“Oppenheimer” is the juggernaut Oscar contender that is predicted to take home not just Best Picture but a whole bunch of other Academy Awards, too, including Best Director for Christopher Nolan and Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr. However, we thought that “La La Land” had Best Picture all wrapped up in 2017 but come Oscars night, “Moonlight” swept in to claim the evening’s biggest prize in a shock win. So, is “Oppenheimer” as safe as everyone thinks?
“The Holdovers” is well-poised to pull off an upset. The movie follows Paul Giamatti as a curmudgeonly professor who is forced to look after students staying behind during the Christmas holidays. The film has been a hit with critics, audiences, and awards groups, too.
As such, it could be a major dark horse to win the Oscar for Best Picture. In the last 10 years, four movies have claimed the top prize...
“The Holdovers” is well-poised to pull off an upset. The movie follows Paul Giamatti as a curmudgeonly professor who is forced to look after students staying behind during the Christmas holidays. The film has been a hit with critics, audiences, and awards groups, too.
As such, it could be a major dark horse to win the Oscar for Best Picture. In the last 10 years, four movies have claimed the top prize...
- 2/16/2024
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Alexander Payne (Adapted Screenplay Oscar wins for Sideways with Jim Taylor and The Descendants with Nat Faxon and Jim Rash) at JFK airport with Anne-Katrin Titze on the Wc Fields poster in The Holdovers: “I remember that. I had that poster in my room growing up.”
In the second instalment with Alexander Payne, director of the Golden Globe-nominated The Holdovers (screenplay by David Hemingson), starring Dominic Sessa and Golden Globe nominees Paul Giamatti and Da'Vine Joy Randolph, we start out discussing the Oscar-shortlisted score by Mark Orton after my recommendation of Wurzel-Sepp, an apothecary shop in Munich from 1887. From there we move on to the Trapp Family recordings of The Little Drummer Boy and Silent Night, plus Cat Stevens in the soundtrack; the influence of Marcel Pagnol’s Merlusse, Marlene Dietrich in Josef von Sternberg’s The Blue Angel, Robert Donat in Sam Wood’s Goodbye, Mr. Chips, and...
In the second instalment with Alexander Payne, director of the Golden Globe-nominated The Holdovers (screenplay by David Hemingson), starring Dominic Sessa and Golden Globe nominees Paul Giamatti and Da'Vine Joy Randolph, we start out discussing the Oscar-shortlisted score by Mark Orton after my recommendation of Wurzel-Sepp, an apothecary shop in Munich from 1887. From there we move on to the Trapp Family recordings of The Little Drummer Boy and Silent Night, plus Cat Stevens in the soundtrack; the influence of Marcel Pagnol’s Merlusse, Marlene Dietrich in Josef von Sternberg’s The Blue Angel, Robert Donat in Sam Wood’s Goodbye, Mr. Chips, and...
- 1/1/2024
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Focus Features’ “The Holdovers” is one of the sweetest movies of the year and is set to become a new Christmas classic. Written by David Hemingson and directed by Alexander Payne, the 1970s-set story follows Paul Giamatti as a school professor tasked with staying behind on campus to look after students not going home for Christmas. What follows is a charming, touching tale about two foes who learn to become friends. Giamatti gives a knockout performance while Da’Vine Joy Randolph is a hot contender for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a cook mourning the death of her son. The movie’s strongest point, however, is its writing.
“Whiskey Cavalier” creator and “Black-Ish” and “American Dad!” scribe David Hemingson crafted the script. He has never been nominated for an Oscar before but we expect that that he’ll win one this year. We’re predicting he will take home...
“Whiskey Cavalier” creator and “Black-Ish” and “American Dad!” scribe David Hemingson crafted the script. He has never been nominated for an Oscar before but we expect that that he’ll win one this year. We’re predicting he will take home...
- 12/20/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti’s latest film, The Holdovers, is in the awards conversation for its tale of holiday mischief and misfits at a remote New England boarding school. In it, Giamatti plays a cranky history teacher tasked with looking after students who aren’t going home for winter break. Almost 20 years ago, Payne and Giamatti earned awards acclaim for their first collaboration: 2004’s Sideways.
For Giamatti, who had built a career as a character actor, the film marked his second as a lead (after American Splendor the year before). He plays Miles, a depressed middle-aged English teacher, unpublished writer and wine snob on a vineyard-hopping road trip through California’s Santa Ynez Valley with his friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church), a down-on-his-luck actor about to get married. Payne and co-writer Jim Taylor adapted the screenplay from Rex Pickett’s novel of the same name and filmed on location at hotels,...
For Giamatti, who had built a career as a character actor, the film marked his second as a lead (after American Splendor the year before). He plays Miles, a depressed middle-aged English teacher, unpublished writer and wine snob on a vineyard-hopping road trip through California’s Santa Ynez Valley with his friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church), a down-on-his-luck actor about to get married. Payne and co-writer Jim Taylor adapted the screenplay from Rex Pickett’s novel of the same name and filmed on location at hotels,...
- 12/12/2023
- by Hilton Dresden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) is celebrating the cinematic contributions of Oscar winner Alexander Payne, including his latest film, “The Holdovers.”
The Queens-based MoMI is curating a special Payne retrospective, culminating in a screening of “The Holdovers” with Payne in attendance on January 10. The exhibit kicks off January 5 with Payne’s feature debut “Citizen Ruth,” which was released in 1996. The independent dark comedy stars Laura Dern as a pregnant woman being used on opposing ends of the abortion debate.
“Alexander Payne has always put this country’s cultural, political, and emotional realities under a microscope — while never forgetting to also make viewers laugh,” the official MoMI press statement reads. “This rare talent, coupled with an enormous skill directing actors, many of whom give career performances under his watchful eye, has carried him through all his films, psychologically acute and often poignant inquiries into the lives of taciturn American...
The Queens-based MoMI is curating a special Payne retrospective, culminating in a screening of “The Holdovers” with Payne in attendance on January 10. The exhibit kicks off January 5 with Payne’s feature debut “Citizen Ruth,” which was released in 1996. The independent dark comedy stars Laura Dern as a pregnant woman being used on opposing ends of the abortion debate.
“Alexander Payne has always put this country’s cultural, political, and emotional realities under a microscope — while never forgetting to also make viewers laugh,” the official MoMI press statement reads. “This rare talent, coupled with an enormous skill directing actors, many of whom give career performances under his watchful eye, has carried him through all his films, psychologically acute and often poignant inquiries into the lives of taciturn American...
- 11/29/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Alexander Payne‘s movies often fare well in the writing categories at the Oscars with four of his films so far nominated for either Best Original Screenplay or Best Adapted Screenplay.
His second movie, “Election,” was nominated for only Adapted Screenplay in 2000 after it turned Tom Perrotta’s 1998 novel of the same name into a film. Payne was nominated with his writing partner Jim Taylor, although they lost to John Irving for “The Cider House Rules.” “Sideways” then picked up five nominations in 2005 including an Adapted Screenplay bid for Payne and Taylor after they turned Rex Pickett’s 2004 novel of the same name into a hit movie. Payne and Taylor won this time around.
In 2012, “The Descendants” repeated the record of “Sideways,” matching five nominations and one Adapted Screenplay victory. This time, Payne won alongside Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. They adapted the 2007 novel of the same name from Kaui Hart Hemmings.
