Exclusive: The Sea Beyond stars Giacomo Giorgio and Serena de Ferrari are among several Italian actors who have boarded Rai’s ambitious opera drama Bel Canto, which went into production this week.
Notably, Caterina Ferioli (The Tearsmith) and Adriana Savarese have landed the key roles as teenage sisters Carolina and Antonia, whose close friendship is tested by desires to become Italian opera singers.
Vincenzo Ferrera, another The Sea Beyond actor, has also joined the cast, alongside Andrea Bosca, Nicolo Pasetti, Carmine Ricarno (Loose Cannons), and Antonio Gerardi.
The series is among the highest profile drama series coming to of Europe this year. Production on the €15M ($16.3M) budget series began yesterday, with filming set to to take place in Naples, Rome and other parts of Italy such as the town of Pavia in Lombardia. France...
Notably, Caterina Ferioli (The Tearsmith) and Adriana Savarese have landed the key roles as teenage sisters Carolina and Antonia, whose close friendship is tested by desires to become Italian opera singers.
Vincenzo Ferrera, another The Sea Beyond actor, has also joined the cast, alongside Andrea Bosca, Nicolo Pasetti, Carmine Ricarno (Loose Cannons), and Antonio Gerardi.
The series is among the highest profile drama series coming to of Europe this year. Production on the €15M ($16.3M) budget series began yesterday, with filming set to to take place in Naples, Rome and other parts of Italy such as the town of Pavia in Lombardia. France...
- 1/23/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Movies and end of the world TV shows galore, streaming for free? Yes, it’s true. Around since 2004, here’s what makes Crackle pop. What is it? One of the oldest streaming services, this former Sony property launched in 2004 and is currently owned by Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment. A broad range of movies and TV shows—more than 5,000!—are on offer. How much does it cost? It’s totally free! However, you do have to watch ads (did we mention it’s free?), and it’s only available in the United States. What’s in the library? The streamer’s eclectic assortment of films features all the usual genres. Some highlights: the moving 2018 drama Bel Canto, based on Ann Patchett’s award-winning novel; the 2013 airplane thriller Non-Stop; tons of galloping Westerns old and new, like 1939’s Stagecoach starring John Wayne or 1991’s tenderhearted My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys...
- 10/8/2023
- TV Insider
In what marks the most ambitious film from Peru’s leading producer Tondero and, most likely, Peruvian cinema in recent times, Pedro Almodóvar’s El Deseo, Infinity Hill (“Argentina 1985”) and Tondero have joined forces to co-produce a drama based on the hostage crisis that took place at the Japanese embassy in Lima in 1996.
El Deseo executive producer Esther Garcia and Infinity Hill co-founder/chief creative officer Axel Kuschevatzky were in Lima to attend Tondero’s 15th anniversary festivities and for Garcia to receive a tribute from the ongoing 27th Lima Film Festival, which runs Aug. 10-18.
The still-untitled project has been co-written by Spain’s Alicia Luna and Peru’s Santiago Roncagliolio, Patricia Romero and Lima Film Fest artistic director Josué Mendez who together spent some four years delving into the facts behind the crisis that drew massive international attention at the time.
The incident spawned several works in literature and film.
El Deseo executive producer Esther Garcia and Infinity Hill co-founder/chief creative officer Axel Kuschevatzky were in Lima to attend Tondero’s 15th anniversary festivities and for Garcia to receive a tribute from the ongoing 27th Lima Film Festival, which runs Aug. 10-18.
The still-untitled project has been co-written by Spain’s Alicia Luna and Peru’s Santiago Roncagliolio, Patricia Romero and Lima Film Fest artistic director Josué Mendez who together spent some four years delving into the facts behind the crisis that drew massive international attention at the time.
The incident spawned several works in literature and film.
- 8/13/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla cast member Ken Watanabe has joined his upcoming New Regency film True Love in a role originally to have been played by Benedict Wong, following the latter actor’s departure due to scheduling conflicts.
Watanabe will share the screen with previously announced cast members including John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Allison Janney and Sturgill Simpson.
The latest film written and directed by Edwards is billed as an original sci-fi story set in the near future. Specifics as to its plot and the role Watanabe is playing are currently undisclosed, with production underway.
Edwards is producing with his Rogue One collaborator Kiri Hart and New Regency, which has provided the film’s financing. His latest film sits on an upcoming slate from the company that also includes an untitled original film from David O. Russell starring Christian Bale, Margot Robbie,...
Watanabe will share the screen with previously announced cast members including John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Allison Janney and Sturgill Simpson.
The latest film written and directed by Edwards is billed as an original sci-fi story set in the near future. Specifics as to its plot and the role Watanabe is playing are currently undisclosed, with production underway.
Edwards is producing with his Rogue One collaborator Kiri Hart and New Regency, which has provided the film’s financing. His latest film sits on an upcoming slate from the company that also includes an untitled original film from David O. Russell starring Christian Bale, Margot Robbie,...
- 2/10/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
This review of “La Llorona” was first published following its premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
For his third and most tonally adventurous feature to date, socially perceptive writer-director Jayro Bustamante repurposes one of Latin America’s most ubiquitous supernatural legends to fiercely examine genocide against indigenous people in his native Guatemala. Invoking genre narrative devices, the entrancingly evocative “La Llorona” (“The Weeping Woman”) walks between fact and myth to engender a shrewdly frightening piece of political horror.
Sadistic military dictator General Enrique Monteverde (Julio Diaz), a fictionalized incarnation of the country’s former president Efraín Ríos Montt, stands accused of sanctioning the murder of thousands of Maya Ixil people in the Central American nation between 1982 and 1983. Battling health complications but still refusing to accept any fault, Monteverde is found guilty thanks to the courageous testimony of Ixil women still mourning their dead. Bustamante shoots the courtroom as a spiritual confessional devoid of natural light.
For his third and most tonally adventurous feature to date, socially perceptive writer-director Jayro Bustamante repurposes one of Latin America’s most ubiquitous supernatural legends to fiercely examine genocide against indigenous people in his native Guatemala. Invoking genre narrative devices, the entrancingly evocative “La Llorona” (“The Weeping Woman”) walks between fact and myth to engender a shrewdly frightening piece of political horror.
Sadistic military dictator General Enrique Monteverde (Julio Diaz), a fictionalized incarnation of the country’s former president Efraín Ríos Montt, stands accused of sanctioning the murder of thousands of Maya Ixil people in the Central American nation between 1982 and 1983. Battling health complications but still refusing to accept any fault, Monteverde is found guilty thanks to the courageous testimony of Ixil women still mourning their dead. Bustamante shoots the courtroom as a spiritual confessional devoid of natural light.
- 3/4/2021
- by Carlos Aguilar
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Tenoch Huerta (Narcos: Mexico) and Yoshira Escárrega (Aquí en la Tierra) are set to star alongside Javier Bardem in the untitled Cortés and Moctezuma project from Amazon Studios and Amblin Television.
The limited series will be a four-hour epic drama that maps the inexorable march and eventual clash between Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II, leading to the annihilation of an empire and tragic downfall of a civilization that took centuries to build, but less than two years to destroy.
Oscar winner Bardem was announced in the role of Hernán Cortés last year and will also serve as an executive producer on the project.
Huerta will play Moctezuma, the Emperor of the Aztecs. Escárrega will play Marina, strategic partner, translator and consort to Hernán Cortés.
From Amazon Studios and Amblin Television, the limited series is created for television and written by Academy Award-winner Steven Zaillian (Schindler’s List...
