Robin Wright and Demian Bichir on making ‘Land’: ‘We need each other to get through difficult times’
If you end up shooting a movie in the wilds of Canada, it’s always good to have a bear whisperer on set. Robin Wright, who stars and makes her feature directorial debut with the intimate drama “Land,” had such an expert on location 24/7. “We had our set bear,” she recalled during a recent Variety Zoom conversation with the publication’s Jenelle Riley and Wright’s co-star Demian Bichir.
“He showed up every day. He got a hamburger on the craft service table and he decided to come back to McDonald’s drive-through every day. When we would wrap, we would go to our trailers and he would come with us. We would barbecue our food and then he was like ‘Hey, when you are all done, give me a call. I’ll come over and I’m going to lock you and producer [Allyn Stewart] into your trailers because...
“He showed up every day. He got a hamburger on the craft service table and he decided to come back to McDonald’s drive-through every day. When we would wrap, we would go to our trailers and he would come with us. We would barbecue our food and then he was like ‘Hey, when you are all done, give me a call. I’ll come over and I’m going to lock you and producer [Allyn Stewart] into your trailers because...
- 3/14/2021
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Ten years ago, actresses struggled to find substantial leading parts. Today, they’re increasingly creating their own. “Land” doesn’t just give Robin Wright an enormous canvas on which to prove herself behind the camera, it also offers us another chance to admire her work in front of it.
In her feature directorial debut, Wright plays Edee Holzer, a woman clearly shattered from some overwhelmingly enormous tragedy. As the film begins, she is already leaving her former life behind by purchasing an isolated cabin on a Wyoming mountain, tossing her cell phone in the trash and having her truck towed away as soon as she arrives.
These choices are so irrational that one might assume she’s chosen a spot to conclude her pain. But she’s also brought the sorts of books and camping supplies a city dweller might use to try and survive the unknown. The mountain, of course,...
In her feature directorial debut, Wright plays Edee Holzer, a woman clearly shattered from some overwhelmingly enormous tragedy. As the film begins, she is already leaving her former life behind by purchasing an isolated cabin on a Wyoming mountain, tossing her cell phone in the trash and having her truck towed away as soon as she arrives.
These choices are so irrational that one might assume she’s chosen a spot to conclude her pain. But she’s also brought the sorts of books and camping supplies a city dweller might use to try and survive the unknown. The mountain, of course,...
- 3/5/2021
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
The awards season’s narrative has been the “year of the women,” as female filmmakers, screenwriters and artisans have been making strong cases for nominations at the Oscars in categories like best picture and director. The Writers Guild of America Awards, however, might have missed the memo, only nominating four women over two films: Emerald Fennell for “Promising Young Woman” and Jena Friedman, Erica Rivinoja and Nina Pedrad, three co-writers from “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.”
In the three categories for original, adapted and documentary feature, 31 total screenwriters were nominated, four of which are women, and three come from the same feature film.
Many high-profile contenders were not eligible for recognition, including “Nomadland” (Chloé Zhao) and “Pieces of a Woman” (Kata Wéber), along with independent darlings like “The Assistant” (Kitty Green), “Farewell Amor” (Ekwa Msangi) and “Herself” (Clare Dunne). Despite this fact, there were still many to choose from.
Nina Pedrad, sister...
In the three categories for original, adapted and documentary feature, 31 total screenwriters were nominated, four of which are women, and three come from the same feature film.
Many high-profile contenders were not eligible for recognition, including “Nomadland” (Chloé Zhao) and “Pieces of a Woman” (Kata Wéber), along with independent darlings like “The Assistant” (Kitty Green), “Farewell Amor” (Ekwa Msangi) and “Herself” (Clare Dunne). Despite this fact, there were still many to choose from.
Nina Pedrad, sister...
- 2/16/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on Wbgr-fm on February 11th, 2021, reviewing the new film “Land,” in theaters beginning February 12th, 2021.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
“Land” is the director debut of Robin Wright, who is also featured as Edee, a Chicago woman who is shown without direction in her life. The scene shifts to Wyoming, where Edee has purchased a remote cabin in the wilderness, and she is determined to cut herself off from her past and the world. After a tumultuous couple of months, she is found in the cabin near death by Miguel (Demián Bichir), who nurses her back to health and teaches her some survival techniques. Although Edee desires to keep her promise to stay away from the world, Miguel occasionally checks in, until one day he’s gone for an extended period.
