Buenos Aires-based sales outfit FilmSharks has closed major territories on dark comedy “Lobo Feroz,” from director Gustavo Hernández (“La Casa Muda”), and on “The Forgotten Killings,” the latest from Ines Paris (“Miguel and William”).
Produced by Uruguay’s Mother Superior, FilmSharks and Spains’ Bowfinger Intl. Pictures, “Lobo Feroz” is a remake of Israeli film “Big Bad Wolves” from Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado.
Bingo Films picked up “Lobo Feroz” rights for the U.K. following prior sales to Av Jet for Taiwan, Palace Films for Australia, AMC for Eastern Europe and Nashe Kino for Russia. Netflix picked up Spanish rights via Filmax, ViX will take Latin America and the U.S.
Negotiations for Korea, Japan, France and Germany are underway. FilmSharks handles remake sales for “Big Bad Wolves.”
“We’re very happy with the international performance of ‘Lobo Feroz.’ IP and film have proven outstanding and deals always bring more deals.
Produced by Uruguay’s Mother Superior, FilmSharks and Spains’ Bowfinger Intl. Pictures, “Lobo Feroz” is a remake of Israeli film “Big Bad Wolves” from Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado.
Bingo Films picked up “Lobo Feroz” rights for the U.K. following prior sales to Av Jet for Taiwan, Palace Films for Australia, AMC for Eastern Europe and Nashe Kino for Russia. Netflix picked up Spanish rights via Filmax, ViX will take Latin America and the U.S.
Negotiations for Korea, Japan, France and Germany are underway. FilmSharks handles remake sales for “Big Bad Wolves.”
“We’re very happy with the international performance of ‘Lobo Feroz.’ IP and film have proven outstanding and deals always bring more deals.
- 2/17/2024
- by Holly Jones
- Variety Film + TV
Buenos Aires — Mr. Miyagi Films co-founder David Matamoros, firmly established as one of Barcelona’s leading specialists in international film finance, is now in post-production on his solo feature directorial debut, “Astronaut” (“Astronauta”) as Matamoros explores novel movie financing sources as a producer while building co-productions across Europe and Latin America.
Produced by Mr. Miyagi, Sombra Cine and Mother Superior and backed by Spain’s Icaa, Argentina’s Incaa, Uruguay’s Pua and Catalan pubcaster TV3, “Astronaut” which is set for delivery in early 2024, weighs in as a queer romcom which questions classic romcom narratives, asking in a bigger picture what now form bedrock affective family relationships in a modern age.
Inspired by true events that actually happened to the director, Matamoros freely admits, “Astronaut” turns on David, an inveterate romantic film producer who organizes a trip down Route 66 with a stop in Las Vegas but is rejected by his...
Produced by Mr. Miyagi, Sombra Cine and Mother Superior and backed by Spain’s Icaa, Argentina’s Incaa, Uruguay’s Pua and Catalan pubcaster TV3, “Astronaut” which is set for delivery in early 2024, weighs in as a queer romcom which questions classic romcom narratives, asking in a bigger picture what now form bedrock affective family relationships in a modern age.
Inspired by true events that actually happened to the director, Matamoros freely admits, “Astronaut” turns on David, an inveterate romantic film producer who organizes a trip down Route 66 with a stop in Las Vegas but is rejected by his...
- 11/28/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
“Lobo Feroz,” the latest film from “La Casa Muda” director Gustavo Hernández, has sold to getting on half the world, underscoring the market punch of high-profile genre movies from name directors.
Sold by FilmSharks International, “Lobo Feroz” has closed Australia and New Zealand (Palace Film), the U.S. and Spanish-speaking Latin America (ViX) and Russia/Cis (Nashe Kino).
A Spanish-language remake of Israel’s “Big Bad Wolves,” “Lobo Feroz” has also a licensed Taiwan (Av-Jet Intl. Media), Eastern Europe (AMC for TV/SVOD) and Uruguay (Alvaro Caso-Enec Cine).
The Palace, Nashe Kino, Av-Jet and Enec deals all have a theatrical component, said FilmSharks’ Guido Rud. France, Italy, Japan, Korea and Germany/Gas are in discussions, he added.
Produced by longterm Hernández partner Ignacio García Cucucovich at Uruguay’s Mother Superior, María Luisa Gutiérrez at Bowfinger International Pictures, and Rud at FilmSharks, “Lobo Feroz” has already opened in Spain via Filmax and Netflix,...
Sold by FilmSharks International, “Lobo Feroz” has closed Australia and New Zealand (Palace Film), the U.S. and Spanish-speaking Latin America (ViX) and Russia/Cis (Nashe Kino).
A Spanish-language remake of Israel’s “Big Bad Wolves,” “Lobo Feroz” has also a licensed Taiwan (Av-Jet Intl. Media), Eastern Europe (AMC for TV/SVOD) and Uruguay (Alvaro Caso-Enec Cine).
The Palace, Nashe Kino, Av-Jet and Enec deals all have a theatrical component, said FilmSharks’ Guido Rud. France, Italy, Japan, Korea and Germany/Gas are in discussions, he added.
Produced by longterm Hernández partner Ignacio García Cucucovich at Uruguay’s Mother Superior, María Luisa Gutiérrez at Bowfinger International Pictures, and Rud at FilmSharks, “Lobo Feroz” has already opened in Spain via Filmax and Netflix,...
- 5/17/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
In a knock-out deal, Ignacio Cucucovich and Gustavo Hernández of Montevideo-based Mother Superior Films have acquired rights to Spanish boxer and entertainer José Luis ‘Dum Dum’ Pacheco’s life story, starting with his autobiography, “Mear Sangre.”
“Dum Dum is a living reflection of a generation that’s managed to overcome many blows at a difficult time in history. He was born into a humble home, imprisoned at a very young age,” Cucucovich told Variety.
“In addition, the era the story would encompass is fascinating to us, full of freedoms gaining ground, young people exploring and developing, in success and error, a lot of creative abundance, in a constant clash with what society then considered correct. It was a time of discovery and creation.”
Pacheco, formerly part of the notorious 1960s Madrid street gang ‘Los Ojos Negros,’ beat the odds and escaped the streets to become one of Spain’s top athletes.
“Dum Dum is a living reflection of a generation that’s managed to overcome many blows at a difficult time in history. He was born into a humble home, imprisoned at a very young age,” Cucucovich told Variety.
“In addition, the era the story would encompass is fascinating to us, full of freedoms gaining ground, young people exploring and developing, in success and error, a lot of creative abundance, in a constant clash with what society then considered correct. It was a time of discovery and creation.”
Pacheco, formerly part of the notorious 1960s Madrid street gang ‘Los Ojos Negros,’ beat the odds and escaped the streets to become one of Spain’s top athletes.