His second movie, “Election,” was nominated for only Adapted Screenplay in 2000 after it turned Tom Perrotta’s 1998 novel of the same name into a film. Payne was nominated with his writing partner Jim Taylor, although they lost to John Irving for “The Cider House Rules.” “Sideways” then picked up five nominations in 2005 including an Adapted Screenplay bid for Payne and Taylor after they turned Rex Pickett’s 2004 novel of the same name into a hit movie. Payne and Taylor won this time around.
In 2012, “The Descendants” repeated the record of “Sideways,” matching five nominations and one Adapted Screenplay victory. This time, Payne won alongside Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. They adapted the 2007 novel of the same name from Kaui Hart Hemmings.
- 11/24/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
This article has been corrected to include Alexander Payne’s first feature film, “Citizen Ruth.”
Alexander Payne has a near-perfect record when it comes to his movies being nominated for Academy Awards. The acclaimed writer, director, and producer — one of our very best — has made eight movies so far including his latest flick “The Holdovers” and five of them have been nominated for Oscars. Here’s the breakdown.
Payne’s debut feature film was “Citizen Ruth” (“The Passion of Martin” was only 49 minutes), which follows Laura Dern as a drug-addicted pregnant woman who finds herself in the middle of an abortion debate as she weighs up her choices regarding the pregnancy. This 1996 movie was not nominated for any Oscars.
His next movie was “Election,” which stars Matthew Broderick as a high school teacher who meets his match with Reese Witherspoon‘s over-achieving student. In 2000, the film was nominated for Best...
Alexander Payne has a near-perfect record when it comes to his movies being nominated for Academy Awards. The acclaimed writer, director, and producer — one of our very best — has made eight movies so far including his latest flick “The Holdovers” and five of them have been nominated for Oscars. Here’s the breakdown.
Payne’s debut feature film was “Citizen Ruth” (“The Passion of Martin” was only 49 minutes), which follows Laura Dern as a drug-addicted pregnant woman who finds herself in the middle of an abortion debate as she weighs up her choices regarding the pregnancy. This 1996 movie was not nominated for any Oscars.
His next movie was “Election,” which stars Matthew Broderick as a high school teacher who meets his match with Reese Witherspoon‘s over-achieving student. In 2000, the film was nominated for Best...
- 11/22/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
In case you were wondering, there was no beef between Paul Giamatti and Alexander Payne. The actor and filmmaker collaborated on 2004’s “Sideways,” an art-house breakout that earned over $100 million worldwide and five Oscar nominations including Best Picture (Payne and Jim Taylor won for Adapted Screenplay). But it’s almost been 20 years since that first collaboration. Now, finally, the pair are back together with the word-of-mouth wonder, “The Holdovers.”
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Set mostly at a prestigious New England boarding school in 1970, the film centers on the unlikely friendship between a student abandoned by his parents over the Christmas break (newcomer Dominic Sessa), a grumpy teacher with a scandalous past (Giamatti), and the kitchen head who is still mourning the death of her son in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph).
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Set mostly at a prestigious New England boarding school in 1970, the film centers on the unlikely friendship between a student abandoned by his parents over the Christmas break (newcomer Dominic Sessa), a grumpy teacher with a scandalous past (Giamatti), and the kitchen head who is still mourning the death of her son in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph).
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- 11/22/2023
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
Over 1,000 members of the Writers Guild of America East union have signed a petition in support of introducing ways to protect journalists from artificial intelligence. The open letter demands that they be included in the decision-making process concerning AI tools in their places of employment.
The writers signing on include WGA East members at Bdg, CBS News, Chalkbeat, CNET, Crooked Media, Fast Company, Financial Times Specialist, Frontline, Future Plc, Gimlet, G/O Media, GroupNine, Inc., The Intercept, Hearst, HuffPost, iHeartMedia Podcasts, MSNBC, Parcast, Pineapple Street Studios, Slate, The Ringer, Vice, Vox Media, and more.
Among the film and television writers signing the petition are Robert Carlock, Patricia Cornwell, Tom Fontana, Mary Harron, Soo Hugh, Natasha Lyonne, Julie Martin, Adam McKay, Stephen O’Donnell, Michael Rauch, Diana Son, Jim Taylor, and Wgae President Lisa Takeuchi Cullen.
The petition reads:
“We, the members of the Writers Guild of America East, recognize that digital...
The writers signing on include WGA East members at Bdg, CBS News, Chalkbeat, CNET, Crooked Media, Fast Company, Financial Times Specialist, Frontline, Future Plc, Gimlet, G/O Media, GroupNine, Inc., The Intercept, Hearst, HuffPost, iHeartMedia Podcasts, MSNBC, Parcast, Pineapple Street Studios, Slate, The Ringer, Vice, Vox Media, and more.
Among the film and television writers signing the petition are Robert Carlock, Patricia Cornwell, Tom Fontana, Mary Harron, Soo Hugh, Natasha Lyonne, Julie Martin, Adam McKay, Stephen O’Donnell, Michael Rauch, Diana Son, Jim Taylor, and Wgae President Lisa Takeuchi Cullen.
The petition reads:
“We, the members of the Writers Guild of America East, recognize that digital...
- 10/30/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
The Writers Guild of America East is petitioning employers to ensure that protections are in place for journalists as AI technology develops.
The petition, signed by more than 1,000 members, calls for “immediate, good faith negotiations on AI,” including outside of scheduled contract bargaining, as well as “a guarantee that AI protections will be on the table in future bargaining.”
The petition also calls on employers to “publicly commit to never replacing a human worker with an AI tool,” something that has been a big concern among journalists, as well as film and TV writers in their recent strike.
President Joe Biden issued an executive order to try to establish protections for safety and security around AI, as well as an effort to mitigate its displacement of workers. But the labor provisions are limited to creating a set of best practices and principles, as further steps to preserve jobs likely would take congressional action.
The petition, signed by more than 1,000 members, calls for “immediate, good faith negotiations on AI,” including outside of scheduled contract bargaining, as well as “a guarantee that AI protections will be on the table in future bargaining.”
The petition also calls on employers to “publicly commit to never replacing a human worker with an AI tool,” something that has been a big concern among journalists, as well as film and TV writers in their recent strike.
President Joe Biden issued an executive order to try to establish protections for safety and security around AI, as well as an effort to mitigate its displacement of workers. But the labor provisions are limited to creating a set of best practices and principles, as further steps to preserve jobs likely would take congressional action.
- 10/30/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Reese Witherspoon in Election (Paramount Pictures), Paul Giamatti in Sideways (Searchlight Pictures), George Clooney in The Descendants (Searchlight Pictures), Matt Damon in Downsizing (Paramount Pictures)Graphic: The A.V. Club
It’s been six years since Alexander Payne released his last film, Downsizing, to mixed reviews. Now he’s back with The Holdovers,...
It’s been six years since Alexander Payne released his last film, Downsizing, to mixed reviews. Now he’s back with The Holdovers,...
- 10/24/2023
- by Cindy White
- avclub.com
Two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Alexander Payne shared his passion for film and his thoughts on contemporary American cinema with the audience at the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon where he is premiering his eighth feature film, “The Holdovers,” under the French title “Winter Break,” on October 15th.
In a conversation skilfully led and translated by Los Angeles-based French film journalist Didier Allouch, Payne drew laughs from the Lumière crowd when he explained that the secret to making good films was “keeping your budgets low.”
“John Huston approached Luis Buñuel one day and asked him, ‘How is it that you make these wonderful films, like “Viridiana” and “The Exterminating Angel”?’ And Buñuel replied, ‘How much money do you make and how much money do you think I make?’” said Payne with a smile.
While he made no secret of his distaste for Hollywood blockbusters and said it was still possible to make movies like “Sideways,...
