?
Alilson Burnett: To me the great allure of directing is creative control.
- 1/9/2015
- by Dusty Wright
- www.culturecatch.com
Ask and You Shall Receive: Burnett’s Adaptation Buoyed By Arresting Performances
Landing somewhere on a spectrum of unraveling female adolescent prototypes that plays like one part Evan Rachel Wood in Pretty Persuasion mixed with two parts Thirteen is Katie Kampenfelt, the heroine of director and novelist Allison Burnett’s latest feature, Ask Me Anything. Adapted from his own novel, Undiscovered Gyrl, his vanilla retitling doesn’t quite sit properly atop his intriguing, if sometimes baffling venture into the psyche of a superficially maladjusted teenage girl, instead sounding like a title you’d expect to grace the NeNe Leaks story. An intriguing, if sometimes questionable supporting cast rally splendidly around a noticeable central performance from Britt Robertson, often making up for the film’s tonal missteps to become a surprisingly entertaining indie feature that will have a hard time rising above the tethers of its mediocre packaging.
Deciding to take...
Landing somewhere on a spectrum of unraveling female adolescent prototypes that plays like one part Evan Rachel Wood in Pretty Persuasion mixed with two parts Thirteen is Katie Kampenfelt, the heroine of director and novelist Allison Burnett’s latest feature, Ask Me Anything. Adapted from his own novel, Undiscovered Gyrl, his vanilla retitling doesn’t quite sit properly atop his intriguing, if sometimes baffling venture into the psyche of a superficially maladjusted teenage girl, instead sounding like a title you’d expect to grace the NeNe Leaks story. An intriguing, if sometimes questionable supporting cast rally splendidly around a noticeable central performance from Britt Robertson, often making up for the film’s tonal missteps to become a surprisingly entertaining indie feature that will have a hard time rising above the tethers of its mediocre packaging.
Deciding to take...
- 12/18/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Screenwriter, director, and novelist Allison Burnett adapts his critically-lauded book Undiscovered Gyrl, retitled Ask Me Anything for the screen, with excellent results. (By the way, only two writers I can think of have even attempted to migrate their prose from page to screen as both writer and director -- Norman Mailer and Stephen Chboksy.) This dramatic coming-of-age indie boasts an outstanding cast with a wickedly twisted plot twist that is so left field that you may have to watch it again to get it. Part Lolita meets Looking for Mr. Goodbar a la a precocious teenage blogger gone rogue.
The film's complex ingénue is the beautiful, blond Katie Kampenfelt (Britt Robertson), an 18-year-old girl who starts blogging, for her own kicks, the year following her high school graduation. Falling in love with a college film professor (Justin Long) as well as the married husband (Christian Slater) of couple she is the nanny for,...
The film's complex ingénue is the beautiful, blond Katie Kampenfelt (Britt Robertson), an 18-year-old girl who starts blogging, for her own kicks, the year following her high school graduation. Falling in love with a college film professor (Justin Long) as well as the married husband (Christian Slater) of couple she is the nanny for,...
- 12/16/2014
- by Dusty Wright
- www.culturecatch.com
Blake Lively starrer The Age Of Adaline will open wide on January 23, Lionsgate announced today. The romantic drama from director Lee Toland Krieger tracks a 29-year-old woman (Lively) who stops aging after an accident and embarks on a series of incredible adventures throughout the 20th century until she meets a man who forever alters her isolated life. Adaline will face off against Universal’s thriller The Boy Next Door on the January date. Harrison Ford, Michiel Huisman, Ellen Burstyn, Amanda Crew, and Kathy Baker also star in the pic scripted by J. Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz with revisions by Allison Burnett. The Sidney Kimmel and Lakeshore Entertainment production produced by Sidney Kimmel, Tom Rosenberg, and Gary Lucchesi.
- 8/15/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
The distributor has taken North American distribution rights to writer-director Allison Burnett’s drama based on his own novel, Undiscovered Gyrl, which Lightning Entertainment is selling to international buyers in Cannes.
Britt Robertson stars as a blogger in her year before college who becomes embroiled in an increasingly dark sexual odyssey.
Lauren Avinoam, Nicolas Emiliani and Lauren Hogarth are producing.
Robertson stars alongside Justin Long, Christian Slater, Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Martin Sheen.
Phase 4’s Larry Greenberg brokered the deal with Maren Olsen at Traction on behalf of the filmmakers.
Britt Robertson stars as a blogger in her year before college who becomes embroiled in an increasingly dark sexual odyssey.
Lauren Avinoam, Nicolas Emiliani and Lauren Hogarth are producing.
Robertson stars alongside Justin Long, Christian Slater, Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Martin Sheen.
Phase 4’s Larry Greenberg brokered the deal with Maren Olsen at Traction on behalf of the filmmakers.
- 5/19/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Phase 4 Films closed North American rights to writer-director Allison Burnett’s Ask Me Anything. An adaptation of Burnett’s novel Undiscovered Gyrl, the film tells the story of beautiful, wild, funny and lost Katie Kampenfelt (Britt Robertson), who takes a year off before college. Ambitious in her own way, Katie intends to do more than just smoke weed with her boyfriend Rory. She plans to seduce Dan (Justin Long), a 30-year-old film professor, while resisting her attraction to her married boss (Christian Slater). Katie chronicles her adventures in an anonymous blog, telling strangers her innermost desires, shames, and thrills. When her compulsions get the best of her, her fearless narrative begins to crack, and dark pieces of her past emerge. Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Martin Sheen also star. Burnett’s writing credits include Underworld: Awakening, Fame, Resurrecting The Champ and Autumn In New York. Pic is produced by Lauren Avinoam,...
- 5/19/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
The Beverly Hills-based company has bulked up its Cannes slate with the thriller starring Britt Robertson, one of the leads in Disney’s upcoming sci-fi Tomorrowland.