- 2/21/2023
- by Holly Jones
- Variety Film + TV
With its list of new releases for June 2022, Disney+ is experience an ideal Walt Disney Company content eclipse. This month will feature both the series premiere of a major Marvel TV property and the finale of an even bigger Star Wars TV property.
The new Marvel arrival is…well, Ms. Marvel herself. The series bearing Kamala Khan’s superheroic name is set to premiere with its first episode on Wednesday, June 8. And none of those “multiple episode premiere” shenanigans this time, Ms. Marvel will continue with one episode each week until its sixth episode finale, as the TV gods intended.
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Speaking of finales, Wednesday, June 22 will be the sixth and final chapter of the long-awaited Obi-Wan Kenobi, starring Ewan McGregor.
The new Marvel arrival is…well, Ms. Marvel herself. The series bearing Kamala Khan’s superheroic name is set to premiere with its first episode on Wednesday, June 8. And none of those “multiple episode premiere” shenanigans this time, Ms. Marvel will continue with one episode each week until its sixth episode finale, as the TV gods intended.
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Speaking of finales, Wednesday, June 22 will be the sixth and final chapter of the long-awaited Obi-Wan Kenobi, starring Ewan McGregor.
- 6/1/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
"Today is not a day to be scared of madness." Shudder has revealed the trailer for a Uruguayan horror film called Virus:32, the latest film made by filmmaker Gustavo Hernández (The Silent House). This hasn't hit any festivals but will be streaming on Shudder later in April. A rapid spreading virus which transforms people into intelligent, ultra-violent, extra-fast zombie hunters. After each wave of attack by the monsters, they discover the monsters are left incapacitated for 32 seconds while they recover strength. That's all the time there is. "With Virus:32, director Gustavo Hernandez builds a lean, mean and terrifying thrill ride of a mother desperately trying to save her daughter from a zombie apocalypse. Combined with a stunning visual aesthetic, we know the film will delight genre fans everywhere," Shudder states. The film stars Paula Silva and Daniel Hendler, with Sofía González, plus a whole bunch of flesh-hungry zombies. Yeah this looks damn good!
- 3/25/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
William Hurt, a prolific film actor who often played a reserved intellectual in earlier roles, has died at 71.
William Hurt’s son, Will, posted today that his father has died. It was announced in May 2018 the elder Hurt had terminal prostate cancer that spread.
Hurt’s debut film role came in 1980, playing a scientist in the science fiction thriller Altered States. For that role, he received a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. Afterwards, he played a memorable role as the lawyer seduced by Kathleen Turner in Lawrence Kasdan’s Body Heat (1981). Kasdan cast Hurt again in 1983 as part of the ensemble in The Big Chill.
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To younger fans, Hurt was part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films in his role as the blustering Thaddeus Ross, a General who was there on the fateful day Bruce Banner became the Hulk.
William Hurt’s son, Will, posted today that his father has died. It was announced in May 2018 the elder Hurt had terminal prostate cancer that spread.
Hurt’s debut film role came in 1980, playing a scientist in the science fiction thriller Altered States. For that role, he received a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. Afterwards, he played a memorable role as the lawyer seduced by Kathleen Turner in Lawrence Kasdan’s Body Heat (1981). Kasdan cast Hurt again in 1983 as part of the ensemble in The Big Chill.
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To younger fans, Hurt was part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films in his role as the blustering Thaddeus Ross, a General who was there on the fateful day Bruce Banner became the Hulk.
- 3/13/2022
- by Brandon Choe
- Deadline Film + TV
AMC Networks’ genre-focused streaming platform Shudder has acquired the rights to horror maestro Gustavo Hernández’s “Virus: 32” in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the U.K.
The deal was closed between Shudder and Pip Ngo from XYZ, CAA Media Finance and Juan Torres from Latido Films. Spanish sales powerhouse Latido is selling the film and has been showing it to buyers at this year’s European Film Market.
A high-profile title to track since it was first unveiled at the virtual Cannes Market in 2020, “Virus: 32” stars Paula Silva (“In the Quarry”) and former Berlin Silver Bear winner Daniel Hendler (“Lost Embrace”) in a story about a rapidly spreading virus which transforms people into intelligent, ultra-violent, extra-fast zombie hunters. However, after each wave of attack by the monsters, they’re left incapacitated for 32 seconds while they recover their strength, hence the name of the virus and the film’s title.
The deal was closed between Shudder and Pip Ngo from XYZ, CAA Media Finance and Juan Torres from Latido Films. Spanish sales powerhouse Latido is selling the film and has been showing it to buyers at this year’s European Film Market.
A high-profile title to track since it was first unveiled at the virtual Cannes Market in 2020, “Virus: 32” stars Paula Silva (“In the Quarry”) and former Berlin Silver Bear winner Daniel Hendler (“Lost Embrace”) in a story about a rapidly spreading virus which transforms people into intelligent, ultra-violent, extra-fast zombie hunters. However, after each wave of attack by the monsters, they’re left incapacitated for 32 seconds while they recover their strength, hence the name of the virus and the film’s title.
- 2/15/2022
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
In 1948, making a film of the stage play Rope, Alfred Hitchcock decided to try to make it appear as though the action took place in a single take. At that time, the technology didn’t exist to allow him to actually achieve this and so every ten minutes the viewer will notice a zoom on a static object, something that will allow Hitchcock to dissolve and link to the next ten minute take.
In almost 75 years, technology has advanced much further. Today, cameras allow for shooting entire features in a single take and editing has advanced to a point that transitions needn’t be the slow, awkward moments seen in Rope, meaning that films like Birdman and 1917, while shot in multiple takes over many days, can appear to be a single shot.
One Shot is a real time action film that finds Jake (Scott Adkins) and his Navy Seal team...
In almost 75 years, technology has advanced much further. Today, cameras allow for shooting entire features in a single take and editing has advanced to a point that transitions needn’t be the slow, awkward moments seen in Rope, meaning that films like Birdman and 1917, while shot in multiple takes over many days, can appear to be a single shot.
One Shot is a real time action film that finds Jake (Scott Adkins) and his Navy Seal team...
- 1/25/2022
- by Sam Inglis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Another year, another bountiful crop of action filmmaking. The following article covers some of the best. Like with last year’s installment, the focus will be on action scenes—compact, heightened expressions of action filmmaking craft—rather than films as a whole, which means that some otherwise strong, action-adjacent pictures may be missing and a couple included films look fairly lackluster beyond their set pieces. For the sake of variety, I have limited myself to one scene per film, and all featured films made their official, non-festival, U.S. theatrical and/or streaming debut in 2021. The criterion of “official” excludes the Chinese direct-to-YouTube actioner One More Shot, which was removed after just a few days online. Whenever the film receives a more “legitimate” stateside debut, it will almost certainly be included in that year’s roundup. And now, to the action. The scenes have been organized into loose thematic...