“Land” is in theaters beginning February 12th. Featuring Robin Wright and Demián Bichir.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
“Land” is the director debut of Robin Wright, who is also featured as Edee, a Chicago woman who is shown without direction in her life. The scene shifts to Wyoming, where Edee has purchased a remote cabin in the wilderness, and she is determined to cut herself off from her past and the world. After a tumultuous couple of months, she is found in the cabin near death by Miguel (Demián Bichir), who nurses her back to health and teaches her some survival techniques. Although Edee desires to keep her promise to stay away from the world, Miguel occasionally checks in, until one day he’s gone for an extended period.
“Land” is in theaters beginning February 12th. Featuring Robin Wright and Demián Bichir.
- 2/14/2021
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
“My plan was to die before the money ran out” has become the anthem and tagline of the Sony Pictures Classics’ French Exit starring Michelle Pfeiffer as a 60-year-old penniless Manhattan socialite – a role that has been earning her plenty of awards season buzz.
Opening in theaters today before expanding nationwide April 2, French Exit is directed by Azazel Jacobs and written by Patrick deWitt, who wrote the bestselling novel on which the movie is based. In it, Pfeiffer plays Frances Price whose life hasn’t gone exactly as planned after her dead husband’s (Tracy Letts) inheritance is gone. She cashes in the last of her possessions and decides to live out her twilight days anonymously in a borrowed apartment in Paris with her directionless son Malcolm (Lucas Hedges) and a cat named Small Frank — who may or may not embody the spirit of her husband.
French Exit made its...
Opening in theaters today before expanding nationwide April 2, French Exit is directed by Azazel Jacobs and written by Patrick deWitt, who wrote the bestselling novel on which the movie is based. In it, Pfeiffer plays Frances Price whose life hasn’t gone exactly as planned after her dead husband’s (Tracy Letts) inheritance is gone. She cashes in the last of her possessions and decides to live out her twilight days anonymously in a borrowed apartment in Paris with her directionless son Malcolm (Lucas Hedges) and a cat named Small Frank — who may or may not embody the spirit of her husband.
French Exit made its...
- 2/12/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Sentimental Divide: Wright Weds Wilderness in Compassionate Debut on Grief
“Things do not change; we change,” is one of many eloquent statements from Thoreau’s eternal Walden: or, Life in the Woods (1854). It’s a particular phrase from a text frequently recalled in Land, the directorial debut of Robin Wright, who with her scribes Jesse Chatham and Eric Dignam, has crafted a stellar character portrait for herself in this subtle but mood driven study on grief and reconnecting to humanity through the salve of the environment. In essence, Wright plays a woman who retreats into the wilderness, perhaps to die but most assuredly to be alone as she resigns herself “to the influence of the earth,” so to speak.…...
“Things do not change; we change,” is one of many eloquent statements from Thoreau’s eternal Walden: or, Life in the Woods (1854). It’s a particular phrase from a text frequently recalled in Land, the directorial debut of Robin Wright, who with her scribes Jesse Chatham and Eric Dignam, has crafted a stellar character portrait for herself in this subtle but mood driven study on grief and reconnecting to humanity through the salve of the environment. In essence, Wright plays a woman who retreats into the wilderness, perhaps to die but most assuredly to be alone as she resigns herself “to the influence of the earth,” so to speak.…...
- 2/10/2021
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Robin Wright does double duty in the drama “Land”: Not only does she star in the film as Edee Holzer, a woman who takes refuge in the harsh wilderness after a family tragedy, she also makes her feature directorial debut.
But as Wright told TheWrap editor in chief Sharon Waxman during an interview at the Sundance Film Festival where it premiered, she didn’t intend to act in her own film, but stepped up to play Edee when scheduling made it difficult to find someone else.
“Not in any shape or form, that was never the intention,” Wright said. “We just we got down to a scheduling issue and a time crunch where we had to shoot this movie in this window of time and we only had 29 days to shoot it and we just couldn’t take the risk trying to hopefully get somebody in that window of time.