Justin Long, Christian Slater, Martin Sheen, Robert Patrick and Max Carver round out the key cast.
Robertson plays a wild young woman who takes a year off before college and authors an anonymous blog about her sexual misadventures with a film teacher just as everything is about to turn sour.
Allison Burnett directs Ask Me Anything based on an adaptation of his novel Undiscovered Gyrl.
“Ask Me Anything is one of those rare films that is capable of striking a chord with audiences in so many different ways,” said Lightning sales and acquisitions consultant Richard S Guardian.
“We were initially drawn to the ingredients that make it so commercially viable – a built-in audience fan base from a book continuing to grow in popularity and a globally recognised cast including a rapidly...
Justin Long, Christian Slater, Martin Sheen, Robert Patrick and Max Carver round out the key cast.
Robertson plays a wild young woman who takes a year off before college and authors an anonymous blog about her sexual misadventures with a film teacher just as everything is about to turn sour.
Allison Burnett directs Ask Me Anything based on an adaptation of his novel Undiscovered Gyrl.
“Ask Me Anything is one of those rare films that is capable of striking a chord with audiences in so many different ways,” said Lightning sales and acquisitions consultant Richard S Guardian.
“We were initially drawn to the ingredients that make it so commercially viable – a built-in audience fan base from a book continuing to grow in popularity and a globally recognised cast including a rapidly...
- 5/6/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Kathy Baker and Amanda Crew join Harrison Ford, Blake Lively, Ellen Burstyn and Michiel Huisman on Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Lakeshore Entertainment’s romance.
Principal photography began in March on the story of the eponymous 29-year old, who stops aging after a near-fatal accident.
Ellen Burstyn and Michiel Huisman round out the key cast. J Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz wrot the original screenplay, with revisions by Allison Burnett. Sidney Kimmel, Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi produce and Jim Tauber and Eric Reid are executive producers.
Lionsgate will release The Age Of Adaline in the Us while International and Sierra/Affinity handle international sales.
Principal photography began in March on the story of the eponymous 29-year old, who stops aging after a near-fatal accident.
Ellen Burstyn and Michiel Huisman round out the key cast. J Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz wrot the original screenplay, with revisions by Allison Burnett. Sidney Kimmel, Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi produce and Jim Tauber and Eric Reid are executive producers.
Lionsgate will release The Age Of Adaline in the Us while International and Sierra/Affinity handle international sales.
- 3/20/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Via: Variety
Harrison Ford will star alongside Blake Lively in a film called Age of Adaline. The movie is being directed by Lee Toland Krieger, who previously made Celeste & Jesse Forever and The Vicious Kind. The script comes from J. Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz, with revisions by Allison Burnett.
The movie has a very interesting premise in which Lively will play a 29-year old girl named Adaline, "who stops aging after recovering from a near-fatal accident. Over the course of the 20th century she embarks on an epic journey, keeping her secret until she meets a man who forever alters her life."
I'm intrigued by the plot, and I'm looking forward to learning more. The film is scheduled to start shooting in March with Lionsgate set to release the film in the U.S.
Harrison Ford will star alongside Blake Lively in a film called Age of Adaline. The movie is being directed by Lee Toland Krieger, who previously made Celeste & Jesse Forever and The Vicious Kind. The script comes from J. Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz, with revisions by Allison Burnett.
The movie has a very interesting premise in which Lively will play a 29-year old girl named Adaline, "who stops aging after recovering from a near-fatal accident. Over the course of the 20th century she embarks on an epic journey, keeping her secret until she meets a man who forever alters her life."
I'm intrigued by the plot, and I'm looking forward to learning more. The film is scheduled to start shooting in March with Lionsgate set to release the film in the U.S.
- 1/16/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Lionsgate , Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Lakeshore Entertainment have cast Harrison Ford in the upcoming romantic drama The Age Of Adaline. Ford joins previously announced stars Blake Lively and Academy Award®-winner Ellen Burstyn. Principal photography will begin in March with Lionsgate set to release the film in the Us.
“We are very excited to be working with Harrison Ford,” stated Lakeshore’s President Gary Lucchesi. “He’s one of the great actors of our time, and will be perfect for the role of William in The Age Of Adaline.”
The original screenplay was written by J. Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz, with revisions by Allison Burnett, and will be directed by Lee Toland Krieger. The Age Of Adaline will be produced by Sidney Kimmel, Tom Rosenberg, and Gary Lucchesi. Jim Tauber and Eric Reid will executive produce.
“We are absolutely thrilled to have such a talented superstar as Harrison Ford...
“We are very excited to be working with Harrison Ford,” stated Lakeshore’s President Gary Lucchesi. “He’s one of the great actors of our time, and will be perfect for the role of William in The Age Of Adaline.”
The original screenplay was written by J. Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz, with revisions by Allison Burnett, and will be directed by Lee Toland Krieger. The Age Of Adaline will be produced by Sidney Kimmel, Tom Rosenberg, and Gary Lucchesi. Jim Tauber and Eric Reid will executive produce.
“We are absolutely thrilled to have such a talented superstar as Harrison Ford...
- 1/15/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Unlike some of his contemporaries – yes, Bruce, we’re looking at you – Harrison Ford keeps hopping between genres. Recently we’ve seen him in comedy (Anchorman 2) and sci-fi (Ender’s Game) and he’s part of action extravaganza The Expendables 3. To tick 'romantic drama' off his list in its turn, he’s just joined the cast of Lakeshore Entertainment’s The Age Of Adaline.Written by J. Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz (with some recent polishing by Allison Burnett), the film follows Blake Lively as the 29 year-old title character, who mysteriously stops ageing after surviving a terrible accident.Through the 20th century she starts an epic journey and tells no one her secret, until she meets someone who forever changes her life. Though her exact role hasn’t been made clear, Ellen Burstyn is on board to co-star, with Lee Toland Krieger set to get the cameras rolling in March.