The limited series will be a four-hour epic drama that maps the inexorable march and eventual clash between Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II, leading to the annihilation of an empire and tragic downfall of a civilization that took centuries to build, but less than two years to destroy.
Oscar winner Bardem was announced in the role of Hernán Cortés last year and will also serve as an executive producer on the project.
Huerta will play Moctezuma, the Emperor of the Aztecs. Escárrega will play Marina, strategic partner, translator and consort to Hernán Cortés.
From Amazon Studios and Amblin Television, the limited series is created for television and written by Academy Award-winner Steven Zaillian (Schindler’s List...
- 2/20/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Lady Macbeth director William Oldroyd and How To Talk To Girls At Parties screenwriter Philippa Goslett have signed on to eOne and King Bee Productions’ TV adaptation of Ann Patchett’s novel State of Wonder.
Novelist Maile Meloy, who has written books including Liars and Saints and The Apothecary, has also signed up to the drama project to serve as a consultant.
Goslett is coming off the back of Rooney Mara-fronted Mary Magdalene, while it is the first high-profile TV project for Oldroyd, who scored a number of BAFTA noms for his debut feature, the Florence Pugh-fronted Lady Macbeth.
The Designated Survivor studio and Emily Mortimer and Alessandro Nivola’s indie have locked in the creative team after securing the rights to the project, in a competitive situation, last year. They are developing it as an event series.
In State of Wonder, Dr Marina Singh journeys into the...
Novelist Maile Meloy, who has written books including Liars and Saints and The Apothecary, has also signed up to the drama project to serve as a consultant.
Goslett is coming off the back of Rooney Mara-fronted Mary Magdalene, while it is the first high-profile TV project for Oldroyd, who scored a number of BAFTA noms for his debut feature, the Florence Pugh-fronted Lady Macbeth.
The Designated Survivor studio and Emily Mortimer and Alessandro Nivola’s indie have locked in the creative team after securing the rights to the project, in a competitive situation, last year. They are developing it as an event series.
In State of Wonder, Dr Marina Singh journeys into the...
- 6/27/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
With a new parent company and a mandate to back bigger films with A-list casts, Screen Media is raising its profile. Historically, the company has been known for releasing genre titles that lacked visibility. Many of these made money, particularly when DVDs were a major business and in the early days of on-demand.
But that’s no longer the case. Over the past two years, Screen Media has worked on prestige fare such as “Bel Canto,” a well-reviewed drama with Oscar-winner Julianne Moore and Oscar-nominee Ken Watanabe, and Terry Gilliam’s “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,” a fantasy adventure that stars Adam Driver and Jonathan Pryce. It’s the kind of fare you’d expect from blue-chip indies like Sony Pictures Classics, and it hints at the changes afoot at the company.
“When I started it was a DVD business with a license to print money,” said David Fannon,...
But that’s no longer the case. Over the past two years, Screen Media has worked on prestige fare such as “Bel Canto,” a well-reviewed drama with Oscar-winner Julianne Moore and Oscar-nominee Ken Watanabe, and Terry Gilliam’s “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,” a fantasy adventure that stars Adam Driver and Jonathan Pryce. It’s the kind of fare you’d expect from blue-chip indies like Sony Pictures Classics, and it hints at the changes afoot at the company.
“When I started it was a DVD business with a license to print money,” said David Fannon,...
- 5/19/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Julianne Moore has become the latest actor to delve into the horror world of Stephen King as she has been cast in the Apple series ‘Lisey’s Story’.
The adaptation of Stephen King’s psychological horror-romance novel will see King pen the 8-episode series. J.J. Abrams will executive produce through Bad Robot Productions alongside Moore, King and Ben Stephenson.
The story follows Lisey Landon, the widow of a famous and wildly successful novelist, Scott Landon. The book tells two stories—Lisey’s story in the present, and the story of her dead husband’s life, as remembered by Lisey during the course of the novel. Two years after the death of her husband, Lisey explores a series of events that cause her to begin facing amazing realities about her husband that she had repressed and forgotten.
Also in news – Amy Adams cast in Ron Howard’s Netflix feature ‘Hillbilly Elegy...
The adaptation of Stephen King’s psychological horror-romance novel will see King pen the 8-episode series. J.J. Abrams will executive produce through Bad Robot Productions alongside Moore, King and Ben Stephenson.
The story follows Lisey Landon, the widow of a famous and wildly successful novelist, Scott Landon. The book tells two stories—Lisey’s story in the present, and the story of her dead husband’s life, as remembered by Lisey during the course of the novel. Two years after the death of her husband, Lisey explores a series of events that cause her to begin facing amazing realities about her husband that she had repressed and forgotten.
Also in news – Amy Adams cast in Ron Howard’s Netflix feature ‘Hillbilly Elegy...
- 4/9/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The new trailer for Paul Weitz’s ‘Bel Canto’ has been released. The film is based on Ann Patchett’s award-winning, best-selling novel.
Based on the Japanese embassy hostage crisis of 1996–1997 in Lima, Peru, the novel followed the relationships among a group of young terrorists and their hostages, who are mostly high-profile executives and politicians, over several months. Many of the characters form unbreakable bonds of friendship, while some fall in love.
Directed by Weitz, Ken Watanabe stars as Julianne Moore’s love interest. Sebastian Koch, Christopher Lambert, Ryo Kase, Tenoch Huerta, and María Mercedes Coroy also star. The world-renowned opera singer Renee Fleming provides Moore’s singing voice.
Also in trailers – New teaser trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ will send shivers down your spine
The film is released in the UK April 26th
Bel Canto Synopsis
Based on the best-selling novel.
Based on the Japanese embassy hostage crisis of 1996–1997 in Lima, Peru, the novel followed the relationships among a group of young terrorists and their hostages, who are mostly high-profile executives and politicians, over several months. Many of the characters form unbreakable bonds of friendship, while some fall in love.
Directed by Weitz, Ken Watanabe stars as Julianne Moore’s love interest. Sebastian Koch, Christopher Lambert, Ryo Kase, Tenoch Huerta, and María Mercedes Coroy also star. The world-renowned opera singer Renee Fleming provides Moore’s singing voice.
Also in trailers – New teaser trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ will send shivers down your spine
The film is released in the UK April 26th
Bel Canto Synopsis
Based on the best-selling novel.
- 3/29/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, whose holdings include established specialty distributor Screen Media, has appointed three top executives to its management team.
Philippe Guelton has been named Evp of Css Entertainment and president of VOD networks. David Fannon has been promoted to Evp of distribution for Css while remaining president of Screen Media. And George Lansbury has been named Evp of content strategy for Css and president of Css originals.
Css Entertainment operates six owned and operated ad-supported VOD networks, including Popcornflix, Popcornflix Kids, Frightpix, Popcornflix Comedy, Espanolflix, and Truli. Its subscription VOD technology platform Pivotshare, acquired last year, caters to paid video subscribers across hundreds of independent channels. It bought Screen Media in 2017.
The company also makes original TV series and short-form videos, most of them funded by sponsors. Current series include Hidden Heroes on the CW, Vacation Rental Potential on A&E and Being Dad on Netflix.
With roots in brick-and-mortar home video,...
Philippe Guelton has been named Evp of Css Entertainment and president of VOD networks. David Fannon has been promoted to Evp of distribution for Css while remaining president of Screen Media. And George Lansbury has been named Evp of content strategy for Css and president of Css originals.