But as Wright told TheWrap editor in chief Sharon Waxman during an interview at the Sundance Film Festival where it premiered, she didn’t intend to act in her own film, but stepped up to play Edee when scheduling made it difficult to find someone else.
“Not in any shape or form, that was never the intention,” Wright said. “We just we got down to a scheduling issue and a time crunch where we had to shoot this movie in this window of time and we only had 29 days to shoot it and we just couldn’t take the risk trying to hopefully get somebody in that window of time.
- 2/2/2021
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
There is a scene about halfway through Land, directed and starring Robin Wright, in which Miguel (Demián Bichir) reveals a tragedy in his past. Edee (Wright), also grieving, reacts silently and subtlety, though we see so much happening on her face. Nothing said, only felt. It is, truly, a perfect moment captured on film. The kind of thing one will not easily forget. Often actors who step behind the camera will admit that they focused less on their own on-screen performances while directing, sometimes to the detriment of the picture they were making. This cannot be the case here, as Wright the filmmaker wrings out one of Wright the actor’s career-best performances.
Working off a script from Jesse Chatham and Erin Dignam, the director tells the story of Edee, a woman determined to escape people altogether. Naively, she stows away in a cabin in the Wyoming wilderness. She quickly...
Working off a script from Jesse Chatham and Erin Dignam, the director tells the story of Edee, a woman determined to escape people altogether. Naively, she stows away in a cabin in the Wyoming wilderness. She quickly...
- 2/1/2021
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Robin Wright spends most of “Land” alone, but that’s not how her character Edee sees it. Newly widowed and raw with sorrow for reasons left (mostly) unsaid, Edee abandons nearly everything about her old life and buys a cabin on the side of a mountain in Wyoming — barely a shack, really, with no running water or electricity, surrounded by wilderness. Isolation serves a specific purpose for Edee, one that Wright, in a directorial debut so pure and simple it speaks to enormous self-confidence, has better instincts than to reveal outright.
It takes maturity to make a film like “Land,” a human mystery that trusts audiences to supply their own answers. So often, first-time helmers feel tempted to use their movies as show-offy sizzle reels for all they can do, getting in the way of the material. When actors transition, it can be even more self-indulgent, as frustrated performers try...
It takes maturity to make a film like “Land,” a human mystery that trusts audiences to supply their own answers. So often, first-time helmers feel tempted to use their movies as show-offy sizzle reels for all they can do, getting in the way of the material. When actors transition, it can be even more self-indulgent, as frustrated performers try...
- 2/1/2021
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Early in Robin Wright’s “Land,” as her Edie (Wright) trucks out to middle-of-nowhere Wyoming, a brief flash of fear passes over the filmmaker and star’s face. For a moment, it seems, even Edie is terrified at the desolation of the world around her, of the terrible isolation she has prescribed for herself. It doesn’t go any further than that, just one small look, but it hints at a more honest film buried underneath a too-familiar grief drama. While Wright, making her feature directorial debut with tough material, exhibits an appealing unfussiness,
Wright, working off a slim screenplay from Jesse Chatham and Erin Dignam — the film is Chatham’s first credit, but Dignam previously directed Wright in early ’90s offerings “Loved” and “Denial” — doesn’t waste much time offering up her broken Edie. The film opens with a pair of scenes that showcase just how far gone she is,...
Wright, working off a slim screenplay from Jesse Chatham and Erin Dignam — the film is Chatham’s first credit, but Dignam previously directed Wright in early ’90s offerings “Loved” and “Denial” — doesn’t waste much time offering up her broken Edie. The film opens with a pair of scenes that showcase just how far gone she is,...
- 2/1/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
When you have to shoot a film in 29 days, across four seasons, and with the occasional surprise blizzard at 8,000 feet, it’s easier to do it yourself. Robin Wright reached that conclusion with her directorial debut, “Land,” in which she originally had no intention to star. It turned out that the list of actresses who could carry the film, secure the financing, skin game, and make themselves available across many months dwindled to a list of one: Her.
“It was gutsy,” said producer Allyn Stewart (“Sully”). “It wasn’t playing that romantic comedy. It was a taxing, intense, character.”
Wright, of course, is familiar with intense characters after six seasons as the formidable Claire Underwood in “House of Cards.” She also directed herself in 10 of those episodes. “I wasn’t looking to get some sleep, evidently,” she said. “It was so much fun to direct that show, learning while I was doing it.