- 1/6/2022
- MUBI
Ventana Sur’s genre-dedicated sidebar Blood Window hosted a special panel this year, The Phenomenon of Fantasy Genre in an Ibero-American Environment: New Content, Formats and Trends. There, filmmakers, producers, festival heads and other industry professionals met, discussed and debated the state of genre filmmaking in Latin America and Spain, coming to a positive consensus concerning the health of fantasy, science fiction and horror filmmaking in the regions for both film and TV.
The day’s discussions were kicked off by Beatriz Navas, general director at Spanish film agency Icaa, and Javier Fernández, coordinator of Blood Window. The two shared anecdotes and data concerning the experiences and positive outcomes of a collaboration launched earlier within the Ibermedia framework, aimed at boosting support for genre film and TV projects and productions. This year’s panel was organized by Ibermedia and Blood Window, with the support of Icaa.
“Collaboration with Blood Window...
The day’s discussions were kicked off by Beatriz Navas, general director at Spanish film agency Icaa, and Javier Fernández, coordinator of Blood Window. The two shared anecdotes and data concerning the experiences and positive outcomes of a collaboration launched earlier within the Ibermedia framework, aimed at boosting support for genre film and TV projects and productions. This year’s panel was organized by Ibermedia and Blood Window, with the support of Icaa.
“Collaboration with Blood Window...
- 12/4/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
There’s a whole lot of ammo going blammo over the course of “One Shot,” an action movie couched as a battle in real time between Navy SEALs and insurgents on a U.S.-controlled, Guantanamo-style island detention facility, presented in what appears to be a single, continuous shot.
Of course, as in other recent films like “Birdman” and “1917,” the “real time” is an illusion created by hard-to-detect editing together of several long, elaborately blocked individual shots — this movie was shot in 20 days, not 90 minutes. Still, director James Nunn’s reunion with star Scott Adkins does effectively use that device to heighten immediacy in an effort that may not transcend their usual B-grade, adrenaline-fueled macho fare, but does bring some welcome novelty to the genre.
Seal Lieutenant Jake Harris (Scott Harris) has been emergency-tasked with flying a CIA representative to an ambiguously located high-security isle whose unwilling guests represent a “United Nations of terror,...
Of course, as in other recent films like “Birdman” and “1917,” the “real time” is an illusion created by hard-to-detect editing together of several long, elaborately blocked individual shots — this movie was shot in 20 days, not 90 minutes. Still, director James Nunn’s reunion with star Scott Adkins does effectively use that device to heighten immediacy in an effort that may not transcend their usual B-grade, adrenaline-fueled macho fare, but does bring some welcome novelty to the genre.
Seal Lieutenant Jake Harris (Scott Harris) has been emergency-tasked with flying a CIA representative to an ambiguously located high-security isle whose unwilling guests represent a “United Nations of terror,...
- 11/5/2021
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
So far on “Survivor 41,” there have been six eliminations and still no one has used their Shot in the Dark die advantage. Is the twist a bust? (Vote in our poll below.) Remember, this brand new wrinkle to the game essentially puts one-sixth of an immunity idol in every single player’s pocket. In order to activate the power, they have to wager their vote by putting their six-sided die into the urn and then get lucky by drawing the “safe” parchment. Each player can only use the so-called “Hail Mary” twist once per game.
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Looking back, it’s easy to play armchair quarterback and say that Eric Abraham, Sara Wilson, David Voce, Brad Reese, Jd Robinson and Genie Chen all should have played their die for their one-in-six chance of being safe. In the event they had, all votes cast against them wouldn...
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Looking back, it’s easy to play armchair quarterback and say that Eric Abraham, Sara Wilson, David Voce, Brad Reese, Jd Robinson and Genie Chen all should have played their die for their one-in-six chance of being safe. In the event they had, all votes cast against them wouldn...
- 10/22/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
B Positive fans will have to wait a little while longer to find out if Drew’s kidney transplant was a success.
CBS on Thursday announced that Season 2 of the Annaleigh Ashford/Thomas Middleditch sitcom will now premiere Thursday, Oct. 14, at 9:30/8:30c, one week later than its previously planned Oct. 7 return.
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CBS on Thursday announced that Season 2 of the Annaleigh Ashford/Thomas Middleditch sitcom will now premiere Thursday, Oct. 14, at 9:30/8:30c, one week later than its previously planned Oct. 7 return.
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- 9/23/2021
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Disney+ has picked up a second season of the basketball dramedy “Big Shot,” the streamer announced on Wednesday.
Dean Lorey will return as showrunner on the series, which will resume production in 2022.
“We are thrilled to be returning with ‘Big Shot.’ The show has touched so many hearts — John Stamos’ brilliance especially as Coach Marvyn Korn — we look forward to season two and beyond,” co-creator and executive producer David E. Kelley said in a statement.
Co-created by Lorey, Kelley and “Single Parents” star Brad Garrett, “Big Shot” centers on Stamos’ Marvyn Korn, a disgraced NCAA basketball coach who is given a chance at redemption with a coaching position at an elite private high school for girls.
“This show represents everything Disney is to me – family, inclusion, and unity. But at its core, [“Big Shot”] is about guts and heart, and that is what Disney+ demonstrated by giving us a second season,...
Dean Lorey will return as showrunner on the series, which will resume production in 2022.
“We are thrilled to be returning with ‘Big Shot.’ The show has touched so many hearts — John Stamos’ brilliance especially as Coach Marvyn Korn — we look forward to season two and beyond,” co-creator and executive producer David E. Kelley said in a statement.
Co-created by Lorey, Kelley and “Single Parents” star Brad Garrett, “Big Shot” centers on Stamos’ Marvyn Korn, a disgraced NCAA basketball coach who is given a chance at redemption with a coaching position at an elite private high school for girls.
“This show represents everything Disney is to me – family, inclusion, and unity. But at its core, [“Big Shot”] is about guts and heart, and that is what Disney+ demonstrated by giving us a second season,...
- 9/2/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
The loony-tunes world of digital collectibles known as NFTs is now getting actual Looney Tunes.
Warner Bros., in the biggest drop of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) for a film to date, is releasing collection of 91,000 limited-edition NFTs featuring characters from “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” including Bugs Bunny, Tweety, Porky Pig — and the pic’s star, LeBron James.
NFTs certify the ownership of a unique digital content asset, based on blockchain technology, though they are mainly for bragging rights, since digital content can be copied an infinite number of times. (The “non-fungible” part means NFTs are not interchangeable in the way currency is.) Like physical artwork or baseball cards, NFTs can be bought and sold. They’ve become a craze in 2021, mainly released in auctions — and garnering some eye-popping sale prices.