- 1/15/2014
- EmpireOnline
Lionsgate, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Lakeshore Entertainment have cast Harrison Ford in the upcoming romantic drama The Age of Adaline . Ford joins previously-announced stars Blake Lively and Academy Award-winner Ellen Burstyn. Principal photography will begin in March with Lionsgate set to release the film in the Us. "We are very excited to be working with Harrison Ford," stated Lakeshore's President Gary Lucchesi. "He's one of the great actors of our time, and will be perfect for the role of William in 'The Age of Adaline.'" The original screenplay was written by J. Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz, with revisions by Allison Burnett, and will be directed by Lee Toland Krieger. The Age of Adaline will be produced by Sidney Kimmel, Tom...
- 1/15/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Blake Lively is returning to acting after her 2012 wedding to Ryan Reynolds. The former "Gossip Girl" star snapped up a leading role in "Age of Adaline" alongside Ellen Burstyn.
Originally slated to play the role Lively has landed was "Grey's Anatomy" alum Katherine Heigl. Deadline, which broke the news about Lively and Burstyn's casting, didn't give a reason for Heigl's departure, but it is worth noting she doesn't have a very positive reputation in the film industry.
Lively will play titular character Adaline in the upcoming project. Deadline says "Age of Adaline" follows "the miraculous life of the 29-year-old title character, who stops aging after recovering from a near-fatal accident. Over the 20th century she embarks on an epic but isolated worldwide journey, keeping her secret, until she meets a man who forever alters her life."
Directing "Age of Adaline" is Lee Toland Krieger. The film was written by J. Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz,...
Originally slated to play the role Lively has landed was "Grey's Anatomy" alum Katherine Heigl. Deadline, which broke the news about Lively and Burstyn's casting, didn't give a reason for Heigl's departure, but it is worth noting she doesn't have a very positive reputation in the film industry.
Lively will play titular character Adaline in the upcoming project. Deadline says "Age of Adaline" follows "the miraculous life of the 29-year-old title character, who stops aging after recovering from a near-fatal accident. Over the 20th century she embarks on an epic but isolated worldwide journey, keeping her secret, until she meets a man who forever alters her life."
Directing "Age of Adaline" is Lee Toland Krieger. The film was written by J. Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz,...
- 10/17/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Newlywed Blake Lively has signed on for The Age of Adaline, in which she’ll portray the “miraculous life of the 29-year old title character, who stops aging after recovering from a near-fatal accident.” The script — by J. Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz with revisions from Allison Burnett — follows the ageless beauty “over the 20th century [as] she embarks on an epic but isolated worldwide journey, keeping her secret, until she meets a man who forever alters her life.” Ellen Burstyn and Celeste And Jesse Forever director Lee Toland Krieger are also on board. No news on who's playing that magic leading man yet, but Deadline notes that the project has taken quite some time to come together, casually dropping in that “Katherine Heigl was once attached” (so was Angela Lansbury, in fact). Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger, Lionsgate’s co-chairs, eagerly announced they’ve found “the ideal director and stars.
- 10/17/2013
- by Delia Paunescu
- Vulture
Exclusive: The romantic drama The Age Of Adaline has been through a couple of incarnations, but it is now set to go into production in March as a co-production between Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Lakeshore Entertainment. The Town‘s Blake Lively is set to star with Ellen Burstyn, with Lee Toland Krieger directing. Lionsgate is set to release the film domestically. Scripted by J. Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz, with revisions by Allison Burnett, Age Of Adaline follows the miraculous life of the 29-year-old title character, who stops aging after recovering from a near-fatal accident. Over the 20th century she embarks on an epic but isolated worldwide journey, keeping her secret, until she meets a man who forever alters her life. Sidney Kimmel is producing with Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi. Jim Tauber and Eric Reid will be executive producers. “They’re extraordinarily talented and perfect for telling the beautiful...
- 10/17/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
After several development convulsions – Katherine Heigl was attached to the lead for a while – romantic drama The Age Of Adaline finally appears to have settled down and headed for pre-production. Blake Lively and Ellen Burstyn are attached for the leads, with Lee Toland Krieger set to direct.Written by J. Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz (with some recent polishing by Allison Burnett), the film follows the 29 year-old title character who mysteriously stops ageing after surviving a terrible accident.Through the 20th century she starts an epic journey and tells no one her secret, at least until she meets someone who forever changes her life. “They’re extraordinarily talented and perfect for telling the beautiful and timeless tale of The Age Of Adaline,” Lakeshore chief Tom Rosenberg said in a statement nabbed by Deadline. “Lee Toland Krieger is one of the most stylish young filmmakers working in Hollywood today. He is...
- 10/17/2013
- EmpireOnline
Before she takes on “Tomorrowland” next year, Britt Robertson will be an “Undiscovered Gyrl” in the indie adaptation of the 2009 novel of the same name, and now we have the first photo from the film which is in post-production and out to festivals. Multi-hyphenate Allison Burnett directed the film, which is based on his [...]
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- 8/6/2013
- by Linda Ge
- UpandComers
Allison Burnett, an La-based filmmaker friend, may have discovered a new revenue stream for struggling musicians and a way for indie filmmakers to afford quality music. While he was plotting the production of his latest film Undiscovered Gyrl (image above), he decided he didn't want his budget to be consumed by the cost of music publishing and sync rights for well-known songs. Instead he invited female singer-songwriters not much older than the protagonist to submit tracks to be considered for his movie. Unbelievably, he did this reach-out on Craig's List and soon had a hundred songs to chose from. Here's Mr. Burnett's take on his unprecedented song-gathering process:
I recently directed the film adaptation of my novel Undiscovered Gyrl. It is the story of Katie Kampenfelt, an 18-year-old who decides to take a year off before college and start a blog. What begins as the diary of a bubbly, funny teenage girl,...
