Variety reports that Legendary Entertainment will be the latest studio attempting to turn John Gray’s bestselling self-help book Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus—the text that suggests that men and women are so fundamentally different that they evolved in two entirely different planetary ecosystems, presumably with two very different attitudes toward, like, not pissing on the toilet seat—into a film. The studio acquired the rights from Gray this week, and actually intends to make at least two movies: one for the Western market, and one for its Chinese audiences, who are apparently huge fans of Gray’s cosmic approach to romance.
This isn’t the first time Mafmwafv—pronounced “Mafmwafv”—has been approached as source material for a movie. Back in 2012, Lionsgate tapped Reese Witherspoon for a starring role in its film adaptation of the manual, an attempt to follow in the footsteps of ...
This isn’t the first time Mafmwafv—pronounced “Mafmwafv”—has been approached as source material for a movie. Back in 2012, Lionsgate tapped Reese Witherspoon for a starring role in its film adaptation of the manual, an attempt to follow in the footsteps of ...
- 7/13/2017
- by William Hughes
- avclub.com
After leaking online over the weekend, Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea's collaboration is finally here ahead of schedule. And in case you thought Iggy was content with having the Song of the Summer for just one year with 2014's "Fancy," she's gunning for a repeat with "Pretty Girls." Only this time, it's all about Britney, bitch. The song mimics the rubbery production and braggadocio of "Fancy" (not to mention Charli Xcx's vocal style on the hook) for a club-ready take on the Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus concept. It's no "***Flawless" remix, but get ready to hear it everywhere this summer once the duo performs it at the Billboard Music Awards on May 17. They've also already filmed an '80s-themed video for the single said to be their version of Earth Girls Are Easy, because what do kids these days love more than parodies of...
- 5/4/2015
- by Dee Lockett
- Vulture
Alex pays a fond return revisit to 1960s classic TV series, The Avengers...
Stylish crime fighting, despicable evil masterminds, a bowler-hatted old Etonian gentleman spy and a series of beautiful leather cat-suited, kinky-booted, no-nonsense heroines. The Avengers had all this and more. What began as a monochrome tape series in January 1961 ran the whole of the Sixties, becoming a colourful slice of period hokum, full of flair, wit and sophistication, yet with its tongue firmly in its cheek.
Always the perfect gentleman, John Steed was played by Patrick Macnee. Originally billed second to the late Ian Hendry, Macnee was still playing Steed over 15 years later when he was teamed with the youthful duo of Joanna Lumley and Gareth Hunt for The New Avengers in 1976. In the 1998 film, the role of Steed was given to Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman played Emma Peel. I will say no more about the film.
Stylish crime fighting, despicable evil masterminds, a bowler-hatted old Etonian gentleman spy and a series of beautiful leather cat-suited, kinky-booted, no-nonsense heroines. The Avengers had all this and more. What began as a monochrome tape series in January 1961 ran the whole of the Sixties, becoming a colourful slice of period hokum, full of flair, wit and sophistication, yet with its tongue firmly in its cheek.
Always the perfect gentleman, John Steed was played by Patrick Macnee. Originally billed second to the late Ian Hendry, Macnee was still playing Steed over 15 years later when he was teamed with the youthful duo of Joanna Lumley and Gareth Hunt for The New Avengers in 1976. In the 1998 film, the role of Steed was given to Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman played Emma Peel. I will say no more about the film.
- 10/13/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
The syndicated daytime series created by Judge Judy Sheindlin has found its second exec producer. Maureen FitzPatrick will transition from her current gig as Evp Programming and Development at CBS Television Distribution to Hot Bench, the syndicated court show set to debut in the fall. She joins Randy Douthit in the Ep role, having worked on other Cbstd productions including Judge Judy, Entertainment Tonight and The Arsenio Hall Show. Hot Bench, which is cleared in 75% of the country, features a panel of three judges (Judge Patricia Dimango and attorneys Tanya Acker and Larry Bakman) hearing court cases, arguing the merits of the case among themselves and rendering a verdict. (The term “hot bench” is used to describe a court where the judge or judges frequently interrupt lawyers’ presentations with questions, often leading to lively exchanges.) FitzPatrick’s other daytime TV exec producer credits include Living it Up! With Ali & Jack,...
- 2/24/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Reese Witherspoon brought her son, Tennessee Toth, to a toy store in La today. The mother-son duo sported matching nautical-inspired outfits for their afternoon stop, and Reese held on to her little one while feeding the meter and heading into the store. It looks like Tennessee got some shiny new toys to play with, as a shop's employee brought out two bags filled with toys and goodies and helped Reese load them up in her SUV. Reese has been keeping busy with baby Tennessee, as well as her older children, Ava and Deacon Phillippe. Reese and her lookalike daughter stepped out for a lunch date earlier this month. Professionally, Reese has a whole roster of big-screen projects lined up, including Inherent Vice, which she is currently filming with Joaquin Phoenix. She's also producing the Gone Girl adaptation, which recently made news with the cast additions of Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike,...
- 8/15/2013
- by Brittney Stephens
- Popsugar.com
Eight months after the birth of her son Tennessee, Reese Witherspoon continues to work on her post-baby weight with intense workouts. She made her way to a Hollywood gym Friday (July 26) for another go at reducing hip and tummy trouble spots.
The 37-year-old actress’ arrest in Atlanta in April (when she was arrested and fined for disorderly conduct after she ignored a police officer's demands to remain in her vehicle) hasn’t seemed to affect her career.
The Oscar winner has just has signed on to produce and star in the movie adaptation of Cheryl Strayed‘s memoir “Wild.” She’ll portray the author, who hiked the thousand-mile Pacific Crest trail all alone, as a means of helping her get over her mother’s death and a failed relationship.
In addition, Witherspoon has recently completed work on “The Good Lie,” and is now shooting “Inherent Vice,” a crime story set during the 1970s.
The 37-year-old actress’ arrest in Atlanta in April (when she was arrested and fined for disorderly conduct after she ignored a police officer's demands to remain in her vehicle) hasn’t seemed to affect her career.
The Oscar winner has just has signed on to produce and star in the movie adaptation of Cheryl Strayed‘s memoir “Wild.” She’ll portray the author, who hiked the thousand-mile Pacific Crest trail all alone, as a means of helping her get over her mother’s death and a failed relationship.
In addition, Witherspoon has recently completed work on “The Good Lie,” and is now shooting “Inherent Vice,” a crime story set during the 1970s.
- 7/27/2013
- GossipCenter
Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth shared a laugh while dining alfresco at the SoHo House in NYC yesterday. Jim enjoyed a glass of wine while Reese skipped the alcohol and drank water during the meal. The couple spent the day together, running errands and stopping by a C. Wonder store to get in a bit of shopping. Reese and Jim took their trip to the Big Apple after the actress wrapped up filming for The Good Lie in Atlanta. Reese debuted her new blond hairdo when she returned to the couple's home base in La over the weekend to spend time with her family. She may be getting in a break before she returns to her busy work schedule. Reese recently signed on for Three Little Words, a new film directed by James Mangold. She is also preparing to film Wish List and Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus later this year.
- 5/15/2013
- by Maria Mercedes Lara
- Popsugar.com
Super Friends: A Dangerous Fate Season 5
Street Date: 7/23/13
We have updated our Super Friends DVD archive.