But for the “Space Jam” sequel, Warner Bros. is taking a different tack.
Aiming to provide broad access to the digital collectibles,...
Warner Bros., in the biggest drop of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) for a film to date, is releasing collection of 91,000 limited-edition NFTs featuring characters from “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” including Bugs Bunny, Tweety, Porky Pig — and the pic’s star, LeBron James.
NFTs certify the ownership of a unique digital content asset, based on blockchain technology, though they are mainly for bragging rights, since digital content can be copied an infinite number of times. (The “non-fungible” part means NFTs are not interchangeable in the way currency is.) Like physical artwork or baseball cards, NFTs can be bought and sold. They’ve become a craze in 2021, mainly released in auctions — and garnering some eye-popping sale prices.
But for the “Space Jam” sequel, Warner Bros. is taking a different tack.
Aiming to provide broad access to the digital collectibles,...
- 7/12/2021
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings and monthly guide to What’s on Streaming.
With nearly 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.
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With nearly 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.
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- 6/12/2021
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
After weeks of shocking twists and red herrings, Mare of Easttown‘s finale gave us the answers we wanted… but maybe not the ones we expected.
Sunday’s episode picks up right where we left off, with Mare approaching Billy and John at the fishing spot. Back at the police station, we finally see the photo Jess gave Chief Carter: It’s of Erin… with John asleep in bed next to her. (Jess confirms that John is actually DJ’s father; Dylan only destroyed Erin’s journals because he wanted to keep custody of DJ, even though it’s not his kid.
Sunday’s episode picks up right where we left off, with Mare approaching Billy and John at the fishing spot. Back at the police station, we finally see the photo Jess gave Chief Carter: It’s of Erin… with John asleep in bed next to her. (Jess confirms that John is actually DJ’s father; Dylan only destroyed Erin’s journals because he wanted to keep custody of DJ, even though it’s not his kid.
- 5/31/2021
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Upon arriving for his first day at the prestigious Westbrook School for Girls in Disney+’s Big Shot, John Stamos‘ disgraced basketball coach Marvyn Korn is confronted by Yvette Nicole Brown‘s no-nonsense headmaster, Sherilyn Thomas: “Coaches here are not just teachers,” she tells him. “They’re expected to be role models.” But is Korn capable of setting a good example?
The Full House and ER vet plays the infamous sports figure at the center of the David E. Kelley-produced dramedy, which debuted Friday. The opening montage reveals the irredeemable act that got him sacked by the NCAA: In a moment of rage,...
The Full House and ER vet plays the infamous sports figure at the center of the David E. Kelley-produced dramedy, which debuted Friday. The opening montage reveals the irredeemable act that got him sacked by the NCAA: In a moment of rage,...
- 4/16/2021
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Big Shot, starring John Stamos, Jessalyn Gilsig, Yvette Nicole Brown, and a slew of talented young women performers, could be summed up as "life according to basketball."
A quick internet search provides many articles about the important lessons basketball teaches, but Coach Marvyn Korn (Stamos) still has a lot to learn despite his celebrated accomplishments in the NCAA.
By the time we catch up with Coach Korn, his 12 conference titles and three championships are old news, and finding his next coaching gig doesn't come easily.
So when he's offered an opportunity at an all-girls high school, he's not eager for the new experience but resigned to the fact that it's the best he can do for now. Still, Marvyn Korn has been propelled all of his life by his father's words -- he's an embarrassment -- to do everything he can to prove otherwise.
It's not a coincidence that a...
A quick internet search provides many articles about the important lessons basketball teaches, but Coach Marvyn Korn (Stamos) still has a lot to learn despite his celebrated accomplishments in the NCAA.
By the time we catch up with Coach Korn, his 12 conference titles and three championships are old news, and finding his next coaching gig doesn't come easily.
So when he's offered an opportunity at an all-girls high school, he's not eager for the new experience but resigned to the fact that it's the best he can do for now. Still, Marvyn Korn has been propelled all of his life by his father's words -- he's an embarrassment -- to do everything he can to prove otherwise.
It's not a coincidence that a...
- 4/15/2021
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
“Big Shot” doesn’t seem to fit among the most-heralded new series on Disney Plus. Unlike “The Mandalorian” or “WandaVision” or even another family-oriented sports series like “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers,” it is not attached to any existing intellectual property.
But calling it original might be a stretch. This show ably cribs from across the spectrum of kids’ sports movies to tell a story of a mega-successful NCAA basketball coach brought low by his own temper. The stakes here are easily understood and broadly conveyed. “My marching orders are going to echo one you no doubt got from your agent: do not screw this up,” a school administrator (Yvette Nicole Brown) tells the oddly named Marvyn Korn (John Stamos) when he arrives to coach girls’ basketball at a private high school. This seems easily managed. But would you believe that the girls on his team end up teaching him...
But calling it original might be a stretch. This show ably cribs from across the spectrum of kids’ sports movies to tell a story of a mega-successful NCAA basketball coach brought low by his own temper. The stakes here are easily understood and broadly conveyed. “My marching orders are going to echo one you no doubt got from your agent: do not screw this up,” a school administrator (Yvette Nicole Brown) tells the oddly named Marvyn Korn (John Stamos) when he arrives to coach girls’ basketball at a private high school. This seems easily managed. But would you believe that the girls on his team end up teaching him...
- 4/15/2021
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Big Shot‘s John Stamos is the first to admit that he’s never been particularly interested in sports. And he knows his indifference makes his turn as a hot-headed basketball coach in the David E. Kelley-produced dramedy a bit of a head scratcher.
“I’m the opposite of a sports person,” Stamos tells TVLine. When it comes to shooting hoops, he says, “I don’t get it. I don’t know about it. I didn’t play. I was a band geek. I still am a band geek.”
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“I’m the opposite of a sports person,” Stamos tells TVLine. When it comes to shooting hoops, he says, “I don’t get it. I don’t know about it. I didn’t play. I was a band geek. I still am a band geek.”
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- 4/14/2021
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
The Marvel machine continues apace on Disney+ this month.
Disney+’s list of new releases of April 2021 is highlighted by the highlight of March’s list as well: The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Three episode of this highly anticipated series will premiere in April, including the series(?) finale on April 23.
But of course, it’s not all Marvel all the time on Disney+…sometimes its Star Wars time as well! There aren’t any new original Star Wars series coming to the streaming world until The Bad Batch premieres on May 4. It’s spiritual successor arrives in April, however. Star Wars: Clone Wars Volumes 1 and 2 both premiere on April 2. These are the animated classics from Genndy Tartakovsky that jumpstarted a new era of Star Wars storytelling. Now they can be seen in their entirety once agin.
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers continues on in April, and will soon be...
Disney+’s list of new releases of April 2021 is highlighted by the highlight of March’s list as well: The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Three episode of this highly anticipated series will premiere in April, including the series(?) finale on April 23.