I recently directed the film adaptation of my novel Undiscovered Gyrl. It is the story of Katie Kampenfelt, an 18-year-old who decides to take a year off before college and start a blog. What begins as the diary of a bubbly, funny teenage girl,...
- 8/2/2013
- by Dusty Wright
- www.culturecatch.com
Face it, the '80s were a seriously crap era. All I can think of is music with lots of synthesizers and actually having to take Madonna seriously. Which is just one reason to appreciate what Allison Burnett accomplishes in his novel Christopher - A Tale of Seduction. He plunges us right into Orwell's apocryphal anno, 1984. In a month-by-month diary, he inhabits the psyche of one B. K. Troop, an avowedly gay (queer? homosexual? bent?) narrator who has one of the most delightful, insightful, and -- to use that much maligned term in literary fiction -- enjoyable voices I've come across in a long time. Fresh. He's so out, he's in. He's self-loathing and self-loving at the same time. He's world-weary but, under that coarse, New York-before-condominiums world, he's a real romantic.
With a real heart. And that heart beats for one Christopher -- his avowedly, unabashedly, incorruptibly straight neighbor.
With a real heart. And that heart beats for one Christopher -- his avowedly, unabashedly, incorruptibly straight neighbor.
- 5/30/2013
- by Ken Krimstein
- www.culturecatch.com
Grind
Ben Mendelsohn ("Animal Kingdom," "Killing Them Softly") is in talks to play a supporting role in Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's indie drama "Mississippi Grind" at Electric City Entertainment.
The story follows a gambler in debt who sets off on a road trip through the Southern U.S. with a young gambling addict in an attempt to change his luck. Jake Gyllenhaal also stars. [Source: Variety]
Undiscovered Gyrl
Christian Slater, Justin Long, Martin Sheen, Robert Patrick and Kimberly Williams-Paisley have joined the cast of Allison Burnett's indie drama "Undiscovered Gyrl." The film is currently shooting in Los Angeles.
The story centers on a teen (Britt Robertson) who decides to defer college for a year in order to find herself. Driven by a longing to fill a void left by her alcoholic father (Patrick), she enters into relationships with a young film professor (Long), the father of a baby for...
Ben Mendelsohn ("Animal Kingdom," "Killing Them Softly") is in talks to play a supporting role in Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's indie drama "Mississippi Grind" at Electric City Entertainment.
The story follows a gambler in debt who sets off on a road trip through the Southern U.S. with a young gambling addict in an attempt to change his luck. Jake Gyllenhaal also stars. [Source: Variety]
Undiscovered Gyrl
Christian Slater, Justin Long, Martin Sheen, Robert Patrick and Kimberly Williams-Paisley have joined the cast of Allison Burnett's indie drama "Undiscovered Gyrl." The film is currently shooting in Los Angeles.
The story centers on a teen (Britt Robertson) who decides to defer college for a year in order to find herself. Driven by a longing to fill a void left by her alcoholic father (Patrick), she enters into relationships with a young film professor (Long), the father of a baby for...
- 1/8/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Undiscovered Gyrl is an upcoming adaptation of Allison Burnett‘s novel of the same name, and according to the latest reports, Christian Slater and Justin Long have joined the cast which already includes Martin Sheen, Robert Patrick and Britt Robertson. Burnett will direct this indie drama from her own script, and for more details – make sure you check out the rest of this report…
Currently filming in Los Angeles, Allison Burnett‘s movie centers on a teen who decides to defer college for a year in order to find herself.
Britt Robertson stars as that girl who, driven by a longing to fill a void left by her alcoholic father enters into relationships with a young film professor, the father of a baby for whom she nannies, and a rare book dealer with a dark past. What a busy girl!
And, like all that’s not enough, she voyeuristically chronicles her adventures in a blog,...
Currently filming in Los Angeles, Allison Burnett‘s movie centers on a teen who decides to defer college for a year in order to find herself.
Britt Robertson stars as that girl who, driven by a longing to fill a void left by her alcoholic father enters into relationships with a young film professor, the father of a baby for whom she nannies, and a rare book dealer with a dark past. What a busy girl!
And, like all that’s not enough, she voyeuristically chronicles her adventures in a blog,...
- 1/7/2013
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
Only on the internet can you have so many friends and be so lonely. True story guys! Ok, I know this is probably not something that will have your full attention, but I find this story interesting so here we go! Britt Robertson, probably best known from The First Time rom-com, will star as the lead in an upcoming indie drama Undiscovered Gyrl, which comes from Allison Burnett.
And when I say – it comes from, I mean that Burnett will direct the whole thing, and the movie will be based on his own novel of the same name that was published by Vintage Books in 2009.
The movie will center on an emotionally-troubled and imaginative high school graduate who decides to take a year off before college and start a blog as her life begins to spiral out of control. As you already guess, Robertson is on board to play that girl,...
And when I say – it comes from, I mean that Burnett will direct the whole thing, and the movie will be based on his own novel of the same name that was published by Vintage Books in 2009.
The movie will center on an emotionally-troubled and imaginative high school graduate who decides to take a year off before college and start a blog as her life begins to spiral out of control. As you already guess, Robertson is on board to play that girl,...
- 11/2/2012
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
Untitled Terrence Malick Project
She only has a small role in "Skyfall", but Berenice Marlohe leaves a strong impression. Filmmaker Terrence Malick would agree it seems.
Marlohe recently confirmed she's scored an unspecified role in Malick's currently shooting Austin music scene project. [Source: THR]
Deadweight
"True Blood" star Sam Trammell has joined Leah Walker's thriller "Deadweight" currently shooting in Ontario, Canada.