In a conversation skilfully led and translated by Los Angeles-based French film journalist Didier Allouch, Payne drew laughs from the Lumière crowd when he explained that the secret to making good films was “keeping your budgets low.”
“John Huston approached Luis Buñuel one day and asked him, ‘How is it that you make these wonderful films, like “Viridiana” and “The Exterminating Angel”?’ And Buñuel replied, ‘How much money do you make and how much money do you think I make?’” said Payne with a smile.
While he made no secret of his distaste for Hollywood blockbusters and said it was still possible to make movies like “Sideways,...
- 10/16/2023
- by Lise Pedersen
- Variety Film + TV
Dominic Sessa stars as Angus Tully and Paul Giamatti as Paul Hunham in director Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers, a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features / © 2023 Focus Features LLC
From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker (newcomer Dominic Sessa) — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph).
https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-holdovers
From this first trailer, this film looks delightful, the cast spot-on and the story will pull at your heart-strings.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph is best known for her work in Dolemite Is My Name (2019) as Lady Reed and The United States vs. Billie Holiday...
From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker (newcomer Dominic Sessa) — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph).
https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-holdovers
From this first trailer, this film looks delightful, the cast spot-on and the story will pull at your heart-strings.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph is best known for her work in Dolemite Is My Name (2019) as Lady Reed and The United States vs. Billie Holiday...
- 7/18/2023
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
A major 2003 Oscars contender two decades ago was Alexander Payne’s “About Schmidt,” starring Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Hope Davis and Dermot Mulroney. It was Payne’s first film since 1999’s “Election,” which earned him and his writing partner Jim Taylor their breakthrough Oscar nominations, and it was Nicholson’s first major Oscar player since his third Best Actor win in 1998 for “As Good As It Gets.” In addition, Bates was going for her third Oscar nom after her Best Actress win for “Misery” in 1991 and Best Supporting Actress nomination for “Primary Colors” in 1999. Going into wide release on January 3, 2003, in 816 theaters, “About Schmidt” made more than eight million dollars in its opening weekend, an excellent 10,784 per screen, before earning a strong 105 million dollars worldwide by the end of its theatrical run.
“About Schmidt,” about a recently retired man (Nicholson) who embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter’s wedding,...
“About Schmidt,” about a recently retired man (Nicholson) who embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter’s wedding,...
- 1/14/2023
- by Brian Rowe
- Gold Derby
Of all the characters she's played in her career, Reese Witherspoon has a few that have stuck in the brain, such as Elle Woods. But Tracy Flick is right there with her, the Type-a focus of Alexander Payne's 1999 dark comedy drama Election. It wasn't the biggest hit at the box office, but it scored awards attention and is regarded as a cult classic. A sequel is now on the way called Tracy Flick Can't Win.
With Payne and co-writer Jim Taylor returning alongside Witherspoon (who will produce the new film), this will adapt Election novelist Tom Perrotta's follow-up book, which arrived this past June.
The story will pick up Tracy in adulthood as she continues to struggle to fight her way to the top at work. Now in her 40s, she's the assistant principal at a public high school in suburban New Jersey who is gunning for her...
With Payne and co-writer Jim Taylor returning alongside Witherspoon (who will produce the new film), this will adapt Election novelist Tom Perrotta's follow-up book, which arrived this past June.
The story will pick up Tracy in adulthood as she continues to struggle to fight her way to the top at work. Now in her 40s, she's the assistant principal at a public high school in suburban New Jersey who is gunning for her...
- 12/8/2022
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
Hollywood is ready to “Pick Flick” again for an Election sequel starring Reese Witherspoon (The Morning Show) called Tracy Flick Can’t Win. The original film’s writer and director, Alexander Payne, will return for the follow-up to Witherspoon’s 1999 cult comedy. Payne is writing the sequel with Jim Taylor, inspired by Tom Perrotta’s latest novel of the same name. The story focuses on Tracy Flick, an assistant principal at a public high school in suburban New Jersey. Despite her tenacity and thirst for power, Flick still struggles to make her mark on the world and show doubters who’s boss.
Here is the official description of Perrotta’s novel Tracy Flick Can’t Win:
Tracy Flick is a hardworking assistant principal at a public high school in suburban New Jersey. Still ambitious but feeling a little stuck and underappreciated in midlife, Tracy gets a jolt of good news when the longtime principal,...
Here is the official description of Perrotta’s novel Tracy Flick Can’t Win:
Tracy Flick is a hardworking assistant principal at a public high school in suburban New Jersey. Still ambitious but feeling a little stuck and underappreciated in midlife, Tracy gets a jolt of good news when the longtime principal,...
- 12/8/2022
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
"Election" is one of those classic movies that, unfortunately, get misinterpreted far too often. The number of times I've seen people try to argue that schoolteacher Jim (Matthew Broderick) isn't portrayed as an obsessive creep, or that the film's complex framing of high schooler Tracy (Reese Witherspoon) isn't intentional is far too many to count. At the same time, however, the fact that it is so morally grey is why it is still so interesting to watch and has garnered such a passionate following.
This exact fanbase, then, will likely be glad to hear that we'll be catching up with Tracy Flick once more in the near future. Paramount Pictures has announced that a sequel to "Election," titled "Tracy Flick Can't Win," has been greenlit for Paramount+ and will see Witherspoon reprise her famous role. She is also expected to serve as an executive producer on the film under her...
This exact fanbase, then, will likely be glad to hear that we'll be catching up with Tracy Flick once more in the near future. Paramount Pictures has announced that a sequel to "Election," titled "Tracy Flick Can't Win," has been greenlit for Paramount+ and will see Witherspoon reprise her famous role. She is also expected to serve as an executive producer on the film under her...
- 12/8/2022
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
At last: some election drama we’re happy to revisit.
Reese Witherspoon will reprise her highly ambitious Election character, Tracy Flick, in a Paramount+ sequel to the 1999 film, our sister site Deadline reports.
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Tracy Flick Can’t Win will be directed by Alexander Payne, who helmed the first movie. Witherspoon also will produce.
Election is a dark comedy that stars Witherspoon as a...
Reese Witherspoon will reprise her highly ambitious Election character, Tracy Flick, in a Paramount+ sequel to the 1999 film, our sister site Deadline reports.
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Tracy Flick Can’t Win will be directed by Alexander Payne, who helmed the first movie. Witherspoon also will produce.
Election is a dark comedy that stars Witherspoon as a...
- 12/8/2022
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Serving as a breakout for Alexander Payne following his debut Citizen Ruth, 1999’s Election followed Reese Witherspoon’s Tracy Flick as a high school student running for the student body and Matthew Broderick’s Jim McAllister as the high school teacher who gets in her way. Now, over two decades later, the satire is getting a sequel.
THR reports Tracy Flick Can’t Win is in the works, with Alexander Payne returning to direct and script alongside Jim Taylor, and Reese Witherspoon returning to star. The development isn’t entirely surprising as Tom Perrotta’s sequel novel was released earlier this year, following Flick as an assistant principal. See the synopsis below.
Tracy Flick is a hardworking assistant principal at a public high school in suburban New Jersey. Still ambitious but feeling a little stuck and underappreciated in midlife, Tracy gets a jolt of good news when the longtime principal,...
THR reports Tracy Flick Can’t Win is in the works, with Alexander Payne returning to direct and script alongside Jim Taylor, and Reese Witherspoon returning to star. The development isn’t entirely surprising as Tom Perrotta’s sequel novel was released earlier this year, following Flick as an assistant principal. See the synopsis below.