But of course, it’s not all Marvel all the time on Disney+…sometimes its Star Wars time as well! There aren’t any new original Star Wars series coming to the streaming world until The Bad Batch premieres on May 4. It’s spiritual successor arrives in April, however. Star Wars: Clone Wars Volumes 1 and 2 both premiere on April 2. These are the animated classics from Genndy Tartakovsky that jumpstarted a new era of Star Wars storytelling. Now they can be seen in their entirety once agin.
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers continues on in April, and will soon be...
- 3/31/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Seth Rogen is in talks to star in the untitled Steven Spielberg film loosely based on the filmmaker’s youth growing up in Arizona. Rogen would play the part inspired by Spielberg’s favorite uncle.
Four-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams is in talks to star in the project in a major role inspired by the filmmaker’s mother.
Although plot details are being kept under wraps, Spielberg co-wrote the script with frequent collaborator Tony Kushner, who wrote “Munich,” “Lincoln” and, most recently, “West Side Story.”
The film, which is currently screen testing actors to play a character inspired by a young Spielberg, will explore the lead character’s relationship with his parents across the decades.
The untitled film is eyeing a summer production start with a release date planned for sometime in 2022. Spielberg, Kushner and Kristie Macosko Krieger are producing the project.
Rogen most recently starred and produced “Long Shot” for Lionsgate.
Four-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams is in talks to star in the project in a major role inspired by the filmmaker’s mother.
Although plot details are being kept under wraps, Spielberg co-wrote the script with frequent collaborator Tony Kushner, who wrote “Munich,” “Lincoln” and, most recently, “West Side Story.”
The film, which is currently screen testing actors to play a character inspired by a young Spielberg, will explore the lead character’s relationship with his parents across the decades.
The untitled film is eyeing a summer production start with a release date planned for sometime in 2022. Spielberg, Kushner and Kristie Macosko Krieger are producing the project.
Rogen most recently starred and produced “Long Shot” for Lionsgate.
- 3/23/2021
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
In 2008, the year Kings of Leon dominated airwaves with one-two punch of ”Sex on Fire” and “Use Somebody,” a mysterious figure named Satoshi Nakamoto appeared online with an obscure idea for the first-ever truly digital form of money: bitcoin. More than twelve years later, the Southern Rock band is now trying to use the hot technology at the core of cryptocurrencies to re-ignite their career, in what tech boosters say could make for a revolution in how artists sell their work and support themselves.
The technology is called an Nft,...
The technology is called an Nft,...
- 3/11/2021
- by Kevin T. Dugan
- Rollingstone.com
This very peculiar version of the famous Israeli flick Big Bad Wolves is being filmed in Andalusia by the director of The Silent House. In 2013, the Israeli film Big Bad Wolves, helmed by duo Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, was victorious at the Sitges Film Festival (as well as many other international gatherings), where it scooped the Best Director Award. A short while later, the legend that is Quentin Tarantino included this title among his favourites from that year. Now, if one were to take a stroll around the spectacular province of Cádiz, one may well stumble upon the cast and crew of Lobo feroz (lit. “Fierce Wolf”), a peculiar reimagining of the aforementioned hit, being helmed by Uruguay’s Gustavo Hernández. This filmmaker has already made forays into the fantastic genre with his previous films: The Silent House (which even got the Hollywood remake treatment), Local God and You.
Nicolas Herzog’s completed film The Shadow Of The Rooster also on slate.
As it launches sales at EFM on horror thriller Macabro from the producers of Elite Squad, FilmSharks has boarded world sales on crime thriller The Shadow Of The Rooster and Big Bad Wolves remake Ferocious Wolf.
Nicolas Herzog’s completed film The Shadow Of The Rooster (La Sombra del Gallo) from Rumba Cine stars Lautaro Delgado and Claudio Rissi, whose credits include HBO Latin America Originals’ Berlinale Series selection Entre Hombres, and Netflix’s hit Argentinian crime mystery El Marginal.
The Argentinian feature centres on Maidana, a...
As it launches sales at EFM on horror thriller Macabro from the producers of Elite Squad, FilmSharks has boarded world sales on crime thriller The Shadow Of The Rooster and Big Bad Wolves remake Ferocious Wolf.
Nicolas Herzog’s completed film The Shadow Of The Rooster (La Sombra del Gallo) from Rumba Cine stars Lautaro Delgado and Claudio Rissi, whose credits include HBO Latin America Originals’ Berlinale Series selection Entre Hombres, and Netflix’s hit Argentinian crime mystery El Marginal.
The Argentinian feature centres on Maidana, a...
- 3/2/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Marvel Studios live-action limited series "Hawkeye", follows champion archer, crime-fighter 'Clint Barton' aka 'Hawkeye' (Jeremy Renner) and his protege 'Kate Bishop' (Hailee Steinfeld), with Florence Pugh as 'Yelena Belova' from the "Black Widow" movie, streaming in 2021 on Disney+:
Originally created by writer Stan Lee and illustrator Don Heck for Marvel Comics, Hawkeye debuted as a villain in Marvel's "Tales of Suspense" #57 (Sept. 1964).
Hawkeye joined the "Avengers" in Marvel's "The Avengers" #16 (May 1965).
Renner has portrayed the character in the 'Marvel Cinematic Universe' films "Thor", "The Avengers" (2012), "Avengers: Age of Ultron" (2015), "Captain America: Civil War" and "Avengers: Endgame" (2019).
"...'Clint Barton', at a young age, lost both of his parents in a car accident. After six years in an orphanage, Clint and his brother 'Barney Barton' ran away to join the 'Carson Carnival of Traveling Wonders'.
"Clint soon caught the eye of the 'Swordsman', who took the young boy on as his assistant.
Originally created by writer Stan Lee and illustrator Don Heck for Marvel Comics, Hawkeye debuted as a villain in Marvel's "Tales of Suspense" #57 (Sept. 1964).
Hawkeye joined the "Avengers" in Marvel's "The Avengers" #16 (May 1965).
Renner has portrayed the character in the 'Marvel Cinematic Universe' films "Thor", "The Avengers" (2012), "Avengers: Age of Ultron" (2015), "Captain America: Civil War" and "Avengers: Endgame" (2019).
"...'Clint Barton', at a young age, lost both of his parents in a car accident. After six years in an orphanage, Clint and his brother 'Barney Barton' ran away to join the 'Carson Carnival of Traveling Wonders'.
"Clint soon caught the eye of the 'Swordsman', who took the young boy on as his assistant.