Trammell will play a young partner in a prestigious law firm. Laura Harris, Josh Close and Lina Roessler also star. [Source: THR]
Long Day Journey
Danny Glover, Derek Luke, Brian Dennehy and Phil Driscoll will star in Francis Delia's 3D true-life prison drama "Long Day Journey" at Saboa Entertainment.
The script deals with musician Driscoll’s incarceration for tax evasion. Glover and Luke will play fellow inmates who teach Driscoll how to survive inside while Dennehy will portray the bullying warden. [Source: Screen Daily]
Gyrl
Britt Robertson ("The First Time") is set to star...
She only has a small role in "Skyfall", but Berenice Marlohe leaves a strong impression. Filmmaker Terrence Malick would agree it seems.
Marlohe recently confirmed she's scored an unspecified role in Malick's currently shooting Austin music scene project. [Source: THR]
Deadweight
"True Blood" star Sam Trammell has joined Leah Walker's thriller "Deadweight" currently shooting in Ontario, Canada.
Trammell will play a young partner in a prestigious law firm. Laura Harris, Josh Close and Lina Roessler also star. [Source: THR]
Long Day Journey
Danny Glover, Derek Luke, Brian Dennehy and Phil Driscoll will star in Francis Delia's 3D true-life prison drama "Long Day Journey" at Saboa Entertainment.
The script deals with musician Driscoll’s incarceration for tax evasion. Glover and Luke will play fellow inmates who teach Driscoll how to survive inside while Dennehy will portray the bullying warden. [Source: Screen Daily]
Gyrl
Britt Robertson ("The First Time") is set to star...
- 11/2/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
It was over eight months ago, a simpler time, when James Mangold (next year’s The Wolverine, 3:10 to Yuma) was announced to helm City State, an English-language take on Olaf de Fleur Johannesson‘s hit Icelandic crime thriller. Work on the aforementioned comic book movie, while seemingly protracted, has been occupying time on the old schedule in the time since — i.e., this other film’s been a quiet prospect in all this time since — but, with that gearing up to shoot next month, City State now has some breathing room.
Variety reports that John Zinman and Patrick Massett (TV’s Friday Night Lights, Tomb Raider) will help give the film its American treatment, having been hired to scribe a story of colliding lives in the criminal underworld; the original, one of those hyper-link sort of deals, centered on “four people whose lives intersect when a foreign crime syndicate...
Variety reports that John Zinman and Patrick Massett (TV’s Friday Night Lights, Tomb Raider) will help give the film its American treatment, having been hired to scribe a story of colliding lives in the criminal underworld; the original, one of those hyper-link sort of deals, centered on “four people whose lives intersect when a foreign crime syndicate...
- 6/26/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Poster for Anna Karenina, Frankenweenie, Red Lights, Robot and Frank, The Words, Taken 2, Step Up Revolution and a promo poster for Paddington Bear.
Photos of James Franco's look in Oz: The Great and Powerful, a couple of new shots from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2, and set photos of Angelina Jolie shooting Maleficent.
Some recent release date shifts - "The Babymakers" will now open August 3rd, "Alex Cross" opens a week earlier on October 19th, "The Big Wedding" will open October 26th, "21 and Over" will now open March 15th 2013, "Dead Man Down" will hit April 5th 2013, and "Scary Movie 5" is targeting April 19th 2013…." (full details)
Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release the 15-film strong "Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection" on Blu-ray on September 25th. The box-set includes such Hitchcock greats as "Shadow of a Doubt," "Rope," "Rear Window," "The Trouble with Harry," "Vertigo," "North by Northwest," "Psycho,...
Photos of James Franco's look in Oz: The Great and Powerful, a couple of new shots from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2, and set photos of Angelina Jolie shooting Maleficent.
Some recent release date shifts - "The Babymakers" will now open August 3rd, "Alex Cross" opens a week earlier on October 19th, "The Big Wedding" will open October 26th, "21 and Over" will now open March 15th 2013, "Dead Man Down" will hit April 5th 2013, and "Scary Movie 5" is targeting April 19th 2013…." (full details)
Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release the 15-film strong "Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection" on Blu-ray on September 25th. The box-set includes such Hitchcock greats as "Shadow of a Doubt," "Rope," "Rear Window," "The Trouble with Harry," "Vertigo," "North by Northwest," "Psycho,...
- 6/25/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
New Line has picked up an untitled thriller pitch from Allison Burnett, the screenwriter behind the recent Amanda Seyfried thriller Gone and a writer on Underworld: Awakening. Photos: Hollywood's New Leading Ladies The project is a noir thriller with sensuality and intrigue and is described as being in the tradition of Body Heat, the 1981 noir starring Kathleen Turner and William Hurt. The acquisition is noteworthy in that it comes with no producer or acting attachments, rare in today’s world where studios prefer packaged projects. It also marks the first pitch sale for Gersh-repped Burnett, whose work usually involves
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- 6/22/2012
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Update: 5:23 p.m. on May 29, 2012: Prizing quantities changed per studio update
Chicago – In our latest psychological thriller edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 3 Blu-rays or DVDs up for grabs for the home entertainment release of “Gone”! One grand-prize winner will also score an Amanda Seyfried-signed “Gone” mini poster!
“Gone,” which will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 29, 2012, also stars Jennifer Carpenter, Wes Bentley, Daniel Sunjata, Sebastian Stan, Nick Searcy, Socratis Otto, Emily Wickersham, Joel David Moore, Katherine Moennig, Michael Paré, Sam Upton, Ted Rooney, Erin Carufel and Amy Lawhorn from director Heitor Dhalia and writer Allison Burnett.
To win your free “Gone” Blu-ray or DVD plus for your chance at a signed poster courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question in this Web-based submission form. That’s it! Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and win can be found below.
“Gone...