Tracy Flick is a hardworking assistant principal at a public high school in suburban New Jersey. Still ambitious but feeling a little stuck and underappreciated in midlife, Tracy gets a jolt of good news when the longtime principal,...
- 12/8/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Reese Witherspoon is reprising her role as go-getter Tracy Flick in “Tracy Flick Can’t Win,” a sequel to the 1999 political comedy “Election.”
Alexander Payne, who co-wrote and directed the original film, is returning for the follow-up, which is set to debut on Paramount’s streaming service, Paramount+. In addition to directing, Payne will write the movie adaptation with Jim Taylor.
In “Election,” based on the 1998 novel by Tom Perrotta, Witherspoon portrayed an ambitious, Type-a student whose social studies teacher (played by Matthew Broderick) attempts to sabotage her campaign to become school president. Although it wasn’t a box office draw, the movie was nominated at the Oscars for best adapted screenplay, while Witherspoon landed attention at the Golden Globes in the best actress race.
The sequel, based on Perrotta’s follow-up novel that published earlier this year, picks up with Tracy in adulthood as she continues to struggle to...
Alexander Payne, who co-wrote and directed the original film, is returning for the follow-up, which is set to debut on Paramount’s streaming service, Paramount+. In addition to directing, Payne will write the movie adaptation with Jim Taylor.
In “Election,” based on the 1998 novel by Tom Perrotta, Witherspoon portrayed an ambitious, Type-a student whose social studies teacher (played by Matthew Broderick) attempts to sabotage her campaign to become school president. Although it wasn’t a box office draw, the movie was nominated at the Oscars for best adapted screenplay, while Witherspoon landed attention at the Golden Globes in the best actress race.
The sequel, based on Perrotta’s follow-up novel that published earlier this year, picks up with Tracy in adulthood as she continues to struggle to...
- 12/8/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
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Tracy Flick is headed back to Hollywood.
Tracy Flick Can’t Win, a follow-up to the 1999 cult favorite Election, is in the work with Reese Witherspoon set to reprise her role as Tracy Flick and Alexander Payne returning the direct.
Payne, who wrote the original film, will write the film adaptation with Jim Taylor based on Tom Perrotta’s latest novel of the same name that was published in June of this year. The book finds the eponymous character, a typer-a go-getter in high school, now a hardworking assistant principal at a public high school in suburban New Jersey and still struggling to fight her way to the top.
Witherspoon will also produce the movie with Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine, alongside Election producers Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa of Bona Fide Productions. Perrotta is executive producing.
The project is set for Paramount streamer Paramount+.
Tracy Flick is headed back to Hollywood.
Tracy Flick Can’t Win, a follow-up to the 1999 cult favorite Election, is in the work with Reese Witherspoon set to reprise her role as Tracy Flick and Alexander Payne returning the direct.
Payne, who wrote the original film, will write the film adaptation with Jim Taylor based on Tom Perrotta’s latest novel of the same name that was published in June of this year. The book finds the eponymous character, a typer-a go-getter in high school, now a hardworking assistant principal at a public high school in suburban New Jersey and still struggling to fight her way to the top.
Witherspoon will also produce the movie with Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine, alongside Election producers Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa of Bona Fide Productions. Perrotta is executive producing.
The project is set for Paramount streamer Paramount+.
- 12/8/2022
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Reese Witherspoon will star in and produce “Election” sequel “Tracy Flick Can’t Win” at Paramount+.
The “Big Little Lies” actress will reprise her role as Tracy Flick in the adaptation based on Perrotta’s latest novel of the same name.
“Tracy Flick Can’t Win” will follow up on the beloved 1999 film that documented a high-stakes student government election as overachieving Tracy goes head-to-head with social studies teacher Jim McAllister, played by Matthew Broderick, who sabotages Tracy’s campaign.
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Published in June 2022, Perrotta’s satirical dark comedy “Tracy Flick Can’t Win” charts Tracy’s life into adulthood as she climbs her way to political power. Perrotta will also serve as executive producer for the adaptation.
“Election” director and co-writer Alexander Payne will return to direct and will write the film adaptation with Jim Taylor.
In collaboration with Hello Sunshine,...
The “Big Little Lies” actress will reprise her role as Tracy Flick in the adaptation based on Perrotta’s latest novel of the same name.
“Tracy Flick Can’t Win” will follow up on the beloved 1999 film that documented a high-stakes student government election as overachieving Tracy goes head-to-head with social studies teacher Jim McAllister, played by Matthew Broderick, who sabotages Tracy’s campaign.
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Published in June 2022, Perrotta’s satirical dark comedy “Tracy Flick Can’t Win” charts Tracy’s life into adulthood as she climbs her way to political power. Perrotta will also serve as executive producer for the adaptation.
“Election” director and co-writer Alexander Payne will return to direct and will write the film adaptation with Jim Taylor.
In collaboration with Hello Sunshine,...
- 12/8/2022
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Reese Witherspoon will reprise one of her most iconic early roles – and we’re not talking about Elle Woods. Witherspoon will star in and produce “Tracy Flick Can’t Win,” a sequel to her 1999 cult-classic film “Election” that’s set up at Paramount Pictures and intended for Paramount+.
The original film’s writer and director Alexander Payne is also back on board for the sequel, which is based on Tom Perrotta’s latest novel of the same name and was released earlier this year. Perrotta previously wrote the novel “Election,” which was adapted for the original film. Witherspoon will reprise her role as Tracy Flick, now a hard working but frustrated assistant principal at a public high school in New Jersey, where she is still fighting for the top job.
Both the book and the film have been described as biting, darkly comedic satires in the way that Payne’s original “Election” was.
The original film’s writer and director Alexander Payne is also back on board for the sequel, which is based on Tom Perrotta’s latest novel of the same name and was released earlier this year. Perrotta previously wrote the novel “Election,” which was adapted for the original film. Witherspoon will reprise her role as Tracy Flick, now a hard working but frustrated assistant principal at a public high school in New Jersey, where she is still fighting for the top job.
Both the book and the film have been described as biting, darkly comedic satires in the way that Payne’s original “Election” was.
- 12/8/2022
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Paramount Pictures has announced that Tracy Flick Can’t Win — a sequel to Alexander Payne’s cult classic 1999 comedy Election — is being made for Paramount+. Payne is returning as director, with the original film’s lead Reese Witherspoon to produce and reprise her starring role.
Based on Tom Perrotta’s 1998 novel of the same name, Election watches as the high school teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) finds himself on a collision course with the over-achieving student politician, Tracy Flick (Witherspoon). The satire drawing parallels between the worlds of high school and politics was Payne’s second feature on the heels of 1996’s Citizen Ruth and proved to be his breakthrough project, netting him and his collaborators three Independent Spirit Awards, a WGA Award and an Oscar nomination, with Witherspoon landing her first Golden Globe nomination.
The Election sequel is based on a follow-up novel by Perrotta, which was published by Scribner in June.
Based on Tom Perrotta’s 1998 novel of the same name, Election watches as the high school teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) finds himself on a collision course with the over-achieving student politician, Tracy Flick (Witherspoon). The satire drawing parallels between the worlds of high school and politics was Payne’s second feature on the heels of 1996’s Citizen Ruth and proved to be his breakthrough project, netting him and his collaborators three Independent Spirit Awards, a WGA Award and an Oscar nomination, with Witherspoon landing her first Golden Globe nomination.
The Election sequel is based on a follow-up novel by Perrotta, which was published by Scribner in June.