- 12/30/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Pixar’s Soul will be arriving on Disney+ on Christmas Day instead of getting the theatrical release that we all were hoping for at some point. That’s truly disappointing, because the animation in this movie is absolutely stunning, from the photorealistic New York City to the ethereal planes of The Great Before and The Great Beyond. […]
The post See How a Shot from Pixar’s ‘Soul’ Evolves from Storyboard to the Final Animation appeared first on /Film.
The post See How a Shot from Pixar’s ‘Soul’ Evolves from Storyboard to the Final Animation appeared first on /Film.
- 11/6/2020
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
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By Todd Garbarini
I’m a sucker for black and white horror films and thrillers. Hold That Ghost! (1941) and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) are the closest I ever got to an actual horror film when I was a child. The latter actually frightened me and gave me more than a handful of nightmares while in kindergarten. As I got older, I thrilled to the suspense-filled Psycho (1960) by Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Wise’s The Haunting (1963), and George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968) on network television viewings. I picked up a VHS copy of John Llewelyn Moxey’s masterful The City of the Dead under the insipid title of Horror Hotel and discovered a classic that I love to this day. There is an overall spookiness that I associate with black and white that I wish contemporary horror film directors would go back to.
By Todd Garbarini
I’m a sucker for black and white horror films and thrillers. Hold That Ghost! (1941) and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) are the closest I ever got to an actual horror film when I was a child. The latter actually frightened me and gave me more than a handful of nightmares while in kindergarten. As I got older, I thrilled to the suspense-filled Psycho (1960) by Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Wise’s The Haunting (1963), and George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968) on network television viewings. I picked up a VHS copy of John Llewelyn Moxey’s masterful The City of the Dead under the insipid title of Horror Hotel and discovered a classic that I love to this day. There is an overall spookiness that I associate with black and white that I wish contemporary horror film directors would go back to.
- 10/28/2020
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
More than they do for any other season, music fans love to make fall playlists. The autumn months are a time to unpack our flannel and stock up on pumpkin purée before it’s sold out while arguing over which Nick Drake song sounds best in 57-degree weather. It’s also an opportunity to listen to songs that make us feel warm and cozy, as we nod in agreement that Fleet Foxes do indeed sound perfect right now. From porch ballads to harvest jams, here are 13 songs for the fall season.
- 10/27/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Strong interest from US, Russia, Cis.
Madrid-based Latido Films continues to field strong interest on its zombie horror Virus 32 and has struck several key Asian deals.
Rights have gone in South-Korea (Contents Gate Co.) and Taiwan (Medialink Entertainment), while Bodhi Films has acquired the film for Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and Myanmar.
A deal is understood to be close on Hong Kong, and Latido is fielding strong interest from the US, Russia, and Cis.
Virus 32 hails from Gustavo Hernandez, director of Uruguayan one-take horror sensation The Silent House (La Casa Muda) that played in 2010 Cannes Quinzaine and inspired...
Madrid-based Latido Films continues to field strong interest on its zombie horror Virus 32 and has struck several key Asian deals.
Rights have gone in South-Korea (Contents Gate Co.) and Taiwan (Medialink Entertainment), while Bodhi Films has acquired the film for Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and Myanmar.
A deal is understood to be close on Hong Kong, and Latido is fielding strong interest from the US, Russia, and Cis.
Virus 32 hails from Gustavo Hernandez, director of Uruguayan one-take horror sensation The Silent House (La Casa Muda) that played in 2010 Cannes Quinzaine and inspired...
- 10/12/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Welcome to this week’s Nxt review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and I invented failure… to great success. I could never take a bite out of crime, because I like stealing shit, and Nxt starts…gimme your wallet.
Match #1: Shotzi Blackheart def. Dakota Kai The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
Dakota Kai personally requested this one-on-one bout after being eliminated by Shotzi Blackheart in last week’s Nxt Women’s Title No. 1 Contender’s Battle Royal. Both competitors were shaken up after Blackheart hit a high-risk, modified Sliced Bread No. 2 on the apron, but Raquel González tried to grab the advantage for Kai by getting involved moments later. Unfortunately for her, Rhea Ripley arrived to neutralize Kai’s enforcer. Meanwhile, Blackheart evaded Kai’s facewash kick attempt and rolled her up for an impressive victory.
My Opinion: 3.5 out of 5 – These two knocked the stuffin’ out of each other.
Match #1: Shotzi Blackheart def. Dakota Kai The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
Dakota Kai personally requested this one-on-one bout after being eliminated by Shotzi Blackheart in last week’s Nxt Women’s Title No. 1 Contender’s Battle Royal. Both competitors were shaken up after Blackheart hit a high-risk, modified Sliced Bread No. 2 on the apron, but Raquel González tried to grab the advantage for Kai by getting involved moments later. Unfortunately for her, Rhea Ripley arrived to neutralize Kai’s enforcer. Meanwhile, Blackheart evaded Kai’s facewash kick attempt and rolled her up for an impressive victory.
My Opinion: 3.5 out of 5 – These two knocked the stuffin’ out of each other.
- 10/1/2020
- by Nathan Favel
- Nerdly
The great thing about the interconnected storytelling of the McU is that no one’s ever really gone from the franchise for good. They can always turn up again wherever there’s a space for them. Even, say, a popular yet nowadays forgotten villain played by an Oscar-winning actor who hasn’t been part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe since Phase Two.
According to sources close to Wgtc – the same ones that previously told us that the Fast & Furious franchise is headed to space and that Ben Affleck is returning for The Flash, both of which were correct – Marvel plans to bring back Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer. We’re hearing he’ll return for multiple projects as the former rival to Tony Stark, who debuted in 2010’s Iron Man 2. And he could be making his first reappearance in the next couple of years.
Our intel points to...
According to sources close to Wgtc – the same ones that previously told us that the Fast & Furious franchise is headed to space and that Ben Affleck is returning for The Flash, both of which were correct – Marvel plans to bring back Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer. We’re hearing he’ll return for multiple projects as the former rival to Tony Stark, who debuted in 2010’s Iron Man 2. And he could be making his first reappearance in the next couple of years.
Our intel points to...
- 9/14/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
Uruguay’s already expanding industry still has plenty of room to grow and looks primed to do so with its new financing pilot program about to be extended until 2025 and a host of companies who cut their teeth in international co-production.
Below, Variety highlights twelve Uruguayan companies with outstanding resumes in both domestic and international production likely to usher in a new era of film and TV prominence.
Cimarrón –
Cimarrón is a pan Latin-American alliance between established producers Hernán Musaluppi, Diego Robino and Santiago López. From their offices in Montevideo, Buenos Aires and São Paulo, the company has backed six films since 2017, including Argentine Academy Award and San Sebastian Horizons-winner “The Snatch Thief” and Miguel Cohan’s Netflix Original feature “Blood Will Tell.” Currently Cimarrón has two films in post-production, Martín Boulocq’s “El visitante” and Rafa Russo’s “El año de la furia.”