Chicago – In our latest psychological thriller edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 3 Blu-rays or DVDs up for grabs for the home entertainment release of “Gone”! One grand-prize winner will also score an Amanda Seyfried-signed “Gone” mini poster!
“Gone,” which will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 29, 2012, also stars Jennifer Carpenter, Wes Bentley, Daniel Sunjata, Sebastian Stan, Nick Searcy, Socratis Otto, Emily Wickersham, Joel David Moore, Katherine Moennig, Michael Paré, Sam Upton, Ted Rooney, Erin Carufel and Amy Lawhorn from director Heitor Dhalia and writer Allison Burnett.
To win your free “Gone” Blu-ray or DVD plus for your chance at a signed poster courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question in this Web-based submission form. That’s it! Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and win can be found below.
“Gone...
- 5/28/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Kate Beckinsale is back as the death dealing vampire Selene in Underworld: Awakening. The film manages to be entertaining, but fails to capture the magic of the first Underworld or the monster-mash fun of the second entry in the franchise. Directed by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein (the directors behind the 2010 thriller Shelter) and written by Len Wiseman(who brought us the first Underworld in 2003 and has had a hand in all the sequels), John Hlavin, J. Michael Straczynski, and Allison Burnett, the film stars Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy, Theo James, India Eisley, Sandrine Holt, Wes Bentley, Charles Dance, and Kris Holden-Ried. The film kicks off by reminding the audience of the events of the first...
- 5/14/2012
- by Patrick Luce
- Monsters and Critics
By Chris Wright, MoreHorror.com
“Underworld: Awakening” (2012)
Directed By: Mands Marlind & Björn Stein
Written By: Len Wiseman, Joh Hlavin, J. Michael Staczynski & Allison Burnett
Starring: Kate Beckinsale (Selene), Stephen Rea (Dr. Jacob Lane), Michael Ealy (Detective Sebastian), Theo James (David), India Eisley (Eve), Sandrine Holt (Lida), Charles Dance (Thomas), Jacob Blair (Officer Kolb ),
“Underworld: Awakening” is the forth installment of the “Underworld” franchise. This film was originally released in 3D. This movie is clearly full of non stop acting and plenty of scenes that would be “in your face” for the 3D audience. I felt this movie focused more on the action scenes and lacked focus on a cohesive plot.
The fact that a viewer would have a hard time figuring out how this film connects to the prior sequels and the lack of character development makes this movie rather disappointing.
The plot takes place during a purge of vampire...
“Underworld: Awakening” (2012)
Directed By: Mands Marlind & Björn Stein
Written By: Len Wiseman, Joh Hlavin, J. Michael Staczynski & Allison Burnett
Starring: Kate Beckinsale (Selene), Stephen Rea (Dr. Jacob Lane), Michael Ealy (Detective Sebastian), Theo James (David), India Eisley (Eve), Sandrine Holt (Lida), Charles Dance (Thomas), Jacob Blair (Officer Kolb ),
“Underworld: Awakening” is the forth installment of the “Underworld” franchise. This film was originally released in 3D. This movie is clearly full of non stop acting and plenty of scenes that would be “in your face” for the 3D audience. I felt this movie focused more on the action scenes and lacked focus on a cohesive plot.
The fact that a viewer would have a hard time figuring out how this film connects to the prior sequels and the lack of character development makes this movie rather disappointing.
The plot takes place during a purge of vampire...
- 4/30/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Amanda Seyfried as a possibly delusional waitress caught up in a possible kidnap makes for surprisingly watchable multiplex filler
This surprisingly watchable multiplex filler casts Amanda Seyfried as a sort of hyper-neurotic Nancy Drew: a waitress rattling round on antidepressants after the trauma of an unsolved (and unproven) kidnap attempt, who returns home one day to find her sister has vanished in similar circumstances. Forced into playing detective, her capacity for spinning tall tales to elicit info sets us to wonder if there isn't something in the fact that the authorities have her down as a lunatic with a handgun. Allison Burnett's screenplay parcels out brisk character notes with its twists, while Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia – taking the Hollywood coin after his arthouse break-through Adrift – seeks out Portland locations that prove almost as colourfully fertile as our heroine's imagination. It's daffy, but it works.
Rating: 3/5
Thriller
guardian.co.
This surprisingly watchable multiplex filler casts Amanda Seyfried as a sort of hyper-neurotic Nancy Drew: a waitress rattling round on antidepressants after the trauma of an unsolved (and unproven) kidnap attempt, who returns home one day to find her sister has vanished in similar circumstances. Forced into playing detective, her capacity for spinning tall tales to elicit info sets us to wonder if there isn't something in the fact that the authorities have her down as a lunatic with a handgun. Allison Burnett's screenplay parcels out brisk character notes with its twists, while Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia – taking the Hollywood coin after his arthouse break-through Adrift – seeks out Portland locations that prove almost as colourfully fertile as our heroine's imagination. It's daffy, but it works.
Rating: 3/5
Thriller
guardian.co.
- 4/19/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars
Amanda Seyfried is one of those frustrating actresses whose talent is undeniable, albeit stymied by her insistent casting in rote fare unbecoming of her abilities, which for the last 2 years alone has included ‘Dear John’, ‘Letters to Juliet’ (nice try though), ‘Red Riding Hood’, ‘In Time’, and now, in what is arguably her worst, ‘Gone’.
There’s some definite potential here, as the film deals with the fallout of a young woman, Jill Conway (Seyfried), returning to society following her apparent rescue from the clutches of a serial killer, whose grim lair in the woods is home to countless human remains. Of course, when Jill’s recovering alcoholic sister, Molly (Emily Wickersham), goes missing, she thinks the killer has returned to finish what he started, while the incredulous authorities are skeptical, given Jill’s previous incarceration in a psychiatric facility after her parents’ untimely death.