“It was gutsy,” said producer Allyn Stewart (“Sully”). “It wasn’t playing that romantic comedy. It was a taxing, intense, character.”
Wright, of course, is familiar with intense characters after six seasons as the formidable Claire Underwood in “House of Cards.” She also directed herself in 10 of those episodes. “I wasn’t looking to get some sleep, evidently,” she said. “It was so much fun to direct that show, learning while I was doing it.
- 1/29/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
When you have to shoot a film in 29 days, across four seasons, and with the occasional surprise blizzard at 8,000 feet, it’s easier to do it yourself. Robin Wright reached that conclusion with her directorial debut, “Land,” in which she originally had no intention to star. It turned out that the list of actresses who could carry the film, secure the financing, skin game, and make themselves available across many months dwindled to a list of one: Her.
“It was gutsy,” said producer Allyn Stewart (“Sully”). “It wasn’t playing that romantic comedy. It was a taxing, intense, character.”
Wright, of course, is familiar with intense characters after six seasons as the formidable Claire Underwood in “House of Cards.” She also directed herself in 10 of those episodes. “I wasn’t looking to get some sleep, evidently,” she said. “It was so much fun to direct that show, learning while I was doing it.
“It was gutsy,” said producer Allyn Stewart (“Sully”). “It wasn’t playing that romantic comedy. It was a taxing, intense, character.”
Wright, of course, is familiar with intense characters after six seasons as the formidable Claire Underwood in “House of Cards.” She also directed herself in 10 of those episodes. “I wasn’t looking to get some sleep, evidently,” she said. “It was so much fun to direct that show, learning while I was doing it.
- 1/29/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Land Trailer — Robin Wright‘s Land (2021) movie trailer has been released by Focus Features and stars Robin Wright, Demian Bichir, Kim Dickens, Warren Christie, Travis Gordon Phillips, Travis Willier, Jordan Gooden, Sarah Dawn Pledge, Vattanak Khun, Jill Maria Robinson, Laura Yenga, Barb Mitchell, Finlay Wojtak-Hissong, and Brad Leland. Crew Jesse Chatham and [...]
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- 12/23/2020
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
From acclaimed actress Robin Wright comes her directorial debut Land, the poignant story of one woman’s search for meaning in the vast and harsh American wilderness. Edee (Wright), in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she once knew and in the face of that uncertainty, retreats to the magnificent, but unforgiving, wilds of the Rockies. After a local hunter (Demián Bichir) brings her back from the brink of death, she must find a way to live again.
Wright directs and stars in the film written by Jesse Chatham and Erin Digman. Co-starring with Wright is Oscar and Alma nominee Demián Bichir. Also, joining these two talented actors in the cast is Kim Dickens.
About The Film Genre: Drama Director: Robin Wright Screenplay: Jesse Chatham and Erin Dignam Producers: Allyn Stewart, Lora Kennedy, Leah Holzer, Peter Saraf Cast: Robin Wright, Demián Bichir,...
Wright directs and stars in the film written by Jesse Chatham and Erin Digman. Co-starring with Wright is Oscar and Alma nominee Demián Bichir. Also, joining these two talented actors in the cast is Kim Dickens.
About The Film Genre: Drama Director: Robin Wright Screenplay: Jesse Chatham and Erin Dignam Producers: Allyn Stewart, Lora Kennedy, Leah Holzer, Peter Saraf Cast: Robin Wright, Demián Bichir,...
- 12/22/2020
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Robin Wright goes off the grid in the first trailer for “Land” from Focus Features, which also marks her directorial debut.
The film centers on Edee (Wright), a cosmopolitan lawyer who retreats to the wilderness after she faces a loss in life. “Land” also stars Demián Bichir and Kim Dickens.
“Land” will have its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 31 before a wider release on Feb. 12, 2021.
The synopsis is as follows: “In the aftermath of an unfathomable event, Edee finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she once knew and in the face of that uncertainty, retreats to the magnificent, but unforgiving, wilds of the Rockies. After a local hunter (Demián Bichir) brings her back from the brink of death, she must find a way to live again.”
The film is based on the original screenplay by Jesse Chatham and Golden Globe nominee Liz Hannah...