Synopsis: It’s a race to the rescue as all your favorite Super Friends are back in this all-new, crime fighting collection. Join the crusade as Batman, Robin, Superman, Wonder Woman and Aquaman protect the innocent from legendary creatures, rampaging robots and a rogues gallery that includes Mr. Mxyzptlk, Bizarro and The Riddler. With the help of Wonder Twins , Zan and Jayna and their space monkey Gleek, the Super Friends are ready to battle evil from Earth to the far reaches of space. It’s a collection of fearless feats that will leap into your DVD collection!
Episodes:1. Big Foot / Ice Demon, The/ Make-up Monster, The
2. Journey Into Blackness/ Cycle Gang/ Dive To Disaster
3. Yuna The Terrible/ Rock 'N Roll Space Bandits/ Elevator To Nowhere
4. One Small Step For Mars/ Haunted House/ Incredible Crude Oil Monster,...
Street Date: 7/23/13
We have updated our Super Friends DVD archive.
Synopsis: It’s a race to the rescue as all your favorite Super Friends are back in this all-new, crime fighting collection. Join the crusade as Batman, Robin, Superman, Wonder Woman and Aquaman protect the innocent from legendary creatures, rampaging robots and a rogues gallery that includes Mr. Mxyzptlk, Bizarro and The Riddler. With the help of Wonder Twins , Zan and Jayna and their space monkey Gleek, the Super Friends are ready to battle evil from Earth to the far reaches of space. It’s a collection of fearless feats that will leap into your DVD collection!
Episodes:1. Big Foot / Ice Demon, The/ Make-up Monster, The
2. Journey Into Blackness/ Cycle Gang/ Dive To Disaster
3. Yuna The Terrible/ Rock 'N Roll Space Bandits/ Elevator To Nowhere
4. One Small Step For Mars/ Haunted House/ Incredible Crude Oil Monster,...
- 5/2/2013
- by Matt MacNabb
- Legions of Gotham
International actor DJ Perry had his humble start in the Great Lake state of Michigan. His early films “In the Woods,” “From Venus,” “Knight Chills” (All shot in Michigan) were low budget horror fare that occasionally brought some mixed reviews but at the same time critics seemed to embrace him as a leading man despite budget flaws in the productions themselves. His career has spanned 17 years and he has performed and produced on a … Continue reading →...
- 4/22/2013
- by HorrorNews.net
- Horror News
Rob Thomas‘ enormously successful, recently Kickstarter-financed Veronica Mars feature film has officially added Jason Dohring to the cast. He’ll return to his role of Logan Echolls. As director updated, “Jason Dohring is officially on board for the Veronica Mars movie. We now have three actors officially cast. Veronica, Logan and the waiter who says, ‘Your check, sir.’” The series starred Kristen Bell as the titular Mars, a young student who, when her county sheriff father got killed, started moonlighting as a private investigator. The series ran for three seasons, transitioning Veronica from high school to college. Having already broken several records, the funding campaign for...
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- 4/5/2013
- by Vesna Sunrider
- Filmofilia
Rob Thomas and Kristen Bell from the cult TV-Show Veronica Mars have launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund their long-gestating film treatment with a goal of $2 million and it only took them 11 hours to raise that much money! Of course, it’s not really crowd funding, this is much more similar to what’s known in the film industry as a pre-sales. Well, it’s officially on! The Mars creator Thomas told EW: My mind is blown. I’ve been fantasizing about this and had to tell myself, ‘Stop it, Rob, you’re being silly. You’re setting yourself up for disappointment.’ And now today has exceeded the wildest... Related posts: Michael Shannon has Officially Joined the Now Officially Titled Man of Steel Three New Mars Needs Moms! Images Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus Movie and TV Series Three New Mars Needs Moms Posters...
- 3/14/2013
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Vol. 1 Issue 9
This is a year where all of the live action short films are very good but none are great. It is ok not to be great. That’s a high bar. The films are all very well made and include three American directors, one from an American film school (USC), one with an actor directing himself and lots of stuff we’ve seen before. Two of the films deal with refugees in the third world, Somali and Afghanistan, one deals with old age dementia, one with death and unrequited love and one with a troubled (suicidal) young man. The plots, except in one case, are predictable. All of the films should briefly get their filmmakers attention from agents and managers always hot for young or at least undiscovered talent. The Academy has done its job and with more entries than ever, it wasn’t easy. Some fine films didn’t make it.
The most imaginative work is Death of a Shadow. It is set in a place where a man is working to earn back his life by taking pictures of death. It is stunningly produced and well cast with Matthias Schoenaarts, one of the hotter Euro actors of the moment. The two films set in the Third World deal with young people who have nothing or almost nothing in terms of worldly goods. Both are in apprenticeships and both are in careers they will become dead ends. In Buzhashi Boys the young character is training to be a blacksmith as his country is about to enter the 21st Century and in Asad, the young man is being trained as a fisherman in a country that will likely stay in the 19th Century for some time but once peace comes, will also likely be unemployed. While this is clearly coincidental, both films present pretty bleak pictures of the future.
The self-directed performance in Curfew is really well done. The filmmaker successfully casts himself opposite a young actress who does steal the show, but he gets the last laugh. He is really good. Henry, while predictable, is stunning. It deals with memories and should appeal to many Academy members as the film shifts its scenes like cards being shuffled. Like all of the films Henry is also beautifully produced.
This is the first year where All Academy members will be able to vote on the short films. All members received DVD screeners of the films. My only complaint with the Academy DVDs is that the films look very video, at least on my monitor, while the Dcp versions looked far more cinematic at the Academy screenings. Prior to this year, since the early 1970s, voters were required to see the films projected at special Academy screenings. The rules were changed in the 1970s to require members to screen the films before voting since advertising seemed to influence the outcome in this category over members seeing the films. None of the live action films have serious PR money behind them so the playing field should be even. (In Animation studios are behind a number of the films.) So may the best film win.
Asad, Bryan Buckley, director, and Mino Jarjoura, producer
Asad is set in a war-torn fishing village in Somalia, an all-Somali refugee cast stars in this coming-of-age fable of a Somali boy who is faced with falling into the pirate life, or rising above to choose the path of an honest fishing man. Directed by Bryan Buckley, who has been working as a television commercial director most of his career, this short film should help establish him in the theatrical feature world. Later this year, Buckley will direct his first feature film, the comedy Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus for Lionsgate Summit, starring Reese Witherspoon, adapted from Dr. John Gray’s classic guide to relationships.
Asad is well done. It is slick, solidly produced and directed. The production is feature-film like, big, well cast and nicely shot. The large cast, lots of background and many locations give this work a nice patina. The actors are non-professionals and they give solid performances. The film is moving, at times terrifying. This is a thoughtful work that gets to our hearts.
Trailer: http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi2136908569/
Length: 17 min.
Language:Somali with English subtitles.
Country:USA
Buzkashi Boys, Sam French, director, and Ariel Nasr, producer Fawad Mohammadi with director Sam French
Buzhashi Boys is set against contemporary Afghanistan and is about two best friends, a charismatic street child and a blacksmith's son, who are struggling to realize their dreams in one of the most war-torn countries on Earth. Shot on location in Kabul by an alliance of Afghan and international filmmakers, Buzkashi Boys was produced through the Afghan Film Project, a non-profit foundation formed to tell Afghan stories while building the capacity of Afghanistan's fledgling film industry.
The film has the slick look of a commercial, which is not a surprise since the filmmaker is a top commercial director. The camera glides, the shots are well lit and the film fits together like a Rubric cube. Buzhashi Boys is fine start for someone who is a recent USC Cinema school graduate and has not been making films for lon. The film has solid production values including a massive game of Buzkashi or “dragging the goat,” in Farsi, which involves carrying a goat’s carcass in a polo like game which makes bull fighting look animal friendly. The film was written by Martin Roe who also went to USC.