Css Entertainment operates six owned and operated ad-supported VOD networks, including Popcornflix, Popcornflix Kids, Frightpix, Popcornflix Comedy, Espanolflix, and Truli. Its subscription VOD technology platform Pivotshare, acquired last year, caters to paid video subscribers across hundreds of independent channels. It bought Screen Media in 2017.
The company also makes original TV series and short-form videos, most of them funded by sponsors. Current series include Hidden Heroes on the CW, Vacation Rental Potential on A&E and Being Dad on Netflix.
With roots in brick-and-mortar home video,...
- 3/21/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
The following remembrance was written by Deborah Davis, Mark Urman’s wife.
From Anatole Litvak’s “Anastasia,” the first movie he saw as a child at a picture palace in the Bronx, to Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” (his choice for this year’s Best Picture), Mark Urman was a man with a boundless passion for cinema. In the course of his nearly 50 years in film, Mark felt blessed to work with some of the greatest luminaries in the business, from Joseph Losey, David Lean, and Bernardo Bertolucci to Roman Polanski, Sydney Lumet, and Julian Schnabel.
He also delighted in encouraging talents as they emerged, including Ryan Gosling, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Lynette Howell, Jamie Patricof, Christian Bale, Liv Tyler, Marc Forster, Natasha Richardson, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Kevin Smith, Cary Fukunaga, Lee Daniels, and Bill Condon.
Mark was born in the Bronx on November 24, 1952, the...
From Anatole Litvak’s “Anastasia,” the first movie he saw as a child at a picture palace in the Bronx, to Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” (his choice for this year’s Best Picture), Mark Urman was a man with a boundless passion for cinema. In the course of his nearly 50 years in film, Mark felt blessed to work with some of the greatest luminaries in the business, from Joseph Losey, David Lean, and Bernardo Bertolucci to Roman Polanski, Sydney Lumet, and Julian Schnabel.
He also delighted in encouraging talents as they emerged, including Ryan Gosling, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Lynette Howell, Jamie Patricof, Christian Bale, Liv Tyler, Marc Forster, Natasha Richardson, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Kevin Smith, Cary Fukunaga, Lee Daniels, and Bill Condon.
Mark was born in the Bronx on November 24, 1952, the...
- 1/20/2019
- by Deborah Davis
- Indiewire
“Kieler Street” begins with the aerial shot of sleepy small rural town Slusvik, on the Norway-Sweden border. The camera pans from a bright blue sky to a pine forest, then quaint slate gray houses nestling by a network of lakes. A guitar twangs placidly over the scene, as if a song is about to start up.
Cut, somewhat violently, interrupting song and general shot, to a car’s back wheel, then its driver, a man, Jonas, telling someone, talking into the car mirror, that he’s left his wallet behind. Except that there’s no one else in the car. Jonas is obviously practicing before telling someone a lie.
That contrast – surface soporific normality versus violence, deception – runs throughout the 10-part series. And violence soon, and increasingly, begins to win out.
The latest drama series from Anagram Norway and TV2, distributed by ITV Studios Global Entertainment, in “Kieler Street,” Thorborn Harr plays Jonas,...
Cut, somewhat violently, interrupting song and general shot, to a car’s back wheel, then its driver, a man, Jonas, telling someone, talking into the car mirror, that he’s left his wallet behind. Except that there’s no one else in the car. Jonas is obviously practicing before telling someone a lie.
That contrast – surface soporific normality versus violence, deception – runs throughout the 10-part series. And violence soon, and increasingly, begins to win out.
The latest drama series from Anagram Norway and TV2, distributed by ITV Studios Global Entertainment, in “Kieler Street,” Thorborn Harr plays Jonas,...
- 1/11/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Isaac Lee, the former chief creative officer of Univision and Televisa, has formed an ambitious new company called Exile Content and he has acquired Mexican production services company Redrum.
Redrum founder Stacy Perskie will run Exile’s studio along with his team of partners, including Adrian Grunberg, who is currently directing “Rambo 5” and helmed Redrum’s first original in-house production, “Get the Gringo,” starring Mel Gibson. Exile Content will have offices in Mexico and Los Angeles.
Redrum has provided production services to some of the most prominent films to shoot in Mexico, including “Godzilla: King of Monsters,” “Blade Runner 2049, “Bel Canto,” “Spectre” and “Elysium.” On the TV side, it has worked on Netflix’s “Narcos: Mexico” and season two of Amazon Prime’s “Mozart in the Jungle,” among others.
“Exile is about premium content and no one in the region has more experience producing with the highest production values then Redrum,...
Redrum founder Stacy Perskie will run Exile’s studio along with his team of partners, including Adrian Grunberg, who is currently directing “Rambo 5” and helmed Redrum’s first original in-house production, “Get the Gringo,” starring Mel Gibson. Exile Content will have offices in Mexico and Los Angeles.
Redrum has provided production services to some of the most prominent films to shoot in Mexico, including “Godzilla: King of Monsters,” “Blade Runner 2049, “Bel Canto,” “Spectre” and “Elysium.” On the TV side, it has worked on Netflix’s “Narcos: Mexico” and season two of Amazon Prime’s “Mozart in the Jungle,” among others.
“Exile is about premium content and no one in the region has more experience producing with the highest production values then Redrum,...
- 10/10/2018
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
San Sebastian — In one of the banner deals at this year’s San Sebastian, Vicente Canales’ Film Factory Ent, the sales agent on “Wild Tales,” “The Clan” and now Argentine Oscar entry “El Angel,” has pounced on world sales rights to “La Llorona,” which stars the female leads of Bustamante’s Berlin awarded debut “Ixcanul.”
Deal was struck at this year’s San Sebastian Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum, where “La Llorona” walked off with one of the top prizes, the EFADs-caci Co-production Grant, adjudicated by Europe and Latin America’s powerful state film agencies, from the BFI to France’s Cnc, Mexico’s Imcine or Argentina’s Incaa, a sign that “La Llorona” is the kind of film that these government film funds want to encourage.
Backed by French investor George Renard, who will serve as associate producer, “La Llorona” is scheduled to shoot from this December, Bustamante said. If ready,...
Deal was struck at this year’s San Sebastian Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum, where “La Llorona” walked off with one of the top prizes, the EFADs-caci Co-production Grant, adjudicated by Europe and Latin America’s powerful state film agencies, from the BFI to France’s Cnc, Mexico’s Imcine or Argentina’s Incaa, a sign that “La Llorona” is the kind of film that these government film funds want to encourage.
Backed by French investor George Renard, who will serve as associate producer, “La Llorona” is scheduled to shoot from this December, Bustamante said. If ready,...
- 9/27/2018
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Academy Award-winner Damien Chazelle is coming to Morelia to kick off Mexico’s 16th Morelia International Film Festival (Ficm) on Oct. 20 with his latest film, “First Man.”
For the first time, the festival will be presenting a medal for artistic excellence to Alfonso Cuaron, whose recent Venice Golden Lion-winner “Roma,” Mexico’s submission to the Oscars and Spain’s Goyas, will screen at the festival.
Pawel Pawlikowski returns to Morelia to present his latest work, “Cold War.” Other notable guests presenting their films include Paul Weitz, who presents “Bel Canto”; Fran Healy with her documentary “Almost Fashionable: A Film About Travis”; Dan Millar, who brings his documentary “Botero”; and Almudena Carracedo, who presents her acclaimed documentary “The Silence of Others.”
Hailed by Variety critic Owen Gleiberman as a film “so revelatory in its realism, so gritty in its physicality, that it becomes a drama of thrillingly hellbent danger and obsession,...