The film centers on Edee (Wright), a cosmopolitan lawyer who retreats to the wilderness after she faces a loss in life. “Land” also stars Demián Bichir and Kim Dickens.
“Land” will have its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 31 before a wider release on Feb. 12, 2021.
The synopsis is as follows: “In the aftermath of an unfathomable event, Edee finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she once knew and in the face of that uncertainty, retreats to the magnificent, but unforgiving, wilds of the Rockies. After a local hunter (Demián Bichir) brings her back from the brink of death, she must find a way to live again.”
The film is based on the original screenplay by Jesse Chatham and Golden Globe nominee Liz Hannah...
- 12/21/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Robin Wright’s directorial debut “Land” will debut in theaters next year.
The drama, which stars Wright and Demian Bichir, is set to release in the U.S. on Feb. 12, 2021.
“Land” centers on Wright’s character, who goes off the grid and retreats into the wilderness after suffering an unfathomable loss. When she crosses paths with a local hunter (Bichir), she begins to confront her demons.
Wright directed several “House of Cards” episodes, but “Land” represents her first time behind the camera on a feature film. She was named one of Variety’s 10 directors to watch in 2020.
Liz Hannah, best known for co-writing Steven Spielberg’s “The Post” and the Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron comedy “Long Shot,” wrote the screenplay with Jesse Chatham and Erin Dignam.
“Land” is produced by Allyn Stewart, Lora Kennedy, Leah Holzer, and Peter Saraf. Wright also executive produced the film alongside Big Beach’s Marc Turletaub,...
The drama, which stars Wright and Demian Bichir, is set to release in the U.S. on Feb. 12, 2021.
“Land” centers on Wright’s character, who goes off the grid and retreats into the wilderness after suffering an unfathomable loss. When she crosses paths with a local hunter (Bichir), she begins to confront her demons.
Wright directed several “House of Cards” episodes, but “Land” represents her first time behind the camera on a feature film. She was named one of Variety’s 10 directors to watch in 2020.
Liz Hannah, best known for co-writing Steven Spielberg’s “The Post” and the Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron comedy “Long Shot,” wrote the screenplay with Jesse Chatham and Erin Dignam.
“Land” is produced by Allyn Stewart, Lora Kennedy, Leah Holzer, and Peter Saraf. Wright also executive produced the film alongside Big Beach’s Marc Turletaub,...
- 12/14/2020
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Focus Features continues its steady rollout of movies into 2021 with the release of Robin Wright’s feature directorial debut drama Land on February 12, 2021, just in time for Oscar qualifications which have a cutoff date of February 28.
Land is scheduled on a weekend when the following movies are currently expected to open: 20th Century Studio’s The King’s Man and the Andy Garcia-Sharon Stone wide release What About Love.
The House of Cards Golden Globe-winning actress and episodic director stars in Land as Edee, who retreats to the wilds of the Rockies in the aftermath of an unfathomable event as she aims to stay connected to the world she once knew in the face of uncertainty. After a local hunter (Demián Bichir) brings her back from the brink of death, she must find a way to live again.
Wright directs from a screenplay by Jesse Chatham and Erin Digman.
Land is scheduled on a weekend when the following movies are currently expected to open: 20th Century Studio’s The King’s Man and the Andy Garcia-Sharon Stone wide release What About Love.
The House of Cards Golden Globe-winning actress and episodic director stars in Land as Edee, who retreats to the wilds of the Rockies in the aftermath of an unfathomable event as she aims to stay connected to the world she once knew in the face of uncertainty. After a local hunter (Demián Bichir) brings her back from the brink of death, she must find a way to live again.
Wright directs from a screenplay by Jesse Chatham and Erin Digman.
- 12/14/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Demián Bichir also star in drama about woman living off grid in aftermath of tragedy.
Focus Features has set a February 12, 2021, awards-qualifying US theatrical release for Robin Wright’s directorial debut Land.
Wright also stars in the drama about a woman who goes to live off the grid in the US wilderness in the aftermath of a tragic event.
When a local hunter (Demián Bichir) brings her back from the brink of death, she must find a way to live again. The cast includes Kim Dickens.
Wright directed Land from a screenplay by Jesse Chatham and Erin Digman.
Land is produced by Allyn Stewart,...