Length: 30 min.
Language: Pashto
Country: Afghanistan, USA Production
Curfew, Shawn Christensen, director, writer and producer
A suicidal New Yorker, Richie’s attempt to end his life is interrupted by a call from his estranged sister asking him to babysit his niece for the evening.
Curfew starts with a bang and is both inventive and smart. Shawn Christensen’s directing debut is the film to beat. Curfew is about Richie, a young man who gets a phone call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his niece for a few hours. The phone call comes moments before he is about to kill himself. His sister is no less a treat to deal with. Estranged from her husband it is clear that her life is also on the rocks.
The film has New York energy. It is sharp and original with a taut narrative arc that grabs us and continues for its entire length, from scenes in a rock and roll bowling alley to a visit to his former home where we think he is going to score some dope but he ends up with some flip books.
The film has a non-predictable ending which in this group of films is rare. It is really well done and the production is not out of control. The young girl actress is stellar. Just enough attitude so we want Richie to abandon her but enough cuteness for us to want him to keep her safe. This is a year where calling the winner is pointless in print, even if you have a one in five chance of being right it is a race that could go any number of ways.
Length: 20 min.
Language: English
Country:USA
Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw),Tom Van Avermaet, director, and Ellen De Waele, producer
This highly produced sci-fi fantasy work is about a dead Wwi soldier stuck in the limbo between life and death who has to collect shadows to regain a second chance at life.
Death of a Shadow, a Belgian-French co-production starring Franco-cinema’s star Matthias Schoenaarts, falls into that uncomfortable (for me) Twilight Zone-type film category. In a Twilight Zone-type film characters can walk on water, not follow narrative rules and have a surprise ending that is unpredictable because we’re not on this earth but in a parallel universe. I am not a fan of this style narrative because there are no rules. It is designed to surprise us and after several decades of watching them I have given up. While I don’t mind surprises I am troubled by characters that don’t live in our world. Perhaps I am jealous, because I require the characters in my films to be real?
This fantasy film is about a soldier whose job it is to capture the moment of death on a camera that registers shadows. The images are stored in a collection by the odd photography patron who may or may not be the devil. But who knows? Anything goes, and it does. Our character falls in love a woman called Sarah as he is about to be shot in what appears to a scene from a World War One film. My response on first viewing was to turn it off. I have since had the opportunity to see it a few times and, while I have not warmed up to it, I admit that it looks great. It has some solid special effects, nice production values and feels like a mash up of Martin Scorsese’s last film Hugo (in terms of the effects) and any number of other mechanical effect movies
Length: 20 min.
Language: German
Country: Belgium
Henry, Yan England, director Gérard Poirier as Henry Marie Tifo as Nathalie
The Canadian French-language short Henry captures the confusion and terror of Alzheimer's disease by looking at the 84-year-old character (Henry’s) struggle as his world moves between memories. Played with authenticity by Gérard Poirier, this is a deeply moving work that shows the effects of Alzheimer’s when it is evident that Henry does not recognize his wife, played effectively by Marie Tifo.
In some ways it feels like the best picture nominee Amour. The production, like all of the films in this category, is stunningly mounted. Yan England does a fine job directing this work and, if Academy voters behave as they sometimes do with this kind of material, England might go home with the Oscar.
Trailer: http://oscar.go.com/nominees/short-film-live-action/henry
Length: 21 min.
Language: English
Country: Canadian
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Credits: Editing by Jessica Just for SydneysBuzz
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Poster Girl, produced by Block was nominated for a Documentary Academy Award and selected by the Ida as the Best Doc Short 2011. It was also nominated for two Emmy Awards and aired on HBO. He is an executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Carrier, a 10-hour series that he conceived & co-created. Block is a graduate of Tisch School and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business. He is a member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Television Academy, a founding member of BAFTA-la and has been teaching at USC School of Cinematic Arts since 1979. Currently Block teaches a required class in the USC Peter Stark Producing Program.
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This is a year where all of the live action short films are very good but none are great. It is ok not to be great. That’s a high bar. The films are all very well made and include three American directors, one from an American film school (USC), one with an actor directing himself and lots of stuff we’ve seen before. Two of the films deal with refugees in the third world, Somali and Afghanistan, one deals with old age dementia, one with death and unrequited love and one with a troubled (suicidal) young man. The plots, except in one case, are predictable. All of the films should briefly get their filmmakers attention from agents and managers always hot for young or at least undiscovered talent. The Academy has done its job and with more entries than ever, it wasn’t easy. Some fine films didn’t make it.
The most imaginative work is Death of a Shadow. It is set in a place where a man is working to earn back his life by taking pictures of death. It is stunningly produced and well cast with Matthias Schoenaarts, one of the hotter Euro actors of the moment. The two films set in the Third World deal with young people who have nothing or almost nothing in terms of worldly goods. Both are in apprenticeships and both are in careers they will become dead ends. In Buzhashi Boys the young character is training to be a blacksmith as his country is about to enter the 21st Century and in Asad, the young man is being trained as a fisherman in a country that will likely stay in the 19th Century for some time but once peace comes, will also likely be unemployed. While this is clearly coincidental, both films present pretty bleak pictures of the future.
The self-directed performance in Curfew is really well done. The filmmaker successfully casts himself opposite a young actress who does steal the show, but he gets the last laugh. He is really good. Henry, while predictable, is stunning. It deals with memories and should appeal to many Academy members as the film shifts its scenes like cards being shuffled. Like all of the films Henry is also beautifully produced.
This is the first year where All Academy members will be able to vote on the short films. All members received DVD screeners of the films. My only complaint with the Academy DVDs is that the films look very video, at least on my monitor, while the Dcp versions looked far more cinematic at the Academy screenings. Prior to this year, since the early 1970s, voters were required to see the films projected at special Academy screenings. The rules were changed in the 1970s to require members to screen the films before voting since advertising seemed to influence the outcome in this category over members seeing the films. None of the live action films have serious PR money behind them so the playing field should be even. (In Animation studios are behind a number of the films.) So may the best film win.
Asad, Bryan Buckley, director, and Mino Jarjoura, producer
Asad is set in a war-torn fishing village in Somalia, an all-Somali refugee cast stars in this coming-of-age fable of a Somali boy who is faced with falling into the pirate life, or rising above to choose the path of an honest fishing man. Directed by Bryan Buckley, who has been working as a television commercial director most of his career, this short film should help establish him in the theatrical feature world. Later this year, Buckley will direct his first feature film, the comedy Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus for Lionsgate Summit, starring Reese Witherspoon, adapted from Dr. John Gray’s classic guide to relationships.
Asad is well done. It is slick, solidly produced and directed. The production is feature-film like, big, well cast and nicely shot. The large cast, lots of background and many locations give this work a nice patina. The actors are non-professionals and they give solid performances. The film is moving, at times terrifying. This is a thoughtful work that gets to our hearts.
Trailer: http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi2136908569/
Length: 17 min.
Language:Somali with English subtitles.
Country:USA
Buzkashi Boys, Sam French, director, and Ariel Nasr, producer Fawad Mohammadi with director Sam French
Buzhashi Boys is set against contemporary Afghanistan and is about two best friends, a charismatic street child and a blacksmith's son, who are struggling to realize their dreams in one of the most war-torn countries on Earth. Shot on location in Kabul by an alliance of Afghan and international filmmakers, Buzkashi Boys was produced through the Afghan Film Project, a non-profit foundation formed to tell Afghan stories while building the capacity of Afghanistan's fledgling film industry.