Coral Cine –
Coral Cine focuses on...
Below, Variety highlights twelve Uruguayan companies with outstanding resumes in both domestic and international production likely to usher in a new era of film and TV prominence.
Cimarrón –
Cimarrón is a pan Latin-American alliance between established producers Hernán Musaluppi, Diego Robino and Santiago López. From their offices in Montevideo, Buenos Aires and São Paulo, the company has backed six films since 2017, including Argentine Academy Award and San Sebastian Horizons-winner “The Snatch Thief” and Miguel Cohan’s Netflix Original feature “Blood Will Tell.” Currently Cimarrón has two films in post-production, Martín Boulocq’s “El visitante” and Rafa Russo’s “El año de la furia.”
Coral Cine –
Coral Cine focuses on...
- 9/4/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
One Shot is a series that seeks to find an essence of cinema history in one single image of a movie. Hausu (1977) is showing July 22 – August 20, 2020 on Mubi in the United Kingdom.By turns surreal, kitschy, psychedelic, traditional, sentimental, and zany, Hausu keeps us spinning round and round as we sink deeper and deeper under its spell. A ghost cat vomiting blood? Check. A decapitated head biting friends on the ass? Yep. A piano with an appetite for human flesh? You bet! A hippy schoolteacher who turns into a bunch of bananas? Obviously. But these examples don’t even begin to convey the truly delirious nature of the film, which Nobuhiko Ōbayashi layers with playful special effects, animation, meta-commentary, and antiwar sagacity. Filled with genre conventions yet utterly original, the film’s 1970s psychedelia tempers the gruesome actions with comedy. As its name implies, Hausu is a horror film about location,...
- 7/25/2020
- MUBI
One of Latin America’s biggest genre propositions, the Latido Films-sold “Virus 32,” from Uruguayan director Gustavo Hernandez (“You Shall Not Sleep”), was unveiled Tuesday on the A Demain Cannes market platform.
The $1 million pic is a 50-50 Argentina-Uruguay co-production between Aeroplano, run by Sebastian Aloi, and Mother Superior Films, run by Hernandez and Ignacio García Cucucovich.
In addition to subsidy support from Argentina and Uruguay, the horror-thriller has funding from private investors and a pre-sale to Buena Vista for Latin American rights, including a theatrical release in Argentina and Uruguay. Rest of the world rights, including U.S. rights, are sold by Latido.
The video presentation of the new project featured producer Aloi, director Hernandez and screenwriter Juma Fodde Roma.
The story unrolls in a 24-hour period, and is shot in the 13,000 sq. ft. abandoned Neptuno Sports Club in Montevideo. It was written prior to the Covid-19 pandemic and...
The $1 million pic is a 50-50 Argentina-Uruguay co-production between Aeroplano, run by Sebastian Aloi, and Mother Superior Films, run by Hernandez and Ignacio García Cucucovich.
In addition to subsidy support from Argentina and Uruguay, the horror-thriller has funding from private investors and a pre-sale to Buena Vista for Latin American rights, including a theatrical release in Argentina and Uruguay. Rest of the world rights, including U.S. rights, are sold by Latido.
The video presentation of the new project featured producer Aloi, director Hernandez and screenwriter Juma Fodde Roma.
The story unrolls in a 24-hour period, and is shot in the 13,000 sq. ft. abandoned Neptuno Sports Club in Montevideo. It was written prior to the Covid-19 pandemic and...
- 6/23/2020
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
Virtual presentation set for Tuesday in A Demain market.
Madrid-based Latido Films has launched talks at the virtual Cannes market on zombie horror Virus 32 from Gustavo Hernandez, director of the Uruguayan Quinzaine 2010 one-take horror sensation The Silent House (La Casa Muda).
Virus 32, which itself succumbed to the Covid-19 pandemic and halted shooting after one day, is a 50-50 Argentina-Uruguay co-production between Aeroplano (Sebastián Aloi) from Argentina and Mother Superior Films (Hernandez and Ignacio Garcia Cucucovich) from Uruguay.
Latido will discuss the project during a presentation in the A Demain Us agency-led virtual market on Tuesday (June 23) at 10.30am Cannes time,...
Madrid-based Latido Films has launched talks at the virtual Cannes market on zombie horror Virus 32 from Gustavo Hernandez, director of the Uruguayan Quinzaine 2010 one-take horror sensation The Silent House (La Casa Muda).
Virus 32, which itself succumbed to the Covid-19 pandemic and halted shooting after one day, is a 50-50 Argentina-Uruguay co-production between Aeroplano (Sebastián Aloi) from Argentina and Mother Superior Films (Hernandez and Ignacio Garcia Cucucovich) from Uruguay.
Latido will discuss the project during a presentation in the A Demain Us agency-led virtual market on Tuesday (June 23) at 10.30am Cannes time,...
- 6/23/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
One Shot is a series that seeks to find an essence of cinema history in one single image of a movie. F.W. Murnau's The Last Laugh (1924) is showing May 3 - June 2, 2020 in the United States in the series Weimar Cinema.An aging doorman (Emil Jannings), portly and pleasant and proud of his job, has become an eyesore for the decorous hotel where he works, and is unceremoniously deposed from his job. He becomes inconsolable. This is a man who defines himself by his vocation, who isn’t even given a name. At night, he bumbles down the streets in drunken discomfiture, cowering as buildings conspire and the city threatens to crush him. Even his imperial beard, redolent of Franz Josef’s formidable whiskers, can’t hide the look of destitution on his face. F. W. Murnau’s The Last Laugh shares with its viewers many moments of vulnerability, moments...
- 5/29/2020
- MUBI
One Shot is a series that seeks to find an essence of cinema history in one single image of a movie. Fritz Lang's Spies (1928) is showing May 19 - June 18, 2020 in the United States in the series Weimar Cinema.Fritz Lang’s remarkable oeuvre in the silent era may be best known for the special effect extravagances of Metropolis, but his style was even more concentrated when working with the bare essentials of the medium, all the better to use his skills at simple artifice and suggestion. Case in point: the opening sequence of Spies, which uses only a few distinguishable settings, some animated text and drawings, and frenzied faces to conjure the film’s empire of crime. It is a realm of blanks and façades, pitting an espionage ring, spearheaded by the inscrutable spymaster Haghi, against the state that stands for luxury and control, embodied by a man with...
- 5/19/2020
- MUBI
Selma Blair is surrounding herself with a strong (and star-studded!) support system.
On Tuesday, the 47-year-old actress, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in August 2018, posted snapshots from a lunch outing she enjoyed with Hollywood friends Sarah Michelle Gellar and Shannen Doherty. Doherty, 48, revealed last month that her breast cancer had returned.
“Perfect shot...