- 12/8/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
If it’s Tuesday, this must be Election Day in a year when democracy itself is on the ballot. It’s a moment that Jefferson Smith – the naive but idealistic young senator played by Jimmy Stewart – could have appreciated in the Oscar-winning 1939 classic “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” from director Frank Capra. It tops the list of 25 movies that this Gold Derby editor singles out as exemplary staples of the political genre over the past 80-plus years. Most originated on the big screen, but a few were made-for-tv.
Why bring this to you today? Think of it as a distraction tactic at a time when so many of us are overloaded with anxiety over an especially consequential election that will determine control of Congress. The list features biopics, satires, historical dramas and journalism hybrid thrillers as well as fictitious allegories.
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Why bring this to you today? Think of it as a distraction tactic at a time when so many of us are overloaded with anxiety over an especially consequential election that will determine control of Congress. The list features biopics, satires, historical dramas and journalism hybrid thrillers as well as fictitious allegories.
SEE15 Best American Political Films
Watch any of these tonight...
- 11/8/2022
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
The next film from director Alexander Payne called “The Holdovers” and starring Paul Giamatti was acquired in a worldwide deal by Focus Features after the film screened in secret at the Toronto International Film Festival, going in the range of 30 million, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
The film, which reunites the team from Payne’s “Sideways,” screened on Sunday at TIFF but not as part of a public screening or official selection. All major streamers and studios attended the “Holdovers” screening. The deal is one of the largest of its kind out of Toronto, no less for a film not even playing as part of the festival. The deal also comes as the TIFF market has been slow — or nearly non-existent — on other major acquisitions through the first four days of the festival.
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The film, which reunites the team from Payne’s “Sideways,” screened on Sunday at TIFF but not as part of a public screening or official selection. All major streamers and studios attended the “Holdovers” screening. The deal is one of the largest of its kind out of Toronto, no less for a film not even playing as part of the festival. The deal also comes as the TIFF market has been slow — or nearly non-existent — on other major acquisitions through the first four days of the festival.
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Toronto So Far: Forget the Awards Race! The Crowds Are Loving the Fest,...
- 9/12/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: The biggest deal ever made at Toronto will be on a film that is not in the Toronto Film Festival roster. I’m hearing that Focus Features is tying up a 30 million worldwide rights deal with Miramax’s Bill Block and CAA Media Finance for The Holdovers, after a discreet screening here for buyers held Sunday. Focus will give the film a theatrical release, and Middle East is the only turf not covered in the deal. The film marks the reteam between director Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti, who teamed memorably in the 2004 wine-tasting road trip comedy Sideways, a film that won Payne and Jim Taylor Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay. David Hemingson wrote The Holdovers script and Mark Johnson, Block and Hemingson produced. Plan is to release late in 2023.
The Holdovers is a comedy, with the poignancy and grounded characters of past Payne films including Nebraska, The Descendants and Sideways.
The Holdovers is a comedy, with the poignancy and grounded characters of past Payne films including Nebraska, The Descendants and Sideways.
- 9/12/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
When Citizen Ruth was released on Dec. 13, 1996, director Alexander Payne never expected the abortion debate at the center of his feature directorial debut to remain relevant 25 years later.
Payne, who would go on to win the best screenplay Oscar for his films Sideways and The Descendants, had yet to work on a feature when he and then-roommate Jim Taylor spotted a New York Times story about a pregnant woman in North Dakota who was arrested for drug use and drew support from both sides of the abortion argument. The writing partners saw this as fodder for an acerbic comedy, and penned the script in which a tug-of-war ensues between anti-abortion and abortion-rights activists who target the titular woman — a recently impregnated addict who along with her drug arrest is charged with endangering the life of a fetus — as a means of advancing their personal causes.
When Citizen Ruth was released on Dec. 13, 1996, director Alexander Payne never expected the abortion debate at the center of his feature directorial debut to remain relevant 25 years later.
Payne, who would go on to win the best screenplay Oscar for his films Sideways and The Descendants, had yet to work on a feature when he and then-roommate Jim Taylor spotted a New York Times story about a pregnant woman in North Dakota who was arrested for drug use and drew support from both sides of the abortion argument. The writing partners saw this as fodder for an acerbic comedy, and penned the script in which a tug-of-war ensues between anti-abortion and abortion-rights activists who target the titular woman — a recently impregnated addict who along with her drug arrest is charged with endangering the life of a fetus — as a means of advancing their personal causes.
- 7/19/2022
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Following the massive success of Steven Spielberg’s groundbreaking Jurassic Park in 1993, sequels were inevitable. Michael Crichton, author of the original novel, even wrote one himself, The Lost World, which served as the loose basis for Spielberg’s own cinematic sequel, 1997’s The Lost World: Jurassic Park. When that made a ton of money as well, plans were put in motion for Jurassic Park III.
It would be four years before that film arrived in theaters, however, and a number of things changed during that time. While Jeff Goldblum returned from the original Jurassic Park to star in The Lost World, he sat out the next movie—making way for another of the first film’s main trio, Sam Neill, to step back in as Dr. Alan Grant.
Although Jurassic Park III has garnered a reputation over the years for being a troubled production, Neill tells Den of Geek now...
It would be four years before that film arrived in theaters, however, and a number of things changed during that time. While Jeff Goldblum returned from the original Jurassic Park to star in The Lost World, he sat out the next movie—making way for another of the first film’s main trio, Sam Neill, to step back in as Dr. Alan Grant.
Although Jurassic Park III has garnered a reputation over the years for being a troubled production, Neill tells Den of Geek now...
- 6/6/2022
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has published its list of the 101 greatest screenplays of the 21st century, topped by Jordan Peele’s “Get Out.” Peele won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with the script for his horror movie, which also marked his solo feature directorial debut. Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar-winning “Parasite” screenplay cracked the WGA’s top five along with Charlie Kaufman’s “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” Aaron Sorkin’s “The Social Network,” and the Coen Brothers’ “No Country for Old Men.” All of these aforementioned films won screenwriting Oscars.
The remainder of the WGA’s top 10 consists of Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood,” Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds,” Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous,” and Christopher Nolan’s “Memento.” Anderson has three scripts in the top 101, as does Tarantino. Writers with multiple ranked scripts include Aaron Sorkin, Charlie Kaufman,...
The remainder of the WGA’s top 10 consists of Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood,” Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds,” Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous,” and Christopher Nolan’s “Memento.” Anderson has three scripts in the top 101, as does Tarantino. Writers with multiple ranked scripts include Aaron Sorkin, Charlie Kaufman,...
- 12/6/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Alexander Payne has set Paul Giamatti to star in The Holdovers, a David Hemingson-scripted film that Mark Johnson is producing. FilmNation will rep international rights and CAA Media Finance will handle domestic as the film is shopped next week in the Cannes Virtual Market. Production will begin early next year in New England.
Payne and Giamatti teamed memorably on the 2004 wine tasting road trip comedy Sideways, which won Payne and Jim Taylor Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay. The Holdovers is a comedy, with the poignancy and grounded characters of past films including Nebraska, The Descendants and Sideways.
Giamatti plays a universally disliked teacher at the prep school Deerfield Academy. His non-fans include his students, fellow faculty and headmaster who all find his pomposity and rigidity exasperating. With no family and nowhere to go over Christmas holiday in 1970, Paul remains at school to supervise students unable to journey home.
Payne and Giamatti teamed memorably on the 2004 wine tasting road trip comedy Sideways, which won Payne and Jim Taylor Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay. The Holdovers is a comedy, with the poignancy and grounded characters of past films including Nebraska, The Descendants and Sideways.