Unfortunately,...
Amanda Seyfried is one of those frustrating actresses whose talent is undeniable, albeit stymied by her insistent casting in rote fare unbecoming of her abilities, which for the last 2 years alone has included ‘Dear John’, ‘Letters to Juliet’ (nice try though), ‘Red Riding Hood’, ‘In Time’, and now, in what is arguably her worst, ‘Gone’.
There’s some definite potential here, as the film deals with the fallout of a young woman, Jill Conway (Seyfried), returning to society following her apparent rescue from the clutches of a serial killer, whose grim lair in the woods is home to countless human remains. Of course, when Jill’s recovering alcoholic sister, Molly (Emily Wickersham), goes missing, she thinks the killer has returned to finish what he started, while the incredulous authorities are skeptical, given Jill’s previous incarceration in a psychiatric facility after her parents’ untimely death.
Unfortunately,...
- 4/19/2012
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
By MoreHorror.com
Kate Beckinsale is back and sporting her lovely tight black pants in order take on more horror adversaries in Underworld: Awakening which hits DVD and Blu-ray on May 8th. Check out the official details below.
Kate Beckinsale (Underworld 1 & 2, upcoming Total Recall) is back in action like you.ve never seen her before in Lakeshore Entertainment.s 3D box office smash hit Underworld: Awakening, rising May 8th on Blu-ray 3D., Blu-ray. and DVD. all of which include UltraViolet.from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
In the latest thrill-packed chapter of the blockbuster Underworld series, Beckinsale reprises her role as vampire warrioress Selene for the ultimate 3D battle between Vampires and Lycans. This time, she.s joined by a new generation of sexy, ass-kicking warriors played by Michael Ealy (upcoming Think Like a Man), India Eisley (TV.s .The Secret Life of the American Teenager.) and Theo James (You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger...
Kate Beckinsale is back and sporting her lovely tight black pants in order take on more horror adversaries in Underworld: Awakening which hits DVD and Blu-ray on May 8th. Check out the official details below.
Kate Beckinsale (Underworld 1 & 2, upcoming Total Recall) is back in action like you.ve never seen her before in Lakeshore Entertainment.s 3D box office smash hit Underworld: Awakening, rising May 8th on Blu-ray 3D., Blu-ray. and DVD. all of which include UltraViolet.from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
In the latest thrill-packed chapter of the blockbuster Underworld series, Beckinsale reprises her role as vampire warrioress Selene for the ultimate 3D battle between Vampires and Lycans. This time, she.s joined by a new generation of sexy, ass-kicking warriors played by Michael Ealy (upcoming Think Like a Man), India Eisley (TV.s .The Secret Life of the American Teenager.) and Theo James (You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger...
- 3/22/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
From most accounts Gone was underwhelming at best, but of course no film is ever fully accounted for around these parts until Trembles has weighed in with one of his Mpp reviews. Read on for his take on the film.
Gone was directed by Heitor Dhalia from a script by Allison Burnett. Amanda Seyfried's co-stars include Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Carpenter, and Erin Carufel.
Synopsis:
Gone centers on Jill Parrish, a young woman (Seyfried) who returns home from her night shift to find her sister Molly's bed empty. Jill is convinced that the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job, but when the police do not believe her and with no one to turn to, the woman sets off to find her sister and face her abductor once and for all.
Mild goose(bump) chase!
Discuss Motion Picture Purgatory in the comments section below!
Gone was directed by Heitor Dhalia from a script by Allison Burnett. Amanda Seyfried's co-stars include Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Carpenter, and Erin Carufel.
Synopsis:
Gone centers on Jill Parrish, a young woman (Seyfried) who returns home from her night shift to find her sister Molly's bed empty. Jill is convinced that the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job, but when the police do not believe her and with no one to turn to, the woman sets off to find her sister and face her abductor once and for all.
Mild goose(bump) chase!
Discuss Motion Picture Purgatory in the comments section below!
- 3/9/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
You know what's weird? News of this flick's release comes across our desks and our first thoughts are, "Oh, yeah! There was a fourth Underworld flick, wasn't there?" In any event, read on for the initial details.
The word has come from Sony today that Underworld: Awakening (review here) will be debuting on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD on May 8th. Art and specs have yet to be announced, but also expected is a four-disc box set of the entire series.
The screenplay for Underworld: Awakening was written by Len Wiseman (Underworld, Underworld: Evolution), John Hlavin ("The Shield"), and Allison Burnett (Gone, Fame). Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein directed.
Synopsis
Underworld: Awakening brings a stunning new dimension to the epic battle between Vampires and Lycans as the first film in the franchise to shoot in 3D.
Kate Beckinsale, star of the first two films, returns in her lead role as the vampire warrioress Selene,...
The word has come from Sony today that Underworld: Awakening (review here) will be debuting on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD on May 8th. Art and specs have yet to be announced, but also expected is a four-disc box set of the entire series.
The screenplay for Underworld: Awakening was written by Len Wiseman (Underworld, Underworld: Evolution), John Hlavin ("The Shield"), and Allison Burnett (Gone, Fame). Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein directed.
Synopsis
Underworld: Awakening brings a stunning new dimension to the epic battle between Vampires and Lycans as the first film in the franchise to shoot in 3D.
Kate Beckinsale, star of the first two films, returns in her lead role as the vampire warrioress Selene,...
- 3/5/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Gone released in U.S. Theaters on February 24, 2012 and stars Amanda Seyfried (Red Riding Hood, Jennifer’s Body). Directed by Heitor Dhalia (Adrift) with a screenplay written by Allison Burnett (Underworld: Awakening), Gone grossed $4.77M in opening-weekend U.S. box office receipts, the lowest opening this year for a nationwide release. The Horror Czar, Don Sumner of Best-Horror-Movies.com spoke with Gone (read our Gone review here) performer Sam Upton on the film’s release date about the film, working with Seyfried, Dhalia and Burnett, and why he loves a “controlled train wreck”.