For the first time, the festival will be presenting a medal for artistic excellence to Alfonso Cuaron, whose recent Venice Golden Lion-winner “Roma,” Mexico’s submission to the Oscars and Spain’s Goyas, will screen at the festival.
Pawel Pawlikowski returns to Morelia to present his latest work, “Cold War.” Other notable guests presenting their films include Paul Weitz, who presents “Bel Canto”; Fran Healy with her documentary “Almost Fashionable: A Film About Travis”; Dan Millar, who brings his documentary “Botero”; and Almudena Carracedo, who presents her acclaimed documentary “The Silence of Others.”
Hailed by Variety critic Owen Gleiberman as a film “so revelatory in its realism, so gritty in its physicality, that it becomes a drama of thrillingly hellbent danger and obsession,...
- 9/26/2018
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
The first-annual Film Fest 919 (FF919) will open with Alfonso Cuarón’s award-winning film “Roma,” organizers revealed Friday. The festival, which was announced last year at a Chapel Hill, North Carolina event and screening of Sean Baker’s “The Florida Project,” is scheduled to run Oct. 3-7 at Silverspot Cinema at University Place in Chapel Hill.
Boasting the slogan: “Catch the films before they catch on,” FF919 — named for the North Carolina Research Triangle area code — aims to bring rich offerings from the festival circuit to the area’s film-loving audience. “Roma,” which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, will bookend with closer “Wildlife,” Paul Dano’s directorial debut and Sundance entry.
Other screenings will include Toronto People’s Choice Award winner “Green Book,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ Venice prize-winner “The Favourite,” Cannes Palme d’Or champ “Shoplifters,” David Lowry’s “The Old Man & the Gun” with Robert Redford and Sissy Spacek,...
Boasting the slogan: “Catch the films before they catch on,” FF919 — named for the North Carolina Research Triangle area code — aims to bring rich offerings from the festival circuit to the area’s film-loving audience. “Roma,” which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, will bookend with closer “Wildlife,” Paul Dano’s directorial debut and Sundance entry.
Other screenings will include Toronto People’s Choice Award winner “Green Book,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ Venice prize-winner “The Favourite,” Cannes Palme d’Or champ “Shoplifters,” David Lowry’s “The Old Man & the Gun” with Robert Redford and Sissy Spacek,...
- 9/21/2018
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Variety Film + TV
“The Sisters Brothers” gallops on screen with a lot of ambitions, and it fulfills them all. It’s a sprawling Western that’s also an intimate character piece; it has moments of wit but also devastating tragedy; it delves into larger themes like the impact of fathers upon sons, and how greed and industrialization lead to environmental devastation, and yet it offers the hope of redemption.
In the pantheon of English-language debuts from international filmmakers — it’s directed by Jacques Audiard, the Frenchman behind “A Prophet,” “Rust and Bone,” “Dheepan” and “The Beat My Heart Skipped” — it’s a notable one. And it’s also a reminder that while the Western may never regain the massive cinematic popularity it once enjoyed, it’s also a genre that will never die so long as talented artists still find ways to use it to tell new and interesting stories.
It’s got...
In the pantheon of English-language debuts from international filmmakers — it’s directed by Jacques Audiard, the Frenchman behind “A Prophet,” “Rust and Bone,” “Dheepan” and “The Beat My Heart Skipped” — it’s a notable one. And it’s also a reminder that while the Western may never regain the massive cinematic popularity it once enjoyed, it’s also a genre that will never die so long as talented artists still find ways to use it to tell new and interesting stories.
It’s got...
- 9/19/2018
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
The musical term bel canto refers to a lighter, smoother style of operatic singing, as opposed to the florid coloratura style for which Maria Callas was famous. From the Italian for “beautiful voice,” bel canto strips away ornamental staccato runs and trills in favor of a simpler, more graceful soprano. True to its name, the film “Bel Canto” strikes a delicate balance between forbidden romance and hostage thriller, eschewing clichés to reveal a tender love story that is as much about the human condition as the power of music.
Julianne Moore (with Renée Fleming’s voice) is cast against type as an opera singer named Roxane Coss, who has begrudgingly traveled to an unnamed South American country to give a private concert for the president and a group of elites. Among the crowd is Katsumi Hosokawa (Ken Watanabe), a Japanese businessman whose love of opera (and Ms. Coss) is so...
Julianne Moore (with Renée Fleming’s voice) is cast against type as an opera singer named Roxane Coss, who has begrudgingly traveled to an unnamed South American country to give a private concert for the president and a group of elites. Among the crowd is Katsumi Hosokawa (Ken Watanabe), a Japanese businessman whose love of opera (and Ms. Coss) is so...
- 9/14/2018
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
There are numerous ways to get a book to screen: by gut instinct, by pre-emptive calculation, by sheer luck. But the best ones may be those done the right way for the right reason, out of pure passion. Case in point: “Bel Canto,” which hits theaters today.
The novel, by Ann Patchett, became a best-seller not long after it was published in 2001. It tells the harrowing tale of an opera star and others of different nationalities being held hostage in a mansion in an unnamed South American country. Even (or perhaps especially) after 9/11, people continued to read this tale of terrorism. What is rather amazing is that it has taken over 16 years to be adapted to the screen.
Not that someone wasn’t trying throughout those years. When producer Caroline Baron read the novel, she instinctively believed she was the one to turn it into a movie. She had produced...
The novel, by Ann Patchett, became a best-seller not long after it was published in 2001. It tells the harrowing tale of an opera star and others of different nationalities being held hostage in a mansion in an unnamed South American country. Even (or perhaps especially) after 9/11, people continued to read this tale of terrorism. What is rather amazing is that it has taken over 16 years to be adapted to the screen.
Not that someone wasn’t trying throughout those years. When producer Caroline Baron read the novel, she instinctively believed she was the one to turn it into a movie. She had produced...
- 9/14/2018
- by Mary Murphy and Michele Willens
- The Wrap
Chloë Sevigny Channels ‘Lizzie’; ‘American Chaos’, ‘Bel Canto’ Join Weekend – Specialty B.O. Preview
Following a late summer trickle of new Specialties, distributors are releasing a torrent of limited releases just as the Toronto Film Festival heads into its finale this weekend. Roadside Attractions/Saban Films have teamed on psychological thriller Lizzie with Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart based on the famous New England murder of the 1890s; the film opens in New York and L.A. before going to the top 50 markets next weekend. Producer-director Jim Stern launches his documentary American Chaos, spotlighting the 2016 presidential election, via Sony Pictures Classics. Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe star in Bel Canto, based on a novel of the same title by Ann Patchett. The general election also forms the backdrop to romance A Boy. A Girl. A Dream from Samuel Goldwyn Films, which hits five dozen theaters Friday. Sundance and SXSW favorite Science Fair begins its theatrical run via National Geographic Documentary Films. And Cranked Up Films,...
- 9/14/2018
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Weitz’s “Bel Canto” is a film that’s astounding, but for all the wrong reasons. It’s based on a celebrated novel by Ann Patchett. It stars Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe, two of the most magnetic actors working today. It’s a story that incorporates a hostage crisis, forbidden love, political revolution and all the glory of opera. And it makes almost no impression whatsoever.
“Bel Canto” takes place in an unspecified South American country, where a Japanese businessman named Katsumi Hosokawa (Watanabe) is being wooed with a fancy party, in the hopes that he will build new factories and boost the economy. He has no interest in investing, but he’s lured to the event anyway, because his favorite opera singer Roxanne Cross has been hired as the evening’s entertainment.
Roxanne doesn’t actually want to be there either, but before anyone can commiserate over...