Giamatti plays a universally disliked teacher at the prep school Deerfield Academy. His non-fans include his students, fellow faculty and headmaster who all find his pomposity and rigidity exasperating. With no family and nowhere to go over Christmas holiday in 1970, Paul remains at school to supervise students unable to journey home.
- 6/14/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Hornung, the so-called “Golden Boy” running back who starred for Notre Dame and in the 1960s championship years of the NFL’s Green Bay Packers, died today in his hometown of Louisville, Ky. He was 84. No cause of death was given by the Louisville Sports Commission.
Hornung is one of only seven players to win the Heisman Trophy and later be named NFL Mvp. He won the Heisman in 1956 despite Notre Dame’s 2-8 record, becoming the only player to win the award while starring for a losing team. That year, he led the Fighting Irish in passing, rushing, scoring, kickoff returns, punt returns and punting. On defense, he led the team in passes broken up and was second in tackles and interceptions.
Green Bay selected Hornung in 1957 with the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft. It was a monumental draft for the Pack, which also brought aboard Bart Starr,...
Hornung is one of only seven players to win the Heisman Trophy and later be named NFL Mvp. He won the Heisman in 1956 despite Notre Dame’s 2-8 record, becoming the only player to win the award while starring for a losing team. That year, he led the Fighting Irish in passing, rushing, scoring, kickoff returns, punt returns and punting. On defense, he led the team in passes broken up and was second in tackles and interceptions.
Green Bay selected Hornung in 1957 with the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft. It was a monumental draft for the Pack, which also brought aboard Bart Starr,...
- 11/13/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
While the Hollywood studios continue to keep their tentpoles locked up till most American cinemas reopen, indie distributors are releasing a handful of smaller movies with big stars in supporting roles this week.
Can’t wait to see Robert Pattinson in “Tenet”? Well, you can always catch him in the festival-anointed imperialist critique “Waiting for the Barbarians.” While the release date for “Dune” remains in question, Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård leads the well-reviewed Scandinavian drama “Out Stealing Horses,” about a widower’s return to the country. And before Liam Neeson returns to action-hero mode with “Honest Thief,” you can watch him playing opposite real-life son Micheál Richardson in “Made in Italy.”
Ok, those pairings probably aren’t for the same potential audiences at all, but it’s still nice to see versatile actors’ more serious work finding its way to streaming. And not all the week’s movies are minor.
Can’t wait to see Robert Pattinson in “Tenet”? Well, you can always catch him in the festival-anointed imperialist critique “Waiting for the Barbarians.” While the release date for “Dune” remains in question, Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård leads the well-reviewed Scandinavian drama “Out Stealing Horses,” about a widower’s return to the country. And before Liam Neeson returns to action-hero mode with “Honest Thief,” you can watch him playing opposite real-life son Micheál Richardson in “Made in Italy.”
Ok, those pairings probably aren’t for the same potential audiences at all, but it’s still nice to see versatile actors’ more serious work finding its way to streaming. And not all the week’s movies are minor.
- 8/7/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Likable enough, but a little too tame to make much of an impact, Kris Rey’s slight — and slightly autobiographical — “you can’t go home again” comedy “I Used to Go Here” was supposed to debut at this year’s SXSW Film Festival, only to have its premiere canceled at the last minute by the coronavirus pandemic. When Rey hatched the idea for the movie, her fourth feature — in which a floundering young novelist returns to her alma mater for an ego boost — she was still going by her married name, Kris Swanberg; she has since split with then-husband Joe.
That makes at least two ways Rey’s already personal project has evolved to more closely mirror her own life, and while any additional hurdle in the uphill path of an indie filmmaker can jeopardize the whole endeavor, this one survived that much more relevant. The movie marks a comeback...
That makes at least two ways Rey’s already personal project has evolved to more closely mirror her own life, and while any additional hurdle in the uphill path of an indie filmmaker can jeopardize the whole endeavor, this one survived that much more relevant. The movie marks a comeback...
- 8/6/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Helping you stay sane while staying safe… featuring Leonard Maltin, Dave Anthony, Miguel Arteta, John Landis, and Blaire Bercy from the Hollywood Food Coalition.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Plague (1979)
Target Earth (1954)
The Left Hand of God (1955)
A Lost Lady (1934)
Enough Said (2013)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Down to Earth (2001)
Down To Earth (1947)
The Commitments (1991)
Once (2007)
Election (1999)
About Schmidt (2002)
Sideways (2004)
Nebraska (2013)
The Man in the Moon (1991)
The 39 Steps (1935)
Casablanca (1942)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Night Walker (1964)
Chuck and Buck (2000)
Cedar Rapids (2011)
Beatriz at Dinner (2017)
Duck Butter (2018)
The Good Girl (2002)
The Big Heat (1953)
Human Desire (1954)
Slightly French (1949)
Week-End with Father (1951)
Experiment In Terror (1962)
They Shoot Horses Don’t They? (1969)
Ray’s Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987)
Airport (1970)
Earthquake (1974)
Drive a Crooked Road (1954)
Pushover (1954)
Waves (2019)
Krisha (2015)
The Oblong Box (1969)
80,000 Suspects (1963)
Panic In The Streets (1950)
It Comes At Night (2017)
Children of Men (2006)
The Road (2009)
You Were Never Really Here...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Plague (1979)
Target Earth (1954)
The Left Hand of God (1955)
A Lost Lady (1934)
Enough Said (2013)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Down to Earth (2001)
Down To Earth (1947)
The Commitments (1991)
Once (2007)
Election (1999)
About Schmidt (2002)
Sideways (2004)
Nebraska (2013)
The Man in the Moon (1991)
The 39 Steps (1935)
Casablanca (1942)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Night Walker (1964)
Chuck and Buck (2000)
Cedar Rapids (2011)
Beatriz at Dinner (2017)
Duck Butter (2018)
The Good Girl (2002)
The Big Heat (1953)
Human Desire (1954)
Slightly French (1949)
Week-End with Father (1951)
Experiment In Terror (1962)
They Shoot Horses Don’t They? (1969)
Ray’s Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987)
Airport (1970)
Earthquake (1974)
Drive a Crooked Road (1954)
Pushover (1954)
Waves (2019)
Krisha (2015)
The Oblong Box (1969)
80,000 Suspects (1963)
Panic In The Streets (1950)
It Comes At Night (2017)
Children of Men (2006)
The Road (2009)
You Were Never Really Here...
- 5/1/2020
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
The WGA East and FilmNation Entertainment will launch a new program next year to develop diverse and emerging screenwriters in the greater New York City area. The New York Screenwriters Workshop will provide writers with access to mentorship, meetings, and projects to further their careers. Founded in 2008, FilmNation Entertainment is a New York-based producer, financier and distributor of independent films and television shows.
The intensive, six-month program, which was initiated by FilmNation Diversity Committee members Alison Cohen, Elizabeth Siegal, and Lucy Licht, will provide up to eight writers with screenwriting and industry executive mentors while completing their feature-length screenplays during the program, which runs March through August 2020.
The Workshop will culminate with table reads of their works and a dinner with leaders of the New York film industry. Up to 100 applications will be accepted to the program by either a lottery for early career writers or a referral of writers by partner organizations.
The intensive, six-month program, which was initiated by FilmNation Diversity Committee members Alison Cohen, Elizabeth Siegal, and Lucy Licht, will provide up to eight writers with screenwriting and industry executive mentors while completing their feature-length screenplays during the program, which runs March through August 2020.
The Workshop will culminate with table reads of their works and a dinner with leaders of the New York film industry. Up to 100 applications will be accepted to the program by either a lottery for early career writers or a referral of writers by partner organizations.