Focus Features has set a February 12, 2021, awards-qualifying US theatrical release for Robin Wright’s directorial debut Land.
Wright also stars in the drama about a woman who goes to live off the grid in the US wilderness in the aftermath of a tragic event.
When a local hunter (Demián Bichir) brings her back from the brink of death, she must find a way to live again. The cast includes Kim Dickens.
Wright directed Land from a screenplay by Jesse Chatham and Erin Digman.
Land is produced by Allyn Stewart,...
- 12/14/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
After getting the directing bug on the House of Cards for just under a dozen episodes, Robin Wright moved into the director’s chair for her debut feature film in October of 2019 in frozen Alberta. We figured that the Cannes or TIFF would have been ideal venues for this Focus Features project, but perhaps a world premiere could occur during Sundance. Starring herself, Demián Bichir and Kim Dickens in a supporting role, Land is a four seasons tragi-drama based on a screenplay by Jesse Chatham, Liz Hannah and Erin Dignam.
Gist: Edee Mathis (Wright), a lawyer consumed by grief who resolves to remove herself completely from life as she has known it and disappear.…...
Gist: Edee Mathis (Wright), a lawyer consumed by grief who resolves to remove herself completely from life as she has known it and disappear.…...
- 11/18/2020
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
John Sloss, Steve Farneth of Cinetic Media among executive producers.
Production is underway in Alberta, Canada, on Robin Wright’s feature directorial debut Land, which Focus Features will distribute in the Us and Universal Pictures International will handle in the rest of the world.
Kim Dickens has joined the cast, which includes Demián Bichir. Jesse Chatham wrote the screenplay with revisions by Erin Dignam about a grief-stricken lawyer played by Wright who goes off the grid.
Allyn Stewart, Lora Kennedy, and Big Beach’s Peter Saraf and Leah Holzer are producing. Wright serves as executive producer alongside John Sloss and...
Production is underway in Alberta, Canada, on Robin Wright’s feature directorial debut Land, which Focus Features will distribute in the Us and Universal Pictures International will handle in the rest of the world.
Kim Dickens has joined the cast, which includes Demián Bichir. Jesse Chatham wrote the screenplay with revisions by Erin Dignam about a grief-stricken lawyer played by Wright who goes off the grid.
Allyn Stewart, Lora Kennedy, and Big Beach’s Peter Saraf and Leah Holzer are producing. Wright serves as executive producer alongside John Sloss and...
- 10/18/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Robin Wright’s feature directorial debut “Land” will be distributed by Focus Features, an individual with knowledge told TheWrap.
Additionally, Demian Bichir has joined the cast. Wright will star as the lead, playing a cosmopolitan lawyer who retreats to the wilderness after she faces a loss in life. Kim Dickens will also star in a supporting role.
Shooting has begun in Alberta, Canada.
Also Read: Robin Wright to Star and Make Feature Directing Debut in Wilderness Drama 'Land'
The film is based on the original screenplay by Jesse Chatham and Golden Globe nominee Liz Hannah (“The Post”), with revisions by Erin Dignam.
“Land” was developed by Allyn Stewart together with acclaimed casting director Lora Kennedy and is financed by New York based production entity Big Beach. It is produced by Stewart, Kennedy, Big Beach co-founder and Academy Award nominee Peter Saraf and Leah Holzer (“A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood...
Additionally, Demian Bichir has joined the cast. Wright will star as the lead, playing a cosmopolitan lawyer who retreats to the wilderness after she faces a loss in life. Kim Dickens will also star in a supporting role.
Shooting has begun in Alberta, Canada.
Also Read: Robin Wright to Star and Make Feature Directing Debut in Wilderness Drama 'Land'
The film is based on the original screenplay by Jesse Chatham and Golden Globe nominee Liz Hannah (“The Post”), with revisions by Erin Dignam.
“Land” was developed by Allyn Stewart together with acclaimed casting director Lora Kennedy and is financed by New York based production entity Big Beach. It is produced by Stewart, Kennedy, Big Beach co-founder and Academy Award nominee Peter Saraf and Leah Holzer (“A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood...
- 10/18/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
“Land,” the feature directorial debut from actress and producer Robin Wright, has secured Focus Features as a domestic distributor and rounded out its cast.