“Bel Canto” takes place in an unspecified South American country, where a Japanese businessman named Katsumi Hosokawa (Watanabe) is being wooed with a fancy party, in the hopes that he will build new factories and boost the economy. He has no interest in investing, but he’s lured to the event anyway, because his favorite opera singer Roxanne Cross has been hired as the evening’s entertainment.
Roxanne doesn’t actually want to be there either, but before anyone can commiserate over...
- 9/14/2018
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
In a competitive situation, Entertainment One has acquired the television rights to bestselling author Ann Patchett’s novel State of Wonder to develop as an event series. Emily Mortimer and Alessandro Nivola’s King Bee Productions will produce the project with Lucy Donnelly.
Mortimer led the pursuit of the title for eOne, who will serve as the studio and handle international rights. Polly Williams and Jacqueline Sacerio will oversee the project for eOne. There are no current plans for Mortimer or Nivola to act in the series.
In State of Wonder, Dr Marina Singh journeys into the depths of the Amazon rain forest in search of her former mentor, veteran scientist Dr Annick Swenson, who has vanished while conducting research into the prolonged fertility of the women of an isolated Amazonian tribe. As Marina embarks upon this uncertain odyssey, she will be forced to surrender herself to the lush but...
Mortimer led the pursuit of the title for eOne, who will serve as the studio and handle international rights. Polly Williams and Jacqueline Sacerio will oversee the project for eOne. There are no current plans for Mortimer or Nivola to act in the series.
In State of Wonder, Dr Marina Singh journeys into the depths of the Amazon rain forest in search of her former mentor, veteran scientist Dr Annick Swenson, who has vanished while conducting research into the prolonged fertility of the women of an isolated Amazonian tribe. As Marina embarks upon this uncertain odyssey, she will be forced to surrender herself to the lush but...
- 9/13/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
A brilliant, celebrated performer accepts a low-profile gig in unfamiliar environs, only to be trapped as the situation falls apart around her. But enough about Julianne Moore agreeing to star in “Bel Canto,” and let’s keep the focus on Paul Weitz’s po-faced hostage melodrama itself, which strands a world-renowned American soprano in the crossfire between an oppressive government and desperate insurgents in an unspecified South American nation. Ann Patchett’s much-lauded 2001 novel was optioned upon publication for its seemingly surefire cinematic fusion of high romantic and political stakes, yet until a sudden, bloody climax, this belated adaptation remains a blandly perfumed, low-peril affair.
With an enviable international ensemble — including Moore, Ken Watanabe and Sebastian Koch — all looking variously out of sorts, only an unseen Renee Fleming, who lends her gorgeously shaded vocals to the leading lady’s lips, emerges on song. Moore’s name will draw some interest...
With an enviable international ensemble — including Moore, Ken Watanabe and Sebastian Koch — all looking variously out of sorts, only an unseen Renee Fleming, who lends her gorgeously shaded vocals to the leading lady’s lips, emerges on song. Moore’s name will draw some interest...
- 9/13/2018
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
In Bel Canto, Oscar winning actress Julianne Moore (Still Alice) plays Roxanne, a famous soprano who travels to South America to give a private concert for a Japanese industrialist (The Last Samurai’s Ken Watanabe). A guerrilla rebel group interrupts the proceedings, demanding their comrades be released from prison. This hostage crisis leads to a Stockholm [...]
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- 8/8/2018
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
"For him, your voice is opera." Screen Media Films has debuted the official trailer for an intense romantic drama titled Bel Canto, based on the best-selling novel of the same name written by Ann Patchett. Inspired by the events of the Japanese embassy hostage crisis (also called the Lima hostage crisis) of 1996-1997 in Lima, Peru, the novel has received several awards including the Orange Prize for Fiction and Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The intimate, tense love story is about a famous soprano, played by Julianne Moore, who gets entangled with a wealthy Japanese industrialist, played by Ken Watanabe. She travels down to the embassy in South America, and falls for him while being held hostage. Also starring Sebastian Koch, Christopher Lambert, Ryo Kase, Tenoch Huerta, and María Mercedes Coroy. Take a look below. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Paul Weitz's Bel Canto, direct from YouTube...
- 8/7/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In the Paul Weitz-directed Bel Canto, Julianne Moore plays a famous soprano who heads to South America to perform at a swanky birthday party for a wealthy Japanese industrialist (Ken Watanabe). But the fancy gathering is rudely interrupted when the house is taken over by a guerrilla rebel group demanding the release of their imprisoned comrades. Needless to say, they ruin the party and things take a turn for the worse.
Based on the novel by Ann Patchett, the story follows the lengthy standoff and as seen in the trailer above, hostages and captors form unlikely bonds as they overcome their differences and find their shared humanity. And of course, we get some singing from Moore. Actually, it’s not Moore doing the singing — it’s international opera star Renee Fleming. Either way, it’s beautiful.
The film , which was adapted by Weitz and Anthony Weintraub, also stars Sebastian Koch,...
Based on the novel by Ann Patchett, the story follows the lengthy standoff and as seen in the trailer above, hostages and captors form unlikely bonds as they overcome their differences and find their shared humanity. And of course, we get some singing from Moore. Actually, it’s not Moore doing the singing — it’s international opera star Renee Fleming. Either way, it’s beautiful.
The film , which was adapted by Weitz and Anthony Weintraub, also stars Sebastian Koch,...
- 8/7/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Bel Canto’ Trailer: Julianne Moore & Ken Watanabe Star In This Adaptation Of The Best-Selling Novel
Sometimes, when you have a film made by people with immense talent, it doesn’t matter what the plot is, you just know it’s going to be great. And if the film has a great story to go along with all the talent, then that’s even better. For the upcoming “Bel Canto,” it looks like we have a film that has Oscar-caliber talent behind the camera and in front, with a story that has captured the imagination of millions.
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- 8/7/2018
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
In an undisclosed country, a party unfolds. It’s a big, splashy affair, thrown at the home of the vice president of an unnamed military dictatorship, with one major marquee star set to perform: world-famous soprano Roxane Coss (Julianne Moore). The vice president is not actually in attendance, but a beloved guest is, one who just so happens to adore Roxanne’s voice. He’s wealthy Japanese industrialist Katsumi Hosokawa (Ken Watanabe), brought to the palace in hopes that he’ll be so charmed by Roxane’s performance that he’ll fork over millions to a struggling country. That’s not what happens.
Based on Ann Patchett’s bestselling novel of the same name, Paul Weitz’s “Bel Canto” opens with a party that soon turns into a terrifying situation, when a guerrilla rebel group arrive and take hostages, in hopes that their bold plan will lead to the freeing of their compatriots.
Based on Ann Patchett’s bestselling novel of the same name, Paul Weitz’s “Bel Canto” opens with a party that soon turns into a terrifying situation, when a guerrilla rebel group arrive and take hostages, in hopes that their bold plan will lead to the freeing of their compatriots.
- 8/7/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Speaking to Variety at the La Screenings, “Narcos” showrunner-executive producer Eric Newman revealed the names of key cast members of the upcoming fourth season of Netflix’s global hit series. The much-anticipated season, shot on location in Mexico, is likely to be released in the fall like past seasons.
The previously announced leads, Diego Luna and Michael Pena, head a cast that includes Tenoch Huerta (“Spectre”), Joaquin Cosio (“Quantum of Solace”), Jose Maria Yazpik (who starred in Season 3), Mexican-American thesp Teresa Ruiz (“The Last Ship”), and American actress Alyssa Diaz (“Red Dawn”).