- 10/28/2019
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Mentors include Alexander Dinelaris (Birdman) Douglas McGrath (Bullets Over Broadway), Jim Taylor (Sideways).
The Writers Guild of America, East, and FilmNation Entertainment have announced a six-month workshop launching in 2020 that focuses on professional development for diverse, emerging screenwriters in the greater New York City area.
The New York Screenwriters Workshop will provide eight writers with access to mentorship, meetings and projects aimed to bolster career sustainability, while the writer completes a feature-length screenplay during the run of the programme – March through August 2020.
Final Draft is serving as the exclusive sponsor of the 2020 workshop and will provide participants with software and other resources.
The Writers Guild of America, East, and FilmNation Entertainment have announced a six-month workshop launching in 2020 that focuses on professional development for diverse, emerging screenwriters in the greater New York City area.
The New York Screenwriters Workshop will provide eight writers with access to mentorship, meetings and projects aimed to bolster career sustainability, while the writer completes a feature-length screenplay during the run of the programme – March through August 2020.
Final Draft is serving as the exclusive sponsor of the 2020 workshop and will provide participants with software and other resources.
- 10/28/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Broadway’s Kathleen Marshall has signed on as director and choreographer for the in-development Sideways: The Musical, a stage adaptation of the novel previously adapted for the 2004 Alexander Payne film.
Marshall, a three-time Tony Award winner for her choreography and four-time nominee for directing, will collaborate on the development of the Broadway-hopeful Sideways with composer Anthony Leigh Adams as well as Rex Pickett, who wrote the original novel and is writing the musical’s libretto.
According to producers, the musical is being “fast-tracked” for a Spring/Summer 2020 regional staging before moving on to Broadway.
Pickett announced in May that he’d formed a joint venture with Efg-Renascence Productions to develop the musical.
The novelist has said he wants the musical to explore elements of...
Marshall, a three-time Tony Award winner for her choreography and four-time nominee for directing, will collaborate on the development of the Broadway-hopeful Sideways with composer Anthony Leigh Adams as well as Rex Pickett, who wrote the original novel and is writing the musical’s libretto.
According to producers, the musical is being “fast-tracked” for a Spring/Summer 2020 regional staging before moving on to Broadway.
Pickett announced in May that he’d formed a joint venture with Efg-Renascence Productions to develop the musical.
The novelist has said he wants the musical to explore elements of...
- 10/7/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Tony-winning choreographer Kathleen Marshall is set to direct and choreograph Sideways: The Musical on Broadway.
She joins author Rex Pickett, who wrote the novel on which Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor's Oscar-winning screenplay for the 2004 hit film adaptation was based, and composer Anthony Leigh Adams in developing the Broadway stage production.
Marshall, brother of Hollywood director Rob Marshall, has earned three Tony Awards for her choreography work on Wonderful Town, The Pyjama Game and Anything Goes.
Pickett formed a joint venture with Efg-Renascence Productions to develop a musical based on the film and set about to deliberately find a ...
She joins author Rex Pickett, who wrote the novel on which Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor's Oscar-winning screenplay for the 2004 hit film adaptation was based, and composer Anthony Leigh Adams in developing the Broadway stage production.
Marshall, brother of Hollywood director Rob Marshall, has earned three Tony Awards for her choreography work on Wonderful Town, The Pyjama Game and Anything Goes.
Pickett formed a joint venture with Efg-Renascence Productions to develop a musical based on the film and set about to deliberately find a ...
- 10/7/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Tony-winning choreographer Kathleen Marshall is set to direct and choreograph Sideways: The Musical on Broadway.
She joins author Rex Pickett, who wrote the novel on which Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor's Oscar-winning screenplay for the 2004 hit film adaptation was based, and composer Anthony Leigh Adams in developing the Broadway stage production.
Marshall, brother of Hollywood director Rob Marshall, has earned three Tony Awards for her choreography work on Wonderful Town, The Pyjama Game and Anything Goes.
Pickett formed a joint venture with Efg-Renascence Productions to develop a musical based on the film and set about to deliberately find a ...
She joins author Rex Pickett, who wrote the novel on which Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor's Oscar-winning screenplay for the 2004 hit film adaptation was based, and composer Anthony Leigh Adams in developing the Broadway stage production.
Marshall, brother of Hollywood director Rob Marshall, has earned three Tony Awards for her choreography work on Wonderful Town, The Pyjama Game and Anything Goes.
Pickett formed a joint venture with Efg-Renascence Productions to develop a musical based on the film and set about to deliberately find a ...
- 10/7/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MaltinFest is taking place this weekend at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood and we have details on a special screening of Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla. Taking place this Sunday at 8:30pm, the screening is an ultra-rare 35mm print that was donated to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by Bela Lugosi Jr. Here's what Leonard Maltin had to say about the under-seen film:
"Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla is one-of-a-kind… a patently terrible movie that I find utterly fascinating. It features the great Lugosi playing a mad scientist opposite a nightclub duo named Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo, who were the poor man’s Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis—at a time when Martin and Lewis were the hottest act in show business! It was directed by B-movie specialist William Beaudine and features Charles Gemora in his world-famous gorilla suit. It will only cost...
"Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla is one-of-a-kind… a patently terrible movie that I find utterly fascinating. It features the great Lugosi playing a mad scientist opposite a nightclub duo named Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo, who were the poor man’s Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis—at a time when Martin and Lewis were the hottest act in show business! It was directed by B-movie specialist William Beaudine and features Charles Gemora in his world-famous gorilla suit. It will only cost...
- 5/10/2019
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
With so many incredible films released worldwide each year, it's difficult to keep track of them over time. Leonard Maltin's Maltinfest aims to shine a light on some of those films, or as he puts it, "the films that got away." Some of the films in the lineup include Tim Burton's Big Eyes, Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla, The Death of Superman Lives, and more, and Joe Dante and Josh Olson will also be on hand to record an episode of The Movies That Made Me podcast, with Maltin as their special guest.
"World-renowned film critic and historian Leonard Maltin has spent over 50 years writing about and championing movies. Now he wants to showcase some of “the films that got away.”
Every year, good films are made and released but somehow fly under the radar, never finding the recognition they deserve. Alice, Leonard and Jessie Maltin created...
"World-renowned film critic and historian Leonard Maltin has spent over 50 years writing about and championing movies. Now he wants to showcase some of “the films that got away.”
Every year, good films are made and released but somehow fly under the radar, never finding the recognition they deserve. Alice, Leonard and Jessie Maltin created...
- 5/2/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Merlot will most definitely not be consumed, but plenty of other California reds look to factor into a stage musical being cultivated from Alexander Payne's hit movie Sideways, which is aiming for Broadway.
Rex Pickett, who wrote the novel on which the Oscar-winning screenplay by Payne and Jim Taylor was based, has formed a joint venture with Efg-Renascence Productions to develop a musical based on the film, with plans to extend the intellectual property across multiple media platforms and brands.
The deal was announced Thursday by Efg-Renascence founder Solomon J. LeFlore and his partner, Susan Gee.
Released in 2004 ...
Rex Pickett, who wrote the novel on which the Oscar-winning screenplay by Payne and Jim Taylor was based, has formed a joint venture with Efg-Renascence Productions to develop a musical based on the film, with plans to extend the intellectual property across multiple media platforms and brands.
The deal was announced Thursday by Efg-Renascence founder Solomon J. LeFlore and his partner, Susan Gee.
Released in 2004 ...
Merlot will most definitely not be consumed, but plenty of other California reds look to factor into a stage musical being cultivated from Alexander Payne's hit movie Sideways, which is aiming for Broadway.