The film has the slick look of a commercial, which is not a surprise since the filmmaker is a top commercial director. The camera glides, the shots are well lit and the film fits together like a Rubric cube. Buzhashi Boys is fine start for someone who is a recent USC Cinema school graduate and has not been making films for lon. The film has solid production values including a massive game of Buzkashi or “dragging the goat,” in Farsi, which involves carrying a goat’s carcass in a polo like game which makes bull fighting look animal friendly. The film was written by Martin Roe who also went to USC.
Length: 30 min.
Language: Pashto
Country: Afghanistan, USA Production
Curfew, Shawn Christensen, director, writer and producer
A suicidal New Yorker, Richie’s attempt to end his life is interrupted by a call from his estranged sister asking him to babysit his niece for the evening.
Curfew starts with a bang and is both inventive and smart. Shawn Christensen’s directing debut is the film to beat. Curfew is about Richie, a young man who gets a phone call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his niece for a few hours. The phone call comes moments before he is about to kill himself. His sister is no less a treat to deal with. Estranged from her husband it is clear that her life is also on the rocks.
The film has New York energy. It is sharp and original with a taut narrative arc that grabs us and continues for its entire length, from scenes in a rock and roll bowling alley to a visit to his former home where we think he is going to score some dope but he ends up with some flip books.
The film has a non-predictable ending which in this group of films is rare. It is really well done and the production is not out of control. The young girl actress is stellar. Just enough attitude so we want Richie to abandon her but enough cuteness for us to want him to keep her safe. This is a year where calling the winner is pointless in print, even if you have a one in five chance of being right it is a race that could go any number of ways.
Length: 20 min.
Language: English
Country:USA
Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw),Tom Van Avermaet, director, and Ellen De Waele, producer
This highly produced sci-fi fantasy work is about a dead Wwi soldier stuck in the limbo between life and death who has to collect shadows to regain a second chance at life.
Death of a Shadow, a Belgian-French co-production starring Franco-cinema’s star Matthias Schoenaarts, falls into that uncomfortable (for me) Twilight Zone-type film category. In a Twilight Zone-type film characters can walk on water, not follow narrative rules and have a surprise ending that is unpredictable because we’re not on this earth but in a parallel universe. I am not a fan of this style narrative because there are no rules. It is designed to surprise us and after several decades of watching them I have given up. While I don’t mind surprises I am troubled by characters that don’t live in our world. Perhaps I am jealous, because I require the characters in my films to be real?
This fantasy film is about a soldier whose job it is to capture the moment of death on a camera that registers shadows. The images are stored in a collection by the odd photography patron who may or may not be the devil. But who knows? Anything goes, and it does. Our character falls in love a woman called Sarah as he is about to be shot in what appears to a scene from a World War One film. My response on first viewing was to turn it off. I have since had the opportunity to see it a few times and, while I have not warmed up to it, I admit that it looks great. It has some solid special effects, nice production values and feels like a mash up of Martin Scorsese’s last film Hugo (in terms of the effects) and any number of other mechanical effect movies
Length: 20 min.
Language: German
Country: Belgium
Henry, Yan England, director Gérard Poirier as Henry Marie Tifo as Nathalie
The Canadian French-language short Henry captures the confusion and terror of Alzheimer's disease by looking at the 84-year-old character (Henry’s) struggle as his world moves between memories. Played with authenticity by Gérard Poirier, this is a deeply moving work that shows the effects of Alzheimer’s when it is evident that Henry does not recognize his wife, played effectively by Marie Tifo.
In some ways it feels like the best picture nominee Amour. The production, like all of the films in this category, is stunningly mounted. Yan England does a fine job directing this work and, if Academy voters behave as they sometimes do with this kind of material, England might go home with the Oscar.
Trailer: http://oscar.go.com/nominees/short-film-live-action/henry
Length: 21 min.
Language: English
Country: Canadian
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Credits: Editing by Jessica Just for SydneysBuzz
________________________________________________________________________
Mitchell Block specializes in conceiving, producing, marketing & distributing independent features & consulting. He is an expert in placing both completed works into distribution & working with producers to make projects fundable. He conducts regular workshops in film producing in Los Angeles and most recently in Maine, Russia and in Myanmar (Burma).
Poster Girl, produced by Block was nominated for a Documentary Academy Award and selected by the Ida as the Best Doc Short 2011. It was also nominated for two Emmy Awards and aired on HBO. He is an executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Carrier, a 10-hour series that he conceived & co-created. Block is a graduate of Tisch School and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business. He is a member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Television Academy, a founding member of BAFTA-la and has been teaching at USC School of Cinematic Arts since 1979. Currently Block teaches a required class in the USC Peter Stark Producing Program.
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- 2/14/2013
- by Mitchell Block
- Sydney's Buzz
After the Oscar-nominated film about an Algerian immigrant, Monsieur Lazhar’s Philippe Falardeau is set to direct The Good Lie which centers on a young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War.
Reese Witherspoon is in talks to star in the upcoming indie drama inspired by real events with screenplay by Margaret Nagle (Boardwalk Empire).
The film focuses on
a young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. They develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to his new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.
There’s currently no start date scheduled for The Good Lie production.
The big question for Nagle: Could she expand her talent for Prohibition era gangsters (Warm Bodies) and apply it to a contemporary social drama?...
Reese Witherspoon is in talks to star in the upcoming indie drama inspired by real events with screenplay by Margaret Nagle (Boardwalk Empire).
The film focuses on
a young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. They develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to his new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.
There’s currently no start date scheduled for The Good Lie production.
The big question for Nagle: Could she expand her talent for Prohibition era gangsters (Warm Bodies) and apply it to a contemporary social drama?...
- 1/25/2013
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Exclusive: E! has added another project to its scripted development slate: a high-concept romantic drama from feature writer-directors Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont (Can’t Hardly Wait). The project, from E! sibling Universal Cable Prods. and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, centers on a young entertainment lawyer who dies but is determined to pursue a romance with a woman who’s still alive — while he exists in limbo in New York City, working for the department that judges the recently departed. Elfont, Deborah Kaplan and Aaron Kaplan (no relation) executive produce. CAA-repped Kaplan and Elfont have been partners since meeting at Nyu’s Tisch School of the Arts. They recently wrote Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus for Lionsgate with Reese Witherspoon attached to star. On the TV side, the duo wrote and executive produced the ABC comedy pilot American Judy starring Judy Greer last season. Expanding E!
- 12/5/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
With a mask somewhat reminiscent of Rorschach from Watchmen or Kroenen from Hellboy, the mysterious Dr Savior has been unveiled in upcoming horror film Donors.
Behind the mask of the "diabolical" doctor (above) is genre actor/producer DJ Perry. Earlier this year, we brought you the first teaser poster and some cast pictures featuring Perry alongside co-stars French/Philippine beauty Anne Gauthier and former Bond girl Lana Wood (famous for her role as Plenty O'Toole in 1971's Diamonds Are Forever starring Sean Connery), who is playing a character called Norma.
Paisaen Productions in association with Collective Development Inc has today announced that the Charles Pisaeno-directed horror thriller has moved into post-production sound and scoring.
The film, also written by Pisaeno, is about a troubled young woman (Niki Saletta, pictured below) abducted by a mysterious man known as Doctor Savior (DJ Perry).
In desperation the woman seeks to get help...