Shooting is underway in Alberta, Canada, where Variety previously reported the production will capture all four seasons in exteriors. Big Beach is financing and producing with Flashlight Films. Wright will star in the lead role, as a cosmopolitan lawyer who retreats to the wilderness after an unspeakable loss. Demián Bichir will co-star alongside Wright, with “Gone Girl” and Wright’s former “House of Cards” co-star Kim Dickens in a supporting role.
“Robin has consistently laid bare the strength, soul and vulnerabilities of so many iconic characters over the years as an actress, and we can’t wait for audiences to experience when she draws on that deep well of empathy behind the camera as well,” Focus Features chairman Peter Kujawski tells Variety.
Universal Pictures International will...
Shooting is underway in Alberta, Canada, where Variety previously reported the production will capture all four seasons in exteriors. Big Beach is financing and producing with Flashlight Films. Wright will star in the lead role, as a cosmopolitan lawyer who retreats to the wilderness after an unspeakable loss. Demián Bichir will co-star alongside Wright, with “Gone Girl” and Wright’s former “House of Cards” co-star Kim Dickens in a supporting role.
“Robin has consistently laid bare the strength, soul and vulnerabilities of so many iconic characters over the years as an actress, and we can’t wait for audiences to experience when she draws on that deep well of empathy behind the camera as well,” Focus Features chairman Peter Kujawski tells Variety.
Universal Pictures International will...
- 10/18/2019
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Robin Wright on Her Feature-Directing Debut and ‘Flying the Nest’ After ‘House of Cards’ (Exclusive)
Robin Wright cut her directing teeth on “House of Cards,” which she describes as “an opportunity to have film school lessons on set each day.” But now, she tells Variety, “I’m flying the nest.”
The actress was looking for her first feature to helm since the final year of the landmark Netflix series. She will head into the wilderness for “Land,” a drama about life off the grid that she said caught her eye and her heart. Production starts this summer in British Columbia, where it will span all four seasons of the year.
Wright was won over by the screenplay from Jesse Chatham and Golden Globe nominee Liz Hannah, but was not supposed to be in front of the camera. “Acting in it wasn’t the initial plan,” she said. “It was due to other people not being available and the clock was ticking. We were losing time.
The actress was looking for her first feature to helm since the final year of the landmark Netflix series. She will head into the wilderness for “Land,” a drama about life off the grid that she said caught her eye and her heart. Production starts this summer in British Columbia, where it will span all four seasons of the year.
Wright was won over by the screenplay from Jesse Chatham and Golden Globe nominee Liz Hannah, but was not supposed to be in front of the camera. “Acting in it wasn’t the initial plan,” she said. “It was due to other people not being available and the clock was ticking. We were losing time.
- 5/15/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Robin Wright is set to make her directorial debut with the upcoming film Land, in which she will also star. The film is based on the original screenplay by Jesse Chatham and Golden Globe nominee Liz Hannah. Here’s a description of the film from Deadline:
Wright’s character is a cosmopolitan lawyer who takes herself off the grid almost entirely. With advice from online survivalists, she moves to the most unpopulated area in the U.S., living in a cabin in the Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming. All alone, she must learn to hunt, fish and grow her food as she faces brutal winters, a challenging landscape and local wildlife that could kill her at any moment. In crossing paths with Joseph, a First Nations local, Edee begins to confront her demons and surprises herself with her own will to survive.
This sounds like it will be a cool...
Wright’s character is a cosmopolitan lawyer who takes herself off the grid almost entirely. With advice from online survivalists, she moves to the most unpopulated area in the U.S., living in a cabin in the Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming. All alone, she must learn to hunt, fish and grow her food as she faces brutal winters, a challenging landscape and local wildlife that could kill her at any moment. In crossing paths with Joseph, a First Nations local, Edee begins to confront her demons and surprises herself with her own will to survive.
This sounds like it will be a cool...
- 5/5/2019
- by Jessica Fisher
- GeekTyrant
Big Beach financing survival drama.
Production is set to begin this summer in British Columbia, Canada, on Robin Wright’s feature directorial debut Land, which HanWay Films will introduce to buyers in Cannes next month.
Land is based on an original screenplay by Jesse Chatham and Golden Globe nominee Liz Hannah (The Post) and will star Wright as a grief-stricken lawyer who goes off the grid.