On Tuesday, the 47-year-old actress, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in August 2018, posted snapshots from a lunch outing she enjoyed with Hollywood friends Sarah Michelle Gellar and Shannen Doherty. Doherty, 48, revealed last month that her breast cancer had returned.
“Perfect shot...
- 3/4/2020
- by Benjamin VanHoose
- PEOPLE.com
We’re not saying that 9-1-1: Lone Star‘s Owen Strand will never end up with fellow first responder Michelle Blake. We’re just saying that he’s taking a little romantic detour first.
Natalie Zea (The Following, The Detour) will recur on the Fox procedural as Zoe, a potential love interest for Rob Lowe‘s character, TVLine has learned exclusively. Zea’s character, a psychology professor at the University of Texas, meets Owen at a beauty supply store on Monday’s episode (8/7c) and they immediately hit it off.
More from TVLineThe Masked Singer: The Latest Clues About White Tiger,...
Natalie Zea (The Following, The Detour) will recur on the Fox procedural as Zoe, a potential love interest for Rob Lowe‘s character, TVLine has learned exclusively. Zea’s character, a psychology professor at the University of Texas, meets Owen at a beauty supply store on Monday’s episode (8/7c) and they immediately hit it off.
More from TVLineThe Masked Singer: The Latest Clues About White Tiger,...
- 2/7/2020
- TVLine.com
It really is a pity: All of those woolly legs, yet not one left to stand on when it came to the elimination on this week’s The Masked Singer.
Yep, Llama got the boot at the end of Wednesday’s episode. And I was sad to see him go: White Tiger’s off-key warbling and cornball dance moves are getting old fast, and I’d much rather have seen that cat take a hike (though the judges seem to looooove him) than to have the woolly weirdo pack it all in.
More from TVLineRatings: Lego Masters Clicks in Debut,...
Yep, Llama got the boot at the end of Wednesday’s episode. And I was sad to see him go: White Tiger’s off-key warbling and cornball dance moves are getting old fast, and I’d much rather have seen that cat take a hike (though the judges seem to looooove him) than to have the woolly weirdo pack it all in.
More from TVLineRatings: Lego Masters Clicks in Debut,...
- 2/6/2020
- TVLine.com
Mask and ye shall receive: Now that The Masked Singer is back, so too is our roundup of the most pertinent clues about the competitors’ true identities.
Sunday’s post-Super Bowl Season 3 premiere introduced us to six of this go-around’s 18 contestants: White Tiger, Turtle, Miss Monster, Kangaroo, Robot and Llama. Their performances ran the gamut, from bro-style karaoke (White TIger’s take on Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby”) to moving ballad (Kangaroo’s performance of Robyn’s “Dancing By Myself”).
More from TVLine9-1-1: Lone Star Preview: Bull Semen Factory Explosion Was 'Shot Like Saving Private Ryan,...
Sunday’s post-Super Bowl Season 3 premiere introduced us to six of this go-around’s 18 contestants: White Tiger, Turtle, Miss Monster, Kangaroo, Robot and Llama. Their performances ran the gamut, from bro-style karaoke (White TIger’s take on Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby”) to moving ballad (Kangaroo’s performance of Robyn’s “Dancing By Myself”).
More from TVLine9-1-1: Lone Star Preview: Bull Semen Factory Explosion Was 'Shot Like Saving Private Ryan,...
- 2/4/2020
- TVLine.com
Bordeaux-based animation event to showcase 66 international projects.
They Shot The Piano Player, the new animation from Spanish director Fernando Trueba and artist Javier Mariscal, who previously collaborated on the Oscar-nominated Chico & Rita, is one of the projects being showcased at Cartoon Movie 2020, the annual European feature animation co-production forum.
It will take place in Bordeaux, France, from March 3-5.
Cartoon Movie will showcase 66 animated feature films in the works to some 900 potential buyers and partners. They are comprised of six in production, 27 in development and 28 in concept. There will also be sneak previews of five completed films.
They Shot...
They Shot The Piano Player, the new animation from Spanish director Fernando Trueba and artist Javier Mariscal, who previously collaborated on the Oscar-nominated Chico & Rita, is one of the projects being showcased at Cartoon Movie 2020, the annual European feature animation co-production forum.
It will take place in Bordeaux, France, from March 3-5.
Cartoon Movie will showcase 66 animated feature films in the works to some 900 potential buyers and partners. They are comprised of six in production, 27 in development and 28 in concept. There will also be sneak previews of five completed films.
They Shot...
- 1/28/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
With the advent of digital technology over the last decade or so, single-take movies have become easier to make — if not necessarily easy to make well. Films like Russian Ark or the recent Chinese auteur piece Long Day’s Journey Into Night (the second half of which features a breathtaking hourlong take) are prime examples of how the technique can be artfully used, while genre movies such as the German thriller Victoria or the horror flick The Silent House feel more gimmicky than accomplished.
Enter Blind Spot (Blindsone), the latest attempt at a single-take film and also the first feature by Norwegian actress-turned-director Tuva ...
Enter Blind Spot (Blindsone), the latest attempt at a single-take film and also the first feature by Norwegian actress-turned-director Tuva ...
- 9/12/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With the advent of digital technology over the last decade or so, single-take movies have become easier to make — if not necessarily easy to make well. Films like Russian Ark or the recent Chinese auteur piece Long Day’s Journey Into Night (the second half of which features a breathtaking hourlong take) are prime examples of how the technique can be artfully used, while genre movies such as the German thriller Victoria or the horror flick The Silent House feel more gimmicky than accomplished.
Enter Blind Spot (Blindsone), the latest attempt at a single-take film and also the first feature by Norwegian actress-turned-director Tuva ...
Enter Blind Spot (Blindsone), the latest attempt at a single-take film and also the first feature by Norwegian actress-turned-director Tuva ...
- 9/12/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Gustavo Hernández is back with his next horror film You Shall Not Sleep (No Dormirás), which Fox International is releasing in 2018. One of the most underrated of the found-footage craze was Hernández‘s festival hit La Casa Muda, which was eventually remade here in the States under the title The Silent House starring Elizabeth Olsen. In his You Shall Not Sleep, “In an […]...
- 12/5/2017
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
One of the most underrated of the found-footage craze was Gustavo Hernández‘s festival hit La Casa Muda, which was eventually remade here in the States under the title The Silent House starring Elizabeth Olsen. Hernández is finally back with his next horror film You Shall Not Sleep (No Dormirás), which Fox International is releasing in 2018. “In an […]...
- 9/21/2017
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
One of the most underrated of the found-footage craze was Gustavo Hernández‘s festival hit La Casa Muda, which was eventually remade here in the States under the title The Silent House starring Elizabeth Olsen. Hernández is finally back with his next horror film You Shall Not Sleep (No Dormirás), which Fox International is releasing in 2018. “In an […]...
- 9/20/2017
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
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