Rex Pickett, who wrote the novel on which the Oscar-winning screenplay by Payne and Jim Taylor was based, has formed a joint venture with Efg-Renascence Productions to develop a musical based on the film, with plans to extend the intellectual property across multiple media platforms and brands.
The deal was announced Thursday by Efg-Renascence founder Solomon J. LeFlore and his partner, Susan Gee.
Released in 2004 ...
Rex Pickett, who wrote the novel on which the Oscar-winning screenplay by Payne and Jim Taylor was based, has formed a joint venture with Efg-Renascence Productions to develop a musical based on the film, with plans to extend the intellectual property across multiple media platforms and brands.
The deal was announced Thursday by Efg-Renascence founder Solomon J. LeFlore and his partner, Susan Gee.
Released in 2004 ...
Exclusive: Focus Features and Green Book producer Jim Burke are teaming up to produce music biopic Dreamin’ Wild, which will be written and directed by Bill Pohlad (Love & Mercy).
Based on a long-read article by Steven Kurutz in mini-magazine True Story, the blue-chip movie prospect will follow the real-life story of musical duo Donnie and Joe Emerson, whose family leveraged their farm in the 1970s in order to produce the brothers’ record, Dreamin’ Wild. The album, an eclectic mix of rock, soul, R&B, country and funk, went on to be wildly unknown until it was rediscovered nearly thirty years after the release, igniting an unexpected music career for the Emerson brothers.
Focus will develop and produce alongside former Focus production president Burke under his Innisfree Pictures banner. Steven Snyder will oversee production for Innisfree and Josh McLaughlin will oversee for Focus. Cast has yet to be set.
12 Years A Slave,...
Based on a long-read article by Steven Kurutz in mini-magazine True Story, the blue-chip movie prospect will follow the real-life story of musical duo Donnie and Joe Emerson, whose family leveraged their farm in the 1970s in order to produce the brothers’ record, Dreamin’ Wild. The album, an eclectic mix of rock, soul, R&B, country and funk, went on to be wildly unknown until it was rediscovered nearly thirty years after the release, igniting an unexpected music career for the Emerson brothers.
Focus will develop and produce alongside former Focus production president Burke under his Innisfree Pictures banner. Steven Snyder will oversee production for Innisfree and Josh McLaughlin will oversee for Focus. Cast has yet to be set.
12 Years A Slave,...
- 4/24/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Literary agent David Lubliner has left Wme and joined UTA, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
A source also tells THR that Lubliner is bringing with him the following clients: About a Boy co-writers and brothers Chris and Paul Weitz, Beatriz at Dinner director Miguel Arteta, Detective Pikachu director/co-writer Rob Letterman and Juliet, Naked co-writer Jim Taylor, among others.
Lubliner's departure from Wme was expected, as he is among a handful of agents in talks for possible moves in the new year.
It's been a jam-packed week for UTA, which in the past three days has signed Queen Latifah and former Republican presidential candidate ...
A source also tells THR that Lubliner is bringing with him the following clients: About a Boy co-writers and brothers Chris and Paul Weitz, Beatriz at Dinner director Miguel Arteta, Detective Pikachu director/co-writer Rob Letterman and Juliet, Naked co-writer Jim Taylor, among others.
Lubliner's departure from Wme was expected, as he is among a handful of agents in talks for possible moves in the new year.
It's been a jam-packed week for UTA, which in the past three days has signed Queen Latifah and former Republican presidential candidate ...
- 1/17/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Literary agent David Lubliner has left Wme and joined UTA, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
A source also tells THR that Lubliner is bringing with him the following clients: About a Boy co-writers and brothers Chris and Paul Weitz, Beatriz at Dinner director Miguel Arteta, Detective Pikachu director/co-writer Rob Letterman and Juliet, Naked co-writer Jim Taylor, among others.
Lubliner's departure from Wme was expected, as he is among a handful of agents in talks for possible moves in the new year.
It's been a jam-packed week for UTA, which in the past three days has signed Queen Latifah and former Republican presidential candidate ...
A source also tells THR that Lubliner is bringing with him the following clients: About a Boy co-writers and brothers Chris and Paul Weitz, Beatriz at Dinner director Miguel Arteta, Detective Pikachu director/co-writer Rob Letterman and Juliet, Naked co-writer Jim Taylor, among others.
Lubliner's departure from Wme was expected, as he is among a handful of agents in talks for possible moves in the new year.
It's been a jam-packed week for UTA, which in the past three days has signed Queen Latifah and former Republican presidential candidate ...
- 1/17/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
On Dec. 13, 2002, New Line unveiled Alexander Payne's drama About Schmidt in limited release. The film went on to earn two nominations at the 75th Academy Awards, for Jack Nicholson (best actor) and Kathy Bates (best supporting actress). The Hollywood Reporter's original review is below.
The hints of satiric brilliance director Alexander Payne and his writing partner Jim Taylor exhibited in Election and, before that, Citizen Ruth, have ripened into the blisteringly funny and equally moving About Schmidt.
While the film, an acutely observed tragicomedy navigating the uncharted boundaries of human behavior, is quite remarkable on its own considerable merits,...
The hints of satiric brilliance director Alexander Payne and his writing partner Jim Taylor exhibited in Election and, before that, Citizen Ruth, have ripened into the blisteringly funny and equally moving About Schmidt.
While the film, an acutely observed tragicomedy navigating the uncharted boundaries of human behavior, is quite remarkable on its own considerable merits,...
- 12/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On Dec. 13, 2002, New Line unveiled Alexander Payne's drama About Schmidt in limited release. The film went on to earn two nominations at the 75th Academy Awards, for Jack Nicholson (best actor) and Kathy Bates (best supporting actress). The Hollywood Reporter's original review is below.
The hints of satiric brilliance director Alexander Payne and his writing partner Jim Taylor exhibited in Election and, before that, Citizen Ruth, have ripened into the blisteringly funny and equally moving About Schmidt.
While the film, an acutely observed tragicomedy navigating the uncharted boundaries of human behavior, is quite remarkable on its own considerable merits,...
The hints of satiric brilliance director Alexander Payne and his writing partner Jim Taylor exhibited in Election and, before that, Citizen Ruth, have ripened into the blisteringly funny and equally moving About Schmidt.
While the film, an acutely observed tragicomedy navigating the uncharted boundaries of human behavior, is quite remarkable on its own considerable merits,...
- 12/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs actor Tim Blake Nelson first received the script for the Coen brothers-directed project back in 2002. Private Life director Tamara Jenkins revealed she wasn’t sure she wanted to broach the topic of infertility before embarking on Private Life. And Maggie Gyllenhaal said she needed to own the role of an educator obsessed with her student’s genius in The Kindergarten Teacher.
The trio of films represented the contingent of Netflix films taking the spotlight Saturday at The Contenders NY, the biggest company grouping of the all-day event.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs from Joel and Ethan Coen had a long gestation. The filmmaking duo completed a number of other projects before turning back to Scruggs with Tim Blake Nelson in the saddle as Buster. “I like to say Buster Scruggs is a great friend, but you wouldn’t want him as an enemy,” said Nelson.
The trio of films represented the contingent of Netflix films taking the spotlight Saturday at The Contenders NY, the biggest company grouping of the all-day event.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs from Joel and Ethan Coen had a long gestation. The filmmaking duo completed a number of other projects before turning back to Scruggs with Tim Blake Nelson in the saddle as Buster. “I like to say Buster Scruggs is a great friend, but you wouldn’t want him as an enemy,” said Nelson.
- 12/2/2018
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
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