“Narcos” Season 4 has also enlisted award-winning Mexican helmers including Amat Escalante, who won the Silver Lion Best Director award at Venice 2016 with his sci-fi drama “The Untamed,” and Alonso Ruizpalacios, whose “Museum” won the Silver Bear in Berlin.
Colombian director Andi Baiz, who helmed several episodes of the first three seasons shot in Colombia, has also directed some...
The previously announced leads, Diego Luna and Michael Pena, head a cast that includes Tenoch Huerta (“Spectre”), Joaquin Cosio (“Quantum of Solace”), Jose Maria Yazpik (who starred in Season 3), Mexican-American thesp Teresa Ruiz (“The Last Ship”), and American actress Alyssa Diaz (“Red Dawn”).
“Narcos” Season 4 has also enlisted award-winning Mexican helmers including Amat Escalante, who won the Silver Lion Best Director award at Venice 2016 with his sci-fi drama “The Untamed,” and Alonso Ruizpalacios, whose “Museum” won the Silver Bear in Berlin.
Colombian director Andi Baiz, who helmed several episodes of the first three seasons shot in Colombia, has also directed some...
- 5/17/2018
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Screen Media picked up the North American rights to Paul Weitz’s “Bel Canto,” the company announced Tuesday.
The film, which Weitz and Anthony Weintraub adapted from the best-selling 2001 novel by Ann Patchett, stars Julianne Moore as a famous American soprano who travels to South America in the 1990s to give a private concert at the birthday party of a wealthy Japanese industrialist (Ken Watanabe) — and then gets caught in a hostage situation.
The cast also includes Sebastian Koch, Christopher Lambert, Ryo Kase, Tenoch Huerta, and María Mercedes Coroy.
Also Read: Why Cannes Film Market May Move at an Escargot's Pace This Year
Opera star Renée Fleming contributes vocals to the film — whose story is based on the real-life hostage crisis at the Japanese embassy in Lima, Peru in 1996-97. Patchett’s book also inspired Jimmy López’ 2015 opera “Bel Canto” as well as a parody in the second season of the FX animated comedy “Archer.”
A national theatrical release is planned for September 2018.
Also Read: Julianne Moore Says Filmmaker James Toback Targeted Her
The film is produced by Caroline Baron and Anthony Weintraub of A-Line Pictures; Paul Weitz and Andrew Miano of Depth of Field; and Lizzie Friedman, Karen Lauder, and Greg Little, who are producing and financing through their company Priority Pictures.
Seth Needle of Screen Media negotiated the deal with Endeavor Content on behalf of the filmmakers.
“I’m so happy with Screen Media’s passion for the movie,” Weitz said in a statement. “It was a joy filming it, and working with actors from such disparate backgrounds.”
Read original story Screen Media Sings for Julianne Moore’s ‘Bel Canto’ At TheWrap...
The film, which Weitz and Anthony Weintraub adapted from the best-selling 2001 novel by Ann Patchett, stars Julianne Moore as a famous American soprano who travels to South America in the 1990s to give a private concert at the birthday party of a wealthy Japanese industrialist (Ken Watanabe) — and then gets caught in a hostage situation.
The cast also includes Sebastian Koch, Christopher Lambert, Ryo Kase, Tenoch Huerta, and María Mercedes Coroy.
Also Read: Why Cannes Film Market May Move at an Escargot's Pace This Year
Opera star Renée Fleming contributes vocals to the film — whose story is based on the real-life hostage crisis at the Japanese embassy in Lima, Peru in 1996-97. Patchett’s book also inspired Jimmy López’ 2015 opera “Bel Canto” as well as a parody in the second season of the FX animated comedy “Archer.”
A national theatrical release is planned for September 2018.
Also Read: Julianne Moore Says Filmmaker James Toback Targeted Her
The film is produced by Caroline Baron and Anthony Weintraub of A-Line Pictures; Paul Weitz and Andrew Miano of Depth of Field; and Lizzie Friedman, Karen Lauder, and Greg Little, who are producing and financing through their company Priority Pictures.
Seth Needle of Screen Media negotiated the deal with Endeavor Content on behalf of the filmmakers.
“I’m so happy with Screen Media’s passion for the movie,” Weitz said in a statement. “It was a joy filming it, and working with actors from such disparate backgrounds.”
Read original story Screen Media Sings for Julianne Moore’s ‘Bel Canto’ At TheWrap...
- 5/8/2018
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Screen Media has acquired North American rights to “Bel Canto,” Paul Weitz’s adaptation of the acclaimed Ann Patchett novel. The drama about a hostage crisis stars Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe. Opera legend Renée Fleming contributes vocals to the film. A national theatrical release is planned for September.
“Bel Canto” centers on Roxane Coss (Moore), a famous American soprano, who travels to South America to give a private concert at the birthday party of a Japanese mogul (Watanabe). The festivities are interrupted by guerrillas demanding the release of their imprisoned comrades. A lengthy standoff ensues, and as talks drag on bonds are formed between hostages and captors.
Sebastian Koch, Christopher Lambert, Ryo Kase, Tenoch Huerta and María Mercedes Coroy round out the cast. The film was written by Anthony Weintraub and Weitz. It is produced by Caroline Baron and Anthony Weintraub of A-Line Pictures; Weitz and Andrew Miano of...
“Bel Canto” centers on Roxane Coss (Moore), a famous American soprano, who travels to South America to give a private concert at the birthday party of a Japanese mogul (Watanabe). The festivities are interrupted by guerrillas demanding the release of their imprisoned comrades. A lengthy standoff ensues, and as talks drag on bonds are formed between hostages and captors.
Sebastian Koch, Christopher Lambert, Ryo Kase, Tenoch Huerta and María Mercedes Coroy round out the cast. The film was written by Anthony Weintraub and Weitz. It is produced by Caroline Baron and Anthony Weintraub of A-Line Pictures; Weitz and Andrew Miano of...
- 5/8/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Ahead of start of production in New York on Monday [13], Sebastian Koch, Elsa Zylberstein and Christopher Lambert have joined the romantic drama as Bloom continues sales at the Efm.
Paul Weitz will direct Bel Canto and adapted the screenplay with Anthony Weintraub from Ann Patchett’s novel of the same name.
Julianne Moore will star alongside Ken Watanabe in the story set against the backdrop of a hostage crisis in South America.
Moore will play a famous soprano invited to perform at the birthday party of a rich Japanese industrialist when guerrillas storm the building. Grammy-winning soprano Renée Fleming will provide vocals.
Bloom introduced Bel Canto in Toronto last year and Wme Global handles Us rights.
Caroline Baron and Anthony Weintraub will produce through A-Line Pictures alongside Weitz and Andrew Miano of Depth of Field, and Lizzie Friedman, Karen Lauder and Greg Little of Priority Pictures.
Paul Weitz will direct Bel Canto and adapted the screenplay with Anthony Weintraub from Ann Patchett’s novel of the same name.
Julianne Moore will star alongside Ken Watanabe in the story set against the backdrop of a hostage crisis in South America.
Moore will play a famous soprano invited to perform at the birthday party of a rich Japanese industrialist when guerrillas storm the building. Grammy-winning soprano Renée Fleming will provide vocals.
Bloom introduced Bel Canto in Toronto last year and Wme Global handles Us rights.
Caroline Baron and Anthony Weintraub will produce through A-Line Pictures alongside Weitz and Andrew Miano of Depth of Field, and Lizzie Friedman, Karen Lauder and Greg Little of Priority Pictures.