Behind the mask of the "diabolical" doctor (above) is genre actor/producer DJ Perry. Earlier this year, we brought you the first teaser poster and some cast pictures featuring Perry alongside co-stars French/Philippine beauty Anne Gauthier and former Bond girl Lana Wood (famous for her role as Plenty O'Toole in 1971's Diamonds Are Forever starring Sean Connery), who is playing a character called Norma.
Paisaen Productions in association with Collective Development Inc has today announced that the Charles Pisaeno-directed horror thriller has moved into post-production sound and scoring.
The film, also written by Pisaeno, is about a troubled young woman (Niki Saletta, pictured below) abducted by a mysterious man known as Doctor Savior (DJ Perry).
In desperation the woman seeks to get help...
- 10/4/2012
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Louie S02E09: "Looking for Liz/Lilly Changes"
One constant about Louie, the character, is his consistent befuddlement with other human beings. But nothing confuses Louie more than the opposite sex, and he took it from all sides last night in "Looking for Liz/Lilly Changes," Louie's take on Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus.
The episode was divided into two parts, and in both, Louie gawked in amazement at how bizarre two women... More >>...
One constant about Louie, the character, is his consistent befuddlement with other human beings. But nothing confuses Louie more than the opposite sex, and he took it from all sides last night in "Looking for Liz/Lilly Changes," Louie's take on Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus.
The episode was divided into two parts, and in both, Louie gawked in amazement at how bizarre two women... More >>...
- 8/24/2012
- by Tim Surette
- TV.com
If it's a Wednesday, it must be a rom-com for Reese Witherspoon. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actress has put her scrawl next to The Beard, a romantic-comedy in which she'll play the pretend girlfriend of a gay man (or men), in a project she's also producing.There are few plot details to hand but the script, which comes courtesy of newcomer Becca Greene, sounds like it will pitch Witherspoon into a variety of awkward clinches while she attempts to sort out her own dismaying love life. A reverse My Best Friend's Wedding, then? After a relatively quiet year or two for the actress - for all kinds of good family-related reasons - the Witherspoon slate is filling up again. With Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, Atom Egoyan's The Devil's Knot alongside Colin Firth, and indie drama Mud all heading to our screens, there'll be plenty to keep Witherspooners happy.
- 8/8/2012
- EmpireOnline
Reese Witherspoon and commercial director Bryan Buckley have signed on to work on Summit’s film adaptation of John Gray’s 1992 bestselling book ‘Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus,’ Slashfilm is reporting. The movie, which has been in development since 2010, will be the feature film directorial debut for Buckley. The director, who’s been called King of the Super Bowl the past few years, has helmed more than 40 ads for the annual football event. He’s worked on such ads as the New Era campaign with Alec Baldwin and John Krasinski; the Siri spots with Zooey Deschanel and John Malkovich; and the American Express ads with Ellen DeGeneres and [ Read More ]...
- 6/22/2012
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Coming off of working with Canadian auteur Atom Egoyan and his West Memphis Three drama The Devil's Knot, it's disappointing to learn from Deadline that Reese Witherspoon will be appearing in the adaptation of questionable relationship/gender best seller Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. Commercial director Bryan Buckley will be helming the project. That seems fitting, because obviously they're going to try to sell the dickens out of anything and everything related to the 1992 book — which has not only sold millions of copies, but also sprawled into seminars, a Broadway show, infomercials, theme vacations, and more. It doesn't get uglier than this, folks. Writers Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont of Leap Year and Made of Honor notoriety will be...
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- 6/22/2012
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
Reese Witherspoon is to star in Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. Advert director Bryan Buckley will make his big-screen debut on Lionsgate's adaptation of the bestselling self-help book, reports Deadline. John Gray's 1992 book is the top-selling non-fiction hardback of all time after the Bible and the Koran. It promises to help couples gain a new level of intimacy by teaching them to acknowledge the differences between men and women. Witherspoon most recently starred in (more)...
- 6/22/2012
- by By Hugh Armitage
- Digital Spy
Bryan Buckley is set to make his feature directing debut on the film adaptation of classic self-help book "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" at Lionsgate Summit says Deadline.
Dr. John Gray's famous series, first published in 1992, views marital and relationship problems "in terms of distinct and pervasive gender differences". Essentially it points out how men and women have different reasoning and thus how the same problem is perceived quite differently by the genders.
Over a dozen titles in the series have since been published. Reese Witherspoon will star in the project which scribes Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont have adapted. Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun will produce and shooting aims to kick off in January.
Dr. John Gray's famous series, first published in 1992, views marital and relationship problems "in terms of distinct and pervasive gender differences". Essentially it points out how men and women have different reasoning and thus how the same problem is perceived quite differently by the genders.
Over a dozen titles in the series have since been published. Reese Witherspoon will star in the project which scribes Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont have adapted. Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun will produce and shooting aims to kick off in January.
- 6/22/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
• Colin Firth and Cate Blanchett are attached to Skinny and Cat, which would be Barbra Streisand’s first film as a director since 1996′s The Mirror Has Two Faces. Scripted by producer Linda Yellen, the film would trace the real-life romance between writer Erskine Caldwell (Firth) and photojournalist Margaret Bourke White (Blanchett). EW had confirmed the film is in active development, but financing has yet to be fully secured, and the film does not yet have a greenlight. [L.A. Times/Showbiz 411]
• Type casting alert. Charlie Sheen will play the President of the United States in director Robert Rodriguez’s exploitation thriller sequel, Machete Kills,...
• Type casting alert. Charlie Sheen will play the President of the United States in director Robert Rodriguez’s exploitation thriller sequel, Machete Kills,...
- 6/22/2012
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW - Inside Movies
In a pretty unsurprising casting decision, Lionsgate has cast Reese Witherspoon in the long-gestating movie adaptation of the best-selling relationship manual, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, which is set to shoot in January of next year. With a script penned by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont (who helmed the 1998 high school comedy, Can't Hardly Wait, and the 2001 music comedy Josie and the Pussycats), Bryan Buckley will make his feature directorial debut with the film, which is based on John Gray's huge bestselling guide to relationships and marriage.
- 6/22/2012
- FilmInk.com.au
No holiday or self-help book shall go unmined by the romantic comedy genre, and so it is that Reese Witherspoon has signed onto an adaptation of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, which will be directed by commercials helmer Bryan Buckley. Still unclear: Whether the film will be an ensemble feature akin to the underperforming What to Expect When You're Expecting, or Buckley and Witherspoon will run with the promise in that title and make it a sci-fi origin story.
- 6/22/2012
- by Kyle Buchanan
- Vulture
Lionsgate has acquired the film rights to "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," which is a guide to relationship and marriage that is the best selling non-fiction hardcover book of all-time, with over seven million copies in circulation. The new film will star Reese Witherspoon and be directed by Bryan Buckley, who will be making his feature helming debut. His experience comes from commercials. In fact, he's called "King of the Super Bowl," because he has directed over forty spots for the annual NFL championship game. The plan is to begin filming in January. No doubt that "Think Like a Man," which is based on a guide to relationships book by Steve Harvey, helped Lionsgate decide to move forward with a "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" movie. "Think Like a Man" recently grossed $90 million just domestically on a $12 million budget.
- 6/21/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
AfterElton Briefs: Bristol Bombs, "Glee" Grabs an American Idol, and Is Your Boyfriend a Psychopath?
Happy 27th Birthday to cutie pie Kris Allen! Let's celebrate with some suggestive gifs!