- 3/3/2012
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
Box Office February 24-26, 2012. Act of Valor premiered in the Number One spot at the box office this weekend with $24.7 Million. Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds premiered in Second Place with $16 Million. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island was Third with $13.4 Million. Safe House was Fourth with $11.4 Million. The Vow was Fifth with $10 Million for $103 Million so far. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, This Means War, Wanderlust (which premiered this weekend), Gone (which premiered this weekend), and The Secret World of Arrietty rounded out the top ten respectively.
Act of Valor is a 2012 American war film directed by Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh, and written by Kurt Johnstad. It stars Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sánchez, Nestor Serrano, Emilio Rivera, and actual active duty U.S. Navy SEALs and U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant Crewmen.
Good Deeds is a romantic drama film written, directed by and starring Tyler Perry.
Wanderlust is a...
Act of Valor is a 2012 American war film directed by Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh, and written by Kurt Johnstad. It stars Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sánchez, Nestor Serrano, Emilio Rivera, and actual active duty U.S. Navy SEALs and U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant Crewmen.
Good Deeds is a romantic drama film written, directed by and starring Tyler Perry.
Wanderlust is a...
- 2/27/2012
- by R.W.
- Film-Book
Gone does a few things well. For one, the movie is gorgeous to look at. The cinematography on display here by Michael Grady is top notch. Moss-grown forests have the deep, shadowy green hue that makes you feel as though you have entered somewhere primordial and ancient. Urban environments are frosted with day-old rain. There is real craftsmanship in the creation of these images.
Still, when a review begins with technical accolades you pretty much know what that says for the rest of the film, and Gone is no exception to this rule of inference. It’s not so much that the movie is bad. Heitor Dhalia‘s direction, while nothing groundbreaking, is competent and clear. The actors all commit to their roles, such as they are, and the story never plays dirty just to get an intriguing twist in. The problem is that the story, by Allison Burnett, is...
Still, when a review begins with technical accolades you pretty much know what that says for the rest of the film, and Gone is no exception to this rule of inference. It’s not so much that the movie is bad. Heitor Dhalia‘s direction, while nothing groundbreaking, is competent and clear. The actors all commit to their roles, such as they are, and the story never plays dirty just to get an intriguing twist in. The problem is that the story, by Allison Burnett, is...
- 2/27/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
It’s weirdly fitting that "Gone" is just as tonally confused as its lead protagonist -- the creators of the new Amanda Seyfried vehicle have made a slasher film for the Lifetime movie set. Director Heitor Dhalia tellingly concludes the film’s opening scene, with Seyfried, playing a jittery young woman who’s convinced she was abducted, in a steamy shower sequence. There’s no nudity in this shower scene but if Dhalia did show Seyfried lathering up in the buff, it wouldn’t have significantly changed the already gratuitous nature of this introductory sequence of Seyfried quietly touching herself behind a thin shower curtain.
That relatively chaste but still innately sleazy moment reveals just how flimsy "Gone"’s sheen of respectability is (Dhalia and screenwriter Allison Burnett make a big of show of respecting the psychological fragility of Seyfried’s heroine). As a result, it is a disingenuous and...
That relatively chaste but still innately sleazy moment reveals just how flimsy "Gone"’s sheen of respectability is (Dhalia and screenwriter Allison Burnett make a big of show of respecting the psychological fragility of Seyfried’s heroine). As a result, it is a disingenuous and...
- 2/25/2012
- by Simon Abrams
- The Playlist
Chicago – The premise of “Gone” is a beguiling notion. What if the victim of a traumatic crime can’t get authorities to believe her? The evidence doesn’t add up, there are no physical signs of struggle and no crime scene is found. Amanda Seyfried plays such a victim, and her very sanity is questioned.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
The film is fast-paced, with a probable improbability that works because the screenplay and direction is tight as a drum. Whether or not Seyfried’s character is to be believed, there is a rooting interest in her, simply because she has an obsession for justice that is more fiery than the all other “protection” institutions. There is also a larger symbolic nature to the crime and punishment, as the males in the film are hapless or skeptical, while the main character get better results fending for herself.
Seyfried portrays Jill, a tense resident of Portland,...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
The film is fast-paced, with a probable improbability that works because the screenplay and direction is tight as a drum. Whether or not Seyfried’s character is to be believed, there is a rooting interest in her, simply because she has an obsession for justice that is more fiery than the all other “protection” institutions. There is also a larger symbolic nature to the crime and punishment, as the males in the film are hapless or skeptical, while the main character get better results fending for herself.
Seyfried portrays Jill, a tense resident of Portland,...
- 2/25/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
So how does this weekend's genre release stack up against the competition? We have the verdict on Gone for you right here. Read on if you dare.
Read our review for Gone here!
The film is directed by Heitor Dhalia from a script by Allison Burnett. Amanda Seyfried's co-stars include Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Carpenter, and Erin Carufel.
Synopsis:
Gone centers on Jill Parrish, a young woman (Seyfried) who returns home from her night shift to find her sister Molly's bed empty. Jill is convinced that the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job, but when the police do not believe her and with no one to turn to, the woman sets off to find her sister and face her abductor once and for all.
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Read our review for Gone here!
The film is directed by Heitor Dhalia from a script by Allison Burnett. Amanda Seyfried's co-stars include Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Carpenter, and Erin Carufel.
Synopsis:
Gone centers on Jill Parrish, a young woman (Seyfried) who returns home from her night shift to find her sister Molly's bed empty. Jill is convinced that the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job, but when the police do not believe her and with no one to turn to, the woman sets off to find her sister and face her abductor once and for all.
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- 2/25/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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