- 2/9/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
After years of anticipation, the sequel to 2008’s home invasion hit The Strangers is officially moving forward with Johannes Roberts (The Other Side of the Door) directing from a screenplay co-written by Bryan Bertino, the director of the first film. Bloom has acquired international rights to the sequel, which is slated to start filming this summer and will feature the return of the killers from the first film:
Press Release: Berlin (February 4, 2017) –– Bloom has taken international rights to The Strangers 2, the sequel to the 2008 hit which grossed over $82 million worldwide. Johannes Roberts (The Other Side of the Door, 47 Meters Down) is on board to direct from a script written by Bryan Bertino, who wrote and directed the original, and Ben Ketai. The Fyzz Facility Pictures’ Wayne Marc Godfrey (The Foreigner, The Survivalist), Robert Jones (Centurion, The Usual Suspects), Mark Lane & James Harris (47 Meters Down, I Am Not A Serial Killer) are producing,...
Press Release: Berlin (February 4, 2017) –– Bloom has taken international rights to The Strangers 2, the sequel to the 2008 hit which grossed over $82 million worldwide. Johannes Roberts (The Other Side of the Door, 47 Meters Down) is on board to direct from a script written by Bryan Bertino, who wrote and directed the original, and Ben Ketai. The Fyzz Facility Pictures’ Wayne Marc Godfrey (The Foreigner, The Survivalist), Robert Jones (Centurion, The Usual Suspects), Mark Lane & James Harris (47 Meters Down, I Am Not A Serial Killer) are producing,...
- 2/4/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Academy Award® Winner Mel Gibson (Braveheart) and Vince Vaughn (Hacksaw Ridge, Wedding Crashers) will star in Dragged Across Concrete, written and to be directed by S. Craig Zahler (Bone Tomahawk). The film will mark another production for Keith Kjarval of Unified Pictures and financed by the recently announced Unified Film Fund I slate, which is partnered with Look to the Sky Films. The fund, comprised of Victory Square Labs and its equity partner Fantasy 360 (Fys:cn)(Otc:fntyf)(6F6.F) along with The Fyzz Facility, was announced at the most recent Cannes. The film will also be produced by Zahler’s frequent collaborators, Dallas Sonnier under his new Cinestate banner, and Jack Heller of Assemble Media. Bloom will commence international sales on the thriller at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin, with Wme Global representing the U.S. rights.
A stolid, old guard policeman, Ridgeman (Gibson) and his volatile younger partner,...
A stolid, old guard policeman, Ridgeman (Gibson) and his volatile younger partner,...
- 2/1/2017
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Woody Harrelson’s live event movie is garnering interest at Sundance.
Alex Walton’s Bloom has boarded international sales on Woody Harrelson’s directorial debut ahead of Thursday night’s simultaneous shoot and broadcast.
Harrelson directs the experimental event, which will shoot in one take across multiple locations in central London and screens live in Salt Lake City and participating Us theatres in association with Fathom Events.
The Oscar-nominated star plays himself as he struggles to get home to family in London despite encounters with royalty, old friends and the authorities. It is understood the storyline is inspired by true events in London back in 2002 triggered by an argument between Harrelson and his wife.
Harrelson has been in rehearsals since December and the cast includes Owen Wilson and Willie Nelson.
CAA represents Us rights to the project, which Harrelson is producing alongside Waypoint Entertainment’s Ken Kao, Walton’s founding partner at Bloom. Harrelson will participate...
Alex Walton’s Bloom has boarded international sales on Woody Harrelson’s directorial debut ahead of Thursday night’s simultaneous shoot and broadcast.
Harrelson directs the experimental event, which will shoot in one take across multiple locations in central London and screens live in Salt Lake City and participating Us theatres in association with Fathom Events.
The Oscar-nominated star plays himself as he struggles to get home to family in London despite encounters with royalty, old friends and the authorities. It is understood the storyline is inspired by true events in London back in 2002 triggered by an argument between Harrelson and his wife.
Harrelson has been in rehearsals since December and the cast includes Owen Wilson and Willie Nelson.
CAA represents Us rights to the project, which Harrelson is producing alongside Waypoint Entertainment’s Ken Kao, Walton’s founding partner at Bloom. Harrelson will participate...
- 1/19/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Former Weinstein Company executive Dan Guando has joined Los Angeles-based Bloom as president of production.
Setting the stage for its entry into content creation and ownership, Los Angeles-based sales and finance company Bloom has appointed former Weinstein Company executive Dan Guando as president of production.
Guando will report to Bloom co-founder Alex Walton and relocate from New York to Los Angeles.
Founded by Walton and producer/financier Ken Kao in 2014, Bloom has a 2017 slate that includes Scott Cooper’s Hostiles, starring Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike; Paul Weitz’s Bel Canto, starring Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe; and George Clooney’s Suburbicon, starring Matt Damon and Julianne Moore.
Guando was at The Weinstein Company for 12 years, most recently as the Us head of acquisitions, production and development, overseeing the acquisition and release of films including The Imitation Game, The Artist, Snowpiercer, Sing Street and The Founder.
Walton said: “We are delighted that Dan is joining Bloom at this...
Setting the stage for its entry into content creation and ownership, Los Angeles-based sales and finance company Bloom has appointed former Weinstein Company executive Dan Guando as president of production.
Guando will report to Bloom co-founder Alex Walton and relocate from New York to Los Angeles.
Founded by Walton and producer/financier Ken Kao in 2014, Bloom has a 2017 slate that includes Scott Cooper’s Hostiles, starring Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike; Paul Weitz’s Bel Canto, starring Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe; and George Clooney’s Suburbicon, starring Matt Damon and Julianne Moore.
Guando was at The Weinstein Company for 12 years, most recently as the Us head of acquisitions, production and development, overseeing the acquisition and release of films including The Imitation Game, The Artist, Snowpiercer, Sing Street and The Founder.
Walton said: “We are delighted that Dan is joining Bloom at this...
- 1/4/2017
- ScreenDaily
Former Weinstein Company executive Dan Guando has joined Los Angeles-based Bloom as president of production.
Setting the stage for its entry into content creation and ownership, Los Angeles-based sales and finance company Bloom has appointed former Weinstein Company executive Dan Guando as president of production.
Guando will report to Bloom co-founder Alex Walton and relocate from New York to Los Angeles.
Founded by Walton and producer/financier Ken Kao in 2014, Bloom has a 2017 slate that includes Scott Cooper’s Hostiles, starring Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike; Paul Weitz’s Bel Canto, starring Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe; and George Clooney’s Suburbicon, starring Matt Damon and Julianne Moore.
Guando was at The Weinstein Company for 12 years, most recently as the Us head of acquisitions, production and development, overseeing the acquisition and release of films including The Imitation Game, The Artist, Snowpiercer, Sing Street and The Founder.
Walton said: “We are delighted that Dan is joining Bloom at this...
Setting the stage for its entry into content creation and ownership, Los Angeles-based sales and finance company Bloom has appointed former Weinstein Company executive Dan Guando as president of production.
Guando will report to Bloom co-founder Alex Walton and relocate from New York to Los Angeles.
Founded by Walton and producer/financier Ken Kao in 2014, Bloom has a 2017 slate that includes Scott Cooper’s Hostiles, starring Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike; Paul Weitz’s Bel Canto, starring Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe; and George Clooney’s Suburbicon, starring Matt Damon and Julianne Moore.
Guando was at The Weinstein Company for 12 years, most recently as the Us head of acquisitions, production and development, overseeing the acquisition and release of films including The Imitation Game, The Artist, Snowpiercer, Sing Street and The Founder.