Birthday shoutouts go to Meredith Baxter, who is 65, Juliette Lewis is 39, Jujubee is 28, Kathy Mattea is 53, and 80's stud muffin Kip Winger is 51.
Reese Witherspoon is going to star in the big screen adaptation of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. Seriously? Does that mean The Rules: The Motion Picture is up next?American Idol runner-up Jessica Sanchez will appear in a four-episode arc on the upcoming season of Glee. In ratings news, has Bieber fever broken?In other ratings news, pack it up, Bristol. Bwa-ha-ha!Okay Alec, it's time to give your thumbs a rest.Below you can see the first official trailer for Judge Dredd. Carl Irven kicks ass!
Former The Voice and American Idol contestant Frenchie Davis has come out. The New York Times reports on the life and eath of Erik Rhodes.
Birthday shoutouts go to Meredith Baxter, who is 65, Juliette Lewis is 39, Jujubee is 28, Kathy Mattea is 53, and 80's stud muffin Kip Winger is 51.
Reese Witherspoon is going to star in the big screen adaptation of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. Seriously? Does that mean The Rules: The Motion Picture is up next?American Idol runner-up Jessica Sanchez will appear in a four-episode arc on the upcoming season of Glee. In ratings news, has Bieber fever broken?In other ratings news, pack it up, Bristol. Bwa-ha-ha!Okay Alec, it's time to give your thumbs a rest.Below you can see the first official trailer for Judge Dredd. Carl Irven kicks ass!
Former The Voice and American Idol contestant Frenchie Davis has come out. The New York Times reports on the life and eath of Erik Rhodes.
- 6/21/2012
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Well, here’s one for the half-off pile. Deadline Westwood reports that Lionsgate Summit is hellbent on giving us yet another narrative feature film based on a self-help book. Joining the ranks of the decidedly “just okay” features He’s Just Not That Into You and What To Expect When You’re Expecting will soon be Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. If this film is not about two aliens falling in love, I’ll be (more) disappointed (than I already am). We’ve known about the possibility of this project since 2010, but that lessens no blows. Based on John Gray‘s book of the same title, the adaptation of the non-fiction guide to relationships will be helmed by commercial director (of course) Bryan Buckley, making this project his feature debut. The script has been adapted by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont, and there is no word on exactly what sort of shape, aim...
- 6/21/2012
- by Kate Erbland
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
You won't recognize director Bryan Buckley's name, but I guarantee you've seen his work before. The commercial director has been earned six Emmy nominations for his work, directing over 40 TV spots for the Super Bowl and a ton of high-profile campaigns including Best Buy's Bieber & Ozzy, Cash4Gold, Bud Light and American Express with Conan O'Brien, and more. As is usually the case, Buckley's getting his shot at the big time as Deadline reports The "King of the Super Bowl" is sliding over to the movie world to direct an adaptation of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus with Reese Witherspoon starring. John Gray's self-help book is the best-selling non-religious non-fiction hardcover of all time, giving the movie version an almost-guaranteed built-in audience. Adding perennial romcom star Witherspoon to the mix isn't a comforting sign for those sick of her cutesy schtick, but at least the...
- 6/21/2012
- by Ben Pearson
- firstshowing.net
If that bit of Reese Witherspoon news is old, forgive us, because the last time we paid attention to the big screen adaptation of this book/punch line was waaaaay back in 2010 when Summit picked up the rights and then we forgot about it. But even though no one gave a shit about "What To Expect When You're Expecting" (even though it sold millions upon millions of copies), it seems Lionsgate (who now own Summit) think this is still a good idea.
Deadline reports that Witherspoon will lead the movie adaptation of the scientifically accurate "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" that now has a director in commercials helmer Bryan Buckley, whose name might not be familiar, but you've undoubtedly seen his work. Winner of a plethora of awards, he's been behind numerous Super Bowl spots, those new Siri ads, celeb spots for American Express and more. So...
Deadline reports that Witherspoon will lead the movie adaptation of the scientifically accurate "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" that now has a director in commercials helmer Bryan Buckley, whose name might not be familiar, but you've undoubtedly seen his work. Winner of a plethora of awards, he's been behind numerous Super Bowl spots, those new Siri ads, celeb spots for American Express and more. So...
- 6/21/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Exclusive: Bryan Buckley returns to features on the Reese Witherspoon vehicle Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus at Lionsgate Summit. The film is based on the John Gray self-help title, a guide to relationships and marriage that is the best selling non-fiction hardcover book of all-time (excepting the Bible and Koran) with over 7 million copies in circulation. Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont have written the script and Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun are set to produce with Andrew Mittman co-producing and Meredith Milton overseeing for Summit. Plan is to shoot the film in January. While Buckley has stuck mostly to commercials, you’ve likely seen his work. Called “King of the Super Bowl,” he has directed over 40 spots for the annual NFL title game. In the process, he has won 37 Cannes Lions, and gotten 6 Emmy nominations. He’s directed everything from the recent Siri campaigns for the Apple...
- 6/21/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Though What To Expect When You’re Expecting has barely scraped its budget back at the box office, that isn’t putting Lionsgate off pushing ahead with another film based on an advice book. John Gray’s Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus has been making its way through development since at least 2010, but now it has a director in ads man Bryan Buckley and a star, with Reese Witherspoon signing on.Gray’s 1992 book about how to find common ground between the sexes to make relationships tick along more smoothly has been a massive bestseller, shifting more than 50 million copies and continuing to dominate self-help shelves.Last year, Summit (before its merger with Lionsgate) hired Leap Year writing team Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan to adapt it as a romantic comedy. As for what they’ve come up with? That’s anyone’s guess, though we figure...
- 6/21/2012
- EmpireOnline
Bryan Buckley climbed his way to the top of the commercials industry directing over 40 ads that ran during the Super Bowl and winning 37 Cannes Lion awards and five Emmy nominations. Buckley made the leap from the commercial world to dramatic features with Deadline confirming Lionsgate Summit hiring the 48-year-old commercials filmmaker to direct their adaptation of the John Gray bestseller Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont wrote the script and Lloyd Braun and Andrew Mittman boarded as co-producers. Lionsgate recently produced director Kirk Jones’ recent adaptation based on the pregnancy guidebook, What to Expect When You’re Expecting; so they’re quickly becoming experts in the self-help genre of movie adaptations.
- 6/21/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Bryan Buckley climbed his way to the top of the commercials industry directing over 40 ads that ran during the Super Bowl and winning 37 Cannes Lion awards and five Emmy nominations. Buckley made the leap from the commercial world to dramatic features with Deadline confirming Lionsgate Summit hiring the 48-year-old commercials filmmaker to direct their adaptation of the John Gray bestseller Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont wrote the script and Lloyd Braun and Andrew Mittman boarded as co-producers. Lionsgate recently produced director Kirk Jones’ recent adaptation based on the pregnancy guidebook, What to Expect When You’re Expecting; so they’re quickly becoming experts in the self-help genre of movie adaptations.
- 6/21/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Following their What to Expect When You're Expecting feature film earlier this year, Lionsgate's Summit has plans to adapt another bestselling self-help book. Deadline reports that the studio is developing Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus with Reese Witherspoon attached to headline. Commercials director Bryan Buckley will make his big screen debut by helming the project. "This book is the essential tool for couples who want to develop more satisfying relationships with their partners," it says on author John Gray's official site. "Throughout the book, he provides a practical and proven way for men and women to communicate better by acknowledging the differences between them. Based on years of counseling couples and research, he gives advice on how...
- 6/21/2012
- Comingsoon.net
I don't know if you heard the six hundred ways I shouted about it last week, but Lizzy Caplan is on New Girl! She's not here to stay, but her presence in last night's episode upped the awesome factor and allowed New Girl to do something it has never done before: Put four female characters in a room together at the same time. And one of them was even a lesbian.
Afterellen Bait
"Jess and Julia" finally paid out on the promise of introducing a lesbian character into the mix with the always pitch-perfect June Raphael. Her sexuality is a non-issue, just tossed into the conversation. When Nick says Lizzy Caplan doesn't want to label their relationship, Sadie goes, "Come on, dude. That's a classic move. Even in the lesbian community." Which is, of course, like a siren call to Schmidt, who comes whizzing into the kitchen half-naked. Sadie is like,...
Afterellen Bait
"Jess and Julia" finally paid out on the promise of introducing a lesbian character into the mix with the always pitch-perfect June Raphael. Her sexuality is a non-issue, just tossed into the conversation. When Nick says Lizzy Caplan doesn't want to label their relationship, Sadie goes, "Come on, dude. That's a classic move. Even in the lesbian community." Which is, of course, like a siren call to Schmidt, who comes whizzing into the kitchen half-naked. Sadie is like,...
- 2/1/2012
- by Heather Hogan
- AfterEllen.com
Horror icon Tom Savini has joined the cast of Secondary Heroes, it's been announced.
Tom's a veteran of the genre, with credits including the original and remake of Dawn of the Dead, as well as Friday the 13th, From Dusk Till Dawn and Machete.
You will recall Savini as the biker (called Sex Machine) with a groin-mounted gun in Robert Rodriguez' 1996 vampire classic From Dusk Till Dawn (see clip below), which also starred Harvey Keitel, George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino.
He's currently filming sequel Machete Kills - annouced at this year's San Diego Comic-Con - with Rodriguez back in the director's chair.
Savini is now on board the Stuart MacDonald directed comedy/horror script Secondary Heroes penned by fellow Michigan filmmaker DJ Perry. The film is being produced under Perry's Collective Development Inc banner www.cdiproductions.com in association with MacDonald's Boomerang Studios.
Perry, no stranger to acting or the genre (An Ordinary Killer,...
Tom's a veteran of the genre, with credits including the original and remake of Dawn of the Dead, as well as Friday the 13th, From Dusk Till Dawn and Machete.
You will recall Savini as the biker (called Sex Machine) with a groin-mounted gun in Robert Rodriguez' 1996 vampire classic From Dusk Till Dawn (see clip below), which also starred Harvey Keitel, George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino.
He's currently filming sequel Machete Kills - annouced at this year's San Diego Comic-Con - with Rodriguez back in the director's chair.
Savini is now on board the Stuart MacDonald directed comedy/horror script Secondary Heroes penned by fellow Michigan filmmaker DJ Perry. The film is being produced under Perry's Collective Development Inc banner www.cdiproductions.com in association with MacDonald's Boomerang Studios.
Perry, no stranger to acting or the genre (An Ordinary Killer,...
- 10/10/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Exclusive: Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun's production company BermanBraun has signed with Wme for representation. At the agency, the company's entertainment division will be handled by co-ceo Ari Emanuel and head of the TV department Rick Rosen. The move formalizes BermanBraun's existing relationship with Wme as Berman and Braun are long-time very close friends with Emanuel and Rosen, and the agency has been unofficially handing the production company in its deals. (BermanBraun hasn't had official agency representation until now.) On the TV side, BermanBraun, which has had a first-look TV deal with NBC Universal, has the series Alphas on Syfy. It produced two pilots this past season, drama Weekends at Bellevue at Fox and the Dan Goor comedy at NBC. On the film side, BermanBraun has several projects in development, including comedies Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, based on the book, and Rentaghost, which has Russell Brand attached to star.
- 8/20/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Probably the most telling Roger Corman mantra is the belief that the more money you put in a movie the less artistic imagination there will be in it. It’s easy in retrospect to see this as a sly dig at George Lucas. Indeed Star Wars was Corman’s biggest threat – it subsequently derailed his career and made studios savvy to something he always knew: that you could make even more money out of movies if you put more money into them. And from being the pioneer of low-budget money-making monster flicks and bloody revenge dramas Corman was relegated to the sidelines.
It’s easy to write-off Corman as simply a tasteless exploitative hack of Z-grade movies who has no artistic integrity of his own to speak of, but then that wouldn’t justify the deep-seated admiration he has acquired. This witty, brilliantly entertaining and insightful...
Probably the most telling Roger Corman mantra is the belief that the more money you put in a movie the less artistic imagination there will be in it. It’s easy in retrospect to see this as a sly dig at George Lucas. Indeed Star Wars was Corman’s biggest threat – it subsequently derailed his career and made studios savvy to something he always knew: that you could make even more money out of movies if you put more money into them. And from being the pioneer of low-budget money-making monster flicks and bloody revenge dramas Corman was relegated to the sidelines.
It’s easy to write-off Corman as simply a tasteless exploitative hack of Z-grade movies who has no artistic integrity of his own to speak of, but then that wouldn’t justify the deep-seated admiration he has acquired. This witty, brilliantly entertaining and insightful...
- 6/14/2011
- by Oliver Pfeiffer
- Obsessed with Film
Those popular psychology titles just keep finding their way from the self-help shelves to the desks of Hollywood screenwriters. Following He's Just Not That Into You, and with Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus on the way, next on the list is Think Like a Man, which Tim Story has just signed to direct.The book, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Relationships, Intimacy and Commitment, is by Steve Harvey, who hosts a nationally syndicated morning show in the Us. His thesis is that women don't understand men because they ask other women for insights, when only the guys themselves can really tell them what makes them tick.In the film, Harvey will be played by Kevin Hart (Death at a Funeral) as a self-professed relationships expert who's keen to dish out advice left, right and centre. The trouble is, his...
- 4/27/2011
- EmpireOnline
News broke yesterday that there's another short-list for a female role in Superman: Man of Steel that includes Alice Eve, Diane Kruger, and Rosamund Pike. The role is not for Lois Lane. In fact, there may be no Lois Lane at all in Man of Steel. As The Playlist wrote, "In fact, most of the names bandied about early on--Rachel McAdams, Jessica Biel, Olivia Wilde, Mila Kunis--don't seem likely at this point." Slashfilm also added that this new cast lists makes all the previous shortlist stories "moot."
Moot? These shortlist stories just broke this week and last. The fuck? You mean to tell me, the trade news blogs spent a week discussing, analyzing, and breaking down something that didn't even exist? (We did it, too). It was fun, and it gave us something to do for the week, but still. The hell? And I think some of these...
Moot? These shortlist stories just broke this week and last. The fuck? You mean to tell me, the trade news blogs spent a week discussing, analyzing, and breaking down something that didn't even exist? (We did it, too). It was fun, and it gave us something to do for the week, but still. The hell? And I think some of these...
- 2/4/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan (the duo behind Leap Year) have been hired to adapt Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus for Summit Entertainment. Satisfied with the news?
The upcoming franchise will of course, be based on the book series written by John Gray.
Since it was published in 1992, there have been no romantic comedies dealing with the many differences between men and women.
That’s why folks from Summit are quite happy with this deal. Erik Feig, Summit’s President of Production, stated:
“Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus is not just the title of a book, or what we know will become an amazing film and TV franchise – it is a pop cultural mainstay and comically, sadly, romantically, all too often still true these many years after first being published.
We are thrilled to have the opportunity to work on a franchise whose name...