Walton said: “We are delighted that Dan is joining Bloom at this...
- 1/4/2017
- ScreenDaily
Dan Guando, former head of acquisitions, production and development at The Weinstein Company, has joined Bloom as president of production.
Read More: Harvey Weinstein Isn’t Alone: Why Independent Film Distributors Are Taking a Beating
A 12-year veteran of TWC who began his career as Harvey Weinstein’s assistant at Miramax, Guando will relocate from New York to Los Angeles for the job. He will report to Bloom president Alex Walton, and will be tasked with growing and overseeing Bloom’s film slate. Guando left TWC last August.
The hire signals an expansion into content creation and ownership for Bloom, which has operated as an international sales agent since its founding in 2014. Walton co-founded the company with producer-financier Ken Kao.
“We are delighted that Dan is joining Bloom at this important next phase for our business,” Walton said in a statement. “I am very confident that Dan can help Bloom...
Read More: Harvey Weinstein Isn’t Alone: Why Independent Film Distributors Are Taking a Beating
A 12-year veteran of TWC who began his career as Harvey Weinstein’s assistant at Miramax, Guando will relocate from New York to Los Angeles for the job. He will report to Bloom president Alex Walton, and will be tasked with growing and overseeing Bloom’s film slate. Guando left TWC last August.
The hire signals an expansion into content creation and ownership for Bloom, which has operated as an international sales agent since its founding in 2014. Walton co-founded the company with producer-financier Ken Kao.
“We are delighted that Dan is joining Bloom at this important next phase for our business,” Walton said in a statement. “I am very confident that Dan can help Bloom...
- 1/4/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Alex Walton’s Bloom has introduced a major project on the eve of the market, injecting life into what has been an unusually slow build-up.
Hardy will portray the Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone in Fonzo, which Russell Ackerman and John Schoenfelder (Tau) are producing for Addictive Pictures alongside Lawrence Bender. CAA and Wme Global represent Us rights.
Josh Trank of Chronicle fame wrote and will direct the project, which finds Capone at the age of 47 in the final days of his life.
After nearly ten years in prison, the notorious former bootlegger and once leader of the Chicago Outfit syndicate is ravaged by dementia and plagued by memories of a vicious life that bleed into the present.
“This is the kind of project we want to do: original, distinctive cinema based around something our partners can market and distribute around the world,” said Walton.
“You have a brand in Al Capone and this is a fresh...
Hardy will portray the Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone in Fonzo, which Russell Ackerman and John Schoenfelder (Tau) are producing for Addictive Pictures alongside Lawrence Bender. CAA and Wme Global represent Us rights.
Josh Trank of Chronicle fame wrote and will direct the project, which finds Capone at the age of 47 in the final days of his life.
After nearly ten years in prison, the notorious former bootlegger and once leader of the Chicago Outfit syndicate is ravaged by dementia and plagued by memories of a vicious life that bleed into the present.
“This is the kind of project we want to do: original, distinctive cinema based around something our partners can market and distribute around the world,” said Walton.
“You have a brand in Al Capone and this is a fresh...
- 10/29/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Heading into the Afm, Alex Walton has brought on the highly regarded executive as president of international sales and distribution.
Figeroid served as executive vice-president of sales and distribution at Sierra/Affinity and went on to work as a consultant at Voltage Pictures before landing her new role at Bloom.
“Kristen comes with great experience, she is a highly regarded sales agent and incredibly well-liked among buyers, producers, and agents,” said Walton.
“She has a great eye for material and talent as well as a keen understanding of the global film landscape. She is the perfect fit.”
At Sierra /Affinity Figeroid handled sales on Coldest City starring Charlize Theron, Gold starring Matthew McConaughey, Whiplash from Damien Chazelle and Nightcrawler starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
Bloom recently boarded Paul Weitz’s Bel Canto starring Julianne Moore, Ken Watanabe and Demián Bichir and launched sales in Toronto.
The slate includes: Scott Cooper’s Hostiles starring Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike; [link...
Figeroid served as executive vice-president of sales and distribution at Sierra/Affinity and went on to work as a consultant at Voltage Pictures before landing her new role at Bloom.
“Kristen comes with great experience, she is a highly regarded sales agent and incredibly well-liked among buyers, producers, and agents,” said Walton.
“She has a great eye for material and talent as well as a keen understanding of the global film landscape. She is the perfect fit.”
At Sierra /Affinity Figeroid handled sales on Coldest City starring Charlize Theron, Gold starring Matthew McConaughey, Whiplash from Damien Chazelle and Nightcrawler starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
Bloom recently boarded Paul Weitz’s Bel Canto starring Julianne Moore, Ken Watanabe and Demián Bichir and launched sales in Toronto.
The slate includes: Scott Cooper’s Hostiles starring Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike; [link...
- 10/19/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Heading into the Afm, Alex Walton has brought on the highly regarded executive as president of international sales and distribution.
Figeroid served as executive vice-president of sales and distribution at Sierra/Affinity and went on to work as a consultant at Voltage Pictures before landing her new role at Bloom.
“Kristen comes with great experience, she is a highly regarded sales agent and incredibly well-liked among buyers, producers, and agents,” said Walton.
“She has a great eye for material and talent as well as a keen understanding of the global film landscape. She is the perfect fit.”
At Sierra /Affinity Figeroid handles sales on Coldest City starring Charlize Theron, Gold starring Matthew McConaughey, Whiplash from Damien Chazelle and Nightcrawler starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
Bloom recently boarded Paul Weitz’s Bel Canto starring Julianne Moore, Ken Watanabe and Demián Bichir and launched sales in Toronto.
The slate includes: Scott Cooper’s Hostiles starring Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike; [link...
Figeroid served as executive vice-president of sales and distribution at Sierra/Affinity and went on to work as a consultant at Voltage Pictures before landing her new role at Bloom.
“Kristen comes with great experience, she is a highly regarded sales agent and incredibly well-liked among buyers, producers, and agents,” said Walton.
“She has a great eye for material and talent as well as a keen understanding of the global film landscape. She is the perfect fit.”
At Sierra /Affinity Figeroid handles sales on Coldest City starring Charlize Theron, Gold starring Matthew McConaughey, Whiplash from Damien Chazelle and Nightcrawler starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
Bloom recently boarded Paul Weitz’s Bel Canto starring Julianne Moore, Ken Watanabe and Demián Bichir and launched sales in Toronto.
The slate includes: Scott Cooper’s Hostiles starring Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike; [link...
- 10/19/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Viola Davis is continuing her streak of playing strong, no-nonsense women who get the job done—even when the job is robbery. But don’t expect to see a Robin Hood–type tale in the upcoming “Widows” film; the bounty is staying with the thieves. After their husbands die in a botched heist, two widows decide to take over the family business. The project may not have its entire group of leading ladies cast yet, but Davis marks a promising start to the bunch. The highly in-demand “How to Get Away With Murder” actor is currently the only name attached to the project directed and co-written by Steve McQueen, but Francine Maisler and company are likely still casting a handful of remaining roles. The project, which is still in the development phase, will shoot at some point in early 2017. While no official location has been given, it’s safe to...
- 10/10/2016
- backstage.com
As far as his big-screen output goes, Paul Weitz has been keeping a fairly low profile as of late. This is not to say that the writer, director, playwright, and producer hasn’t been busy. He released an amicably scaled-down indie in the form of last year’s Lily Tomlin-starring “Grandma” that amassed mostly good reviews, particularly […]
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- 9/8/2016
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
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