The upcoming franchise will of course, be based on the book series written by John Gray.
Since it was published in 1992, there have been no romantic comedies dealing with the many differences between men and women.
That’s why folks from Summit are quite happy with this deal. Erik Feig, Summit’s President of Production, stated:
“Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus is not just the title of a book, or what we know will become an amazing film and TV franchise – it is a pop cultural mainstay and comically, sadly, romantically, all too often still true these many years after first being published.
We are thrilled to have the opportunity to work on a franchise whose name...
- 1/29/2011
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Looking back on it, the 90s were an awesome time. People were wearing tie-dye shirts and jean shorts, grunge music came into existence, and for the first time since 1969 the United States actually had a budget surplus. Back during those glorious times it would have made sense to make a movie out of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. After all, the book came out in 1992 and everyone was passing around copies. To make an adaptation now, almost 20 years after the book came out, would just be stupid. But when has being stupid ever held anything up in Hollywood? First announced last April, Deadline is reporting that Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan, best known for writing and directing Can't Hardly Wait and Josie and the Pussycats, have been hired by Summit to scribe and helm Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. The book by John Gray...
- 1/28/2011
- cinemablend.com
We've entered a new frontier, so desperate for preexisting properties on which to base films that any semblance of an actual narrative has become strictly optional. The latest up-and-coming trend: self-help books. After the box office success of He's Just Not That Into You, studios have been actively scrounging up other self-improvement books to make into movies, one of the more recent examples being [1] How to Talk to Girls (which Date Night director Shawn Levy is in the process of developing). Now there's Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, based on the enormously relationship book by John Gray that, since its release in 1992, has sold over 50 million books and even spawned a board game and a short-lived talk show. Summit Entertainment has hired Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan, the writing-directing team behind Can't Hardly Wait and Josie and the Pussycats, to adapt and direct. Learn more after the break.
- 1/28/2011
- by Adam Quigley
- Slash Film
Although they’ve broken up, Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron are still getting cozy. Is V disrespecting herself by hooking up with her ex?
Have you ever heard the expression, ‘Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?’ Well, that’s exactly what Vanessa Hudgens may be doing by getting it on with ex-boyfriend Zac Efron sans commitment!
The former couple — who met on the set of High School Musical years ago — have officially broken up, but seem to be spending an inordinate amount of time together regardless. The latest: it appears that Zac, 23, has visited Vanessa, 22, on the set of her latest film, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island — which just so happens to be far away from La in Wilmington, North Carolina. That’s a hefty distance to travel for a girl who isn’t your girlfriend, no?
We don’t know all the particulars,...
Have you ever heard the expression, ‘Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?’ Well, that’s exactly what Vanessa Hudgens may be doing by getting it on with ex-boyfriend Zac Efron sans commitment!
The former couple — who met on the set of High School Musical years ago — have officially broken up, but seem to be spending an inordinate amount of time together regardless. The latest: it appears that Zac, 23, has visited Vanessa, 22, on the set of her latest film, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island — which just so happens to be far away from La in Wilmington, North Carolina. That’s a hefty distance to travel for a girl who isn’t your girlfriend, no?
We don’t know all the particulars,...
- 1/28/2011
- by Laura Schreffler
- HollywoodLife
Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan ("Josie And The Pussycats") will adapt and direct author John Gray's 1992 best-seller "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" as a romantic comedy feature for Summit Entertainment. BermanBraun's Lloyd Braun and Gail Berman will produce.
Gray's book, described by the author as "...a practical guide for improving communication and getting what you want in your relationship", has sold over 50 million copies in 45 countries, based on the idea that members of the two genders have diametrically different communication styles, emotional needs and personal values to each other.
In contrast to some psychologists and feminists who emphasize similarities between the sexes, Gray writes almost exclusively about differences.
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Gray's book, described by the author as "...a practical guide for improving communication and getting what you want in your relationship", has sold over 50 million copies in 45 countries, based on the idea that members of the two genders have diametrically different communication styles, emotional needs and personal values to each other.
In contrast to some psychologists and feminists who emphasize similarities between the sexes, Gray writes almost exclusively about differences.
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- 1/28/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Summit Entertainment, the house of The Twilight Saga, has made the intriguing move of hiring the writing team behind Leap Year and The Flinstones in Viva Rock Vegas to adapt the guidebook Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus into a film. This is intriguing because the John Gray book (which has sold more than 50 million worldwide) is pretty much designed for adults but Summit is a studio that pretty much makes movies that appeal to teens, although that's not 100 percent.
While it looks like the dynamics of the writing team will have Harry Elfont covering the Mars side of things and Deborah Kaplan with Venus, there's no indication of how they may make a fictional story out of the book which is based on male-female misunderstandings because of our differences. However, Elfton and Kaplan may direct the film, something they haven't done since Josie and the Pussycats.
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While it looks like the dynamics of the writing team will have Harry Elfont covering the Mars side of things and Deborah Kaplan with Venus, there's no indication of how they may make a fictional story out of the book which is based on male-female misunderstandings because of our differences. However, Elfton and Kaplan may direct the film, something they haven't done since Josie and the Pussycats.
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- 1/28/2011
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
Battle of the sexes will begin. Summit Entertainment signed Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan to direct “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus.” The film is an adaptation of a best-selling book in 1992 by John Gray. The book highlights the differences and understandings between women and men. The book has sold over 50 million copies in over 40 countries. According to Deadline, the directors will turn the adaptation into a romantic comedy.Source: Deadline...
- 1/28/2011
- LRMonline.com
Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan ("Leap Year," "Made of Honor") have been hired to pen and possibly direct the film adaptation of "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" for Summit Entertainment reports Variety.
Dr. John Gray's famous book series, first published in 1992, views marital and relationship problems "in terms of distinct and pervasive gender differences". Essentially it points out how men and women have different reasoning and thus how the same problem is perceived quite differently by the genders.
Over a dozen titles in the series have since been published and Summit acquired the rights back in April. Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun will produce the film version.
Dr. John Gray's famous book series, first published in 1992, views marital and relationship problems "in terms of distinct and pervasive gender differences". Essentially it points out how men and women have different reasoning and thus how the same problem is perceived quite differently by the genders.
Over a dozen titles in the series have since been published and Summit acquired the rights back in April. Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun will produce the film version.
- 1/28/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The writing team of Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan has been hired to adapt "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" for Summit Entertainment, TheWrap has confirmed. The movie is based on John Gray's bestselling 1992 book about the differences between how men and women view the world. In Elfont and Kaplan's hands, the book, which sold more than 50 million copies, will become a romantic comedy. The two also are under consideration to direct the movie. Their writing credits include "A Very Brady Sequel" (1996), "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas" (2000),...
- 1/28/2011
- by Joshua L. Weinstein
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Summit Entertainment has hired Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan to adapt and direct Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, based on the 1992 John Gray book that highlights the vast differences between men and women, and attempts to bridge the differences. Elfont and Kaplan will turn the title into a romantic comedy, with BermanBraun's Lloyd Braun and Gail Berman producing. Gray, whose book has sold over 50 million copies in 45 countries, details the vast gender differences and make suggestions on how to find common ground. Despite that apparent gulf between the sexes, Elfont and Kaplan have done pretty well. They have been creatively collaborating since they met at Nyu. They most recently scripted the Amy Adams-Matthew Goode romantic comedy Leap Year, the Patrick Dempsey romantic comedy Made of Honor, and the Ben Affleck-James Gandolfini comedy Surviving Christmas. They've directed Can't Hardly Wait, and Josie and the Pussycats.
- 1/28/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
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