Taking advice from online survivalists, she inhabits a cabin in the remote Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming, where she must learn to hunt, fish and grow her food as she faces brutal winters, a...
Production is set to begin this summer in British Columbia, Canada, on Robin Wright’s feature directorial debut Land, which HanWay Films will introduce to buyers in Cannes next month.
Land is based on an original screenplay by Jesse Chatham and Golden Globe nominee Liz Hannah (The Post) and will star Wright as a grief-stricken lawyer who goes off the grid.
Taking advice from online survivalists, she inhabits a cabin in the remote Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming, where she must learn to hunt, fish and grow her food as she faces brutal winters, a...
- 4/30/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
After directing 10 episodes of Netflix’s hit series “House of Cards” — including the political show’s 2018 series finale — actress and director Robin Wright is moving into feature territory. Deadline reports that Wright will make her feature directorial debut with “Land,” which she will also star in as “a woman consumed by grief who resolves to remove herself completely from life as she has known it, and disappear.” The film’s script was written by “The Post” and “Long Shot” screenwriter and Golden Globe nominee Liz Hannah, along with newcomer Jesse Chatham.
Deadline reports that Wright will play Edee, “a cosmopolitan lawyer who takes herself off the grid almost entirely. With advice from online survivalists, she moves to the most unpopulated area in the U.S., living in a cabin in the Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming. All alone, she must learn to hunt, fish and grow her food as she faces brutal winters,...
Deadline reports that Wright will play Edee, “a cosmopolitan lawyer who takes herself off the grid almost entirely. With advice from online survivalists, she moves to the most unpopulated area in the U.S., living in a cabin in the Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming. All alone, she must learn to hunt, fish and grow her food as she faces brutal winters,...
- 4/30/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Robin Wright will make her feature film directorial debut with the wilderness drama “Land,” an indie from HanWay Films in which she will also star.
The “House of Cards” and “Wonder Woman” actress will play Edee Mathis, a cosmopolitan lawyer consumed by grief who resolves to remove herself completely from life as she has known it and disappear. With advice from online survivalists, she moves to the most unpopulated area in the U.S., a cabin in the Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming, and learns to hunt, fish and grow her food as she faces brutal winters, a challenging landscape and local wildlife that could kill her at any moment.
In crossing paths with Joseph, a First Nations local, Edee begins to confront her demons and surprises herself with her own will to survive.
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The film...
The “House of Cards” and “Wonder Woman” actress will play Edee Mathis, a cosmopolitan lawyer consumed by grief who resolves to remove herself completely from life as she has known it and disappear. With advice from online survivalists, she moves to the most unpopulated area in the U.S., a cabin in the Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming, and learns to hunt, fish and grow her food as she faces brutal winters, a challenging landscape and local wildlife that could kill her at any moment.
In crossing paths with Joseph, a First Nations local, Edee begins to confront her demons and surprises herself with her own will to survive.
Also Read: Highest-Paid TV Actresses 2018: Sofia Vergara Made 73 Percent More Than Kaley Cuoco
The film...
- 4/30/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Robin Wright will go off the grid in her feature film directorial debut, “Land.” She will also star in the movie, playing Edee Mathis, a woman consumed by grief who resolves to remove herself completely from life as she has known it.
Wright directed several installments of “House of Cards,” but this marks her first time behind the camera on a feature. HanWay Films has boarded international sales. It will kick off the sales effort at Cannes. Cinetic Media and CAA Media Finance will handle North American rights.
The film is based on the original screenplay by Jesse Chatham and Golden Globe nominee Liz Hannah (“The Post”). It will begin production this summer in Canada, in British Columbia.
Wright’s character, Mathis, is a cosmopolitan lawyer consumed by grief. With advice from online survivalists, she moves to the most unpopulated area in the U.S., living in a cabin in...
Wright directed several installments of “House of Cards,” but this marks her first time behind the camera on a feature. HanWay Films has boarded international sales. It will kick off the sales effort at Cannes. Cinetic Media and CAA Media Finance will handle North American rights.
The film is based on the original screenplay by Jesse Chatham and Golden Globe nominee Liz Hannah (“The Post”). It will begin production this summer in Canada, in British Columbia.
Wright’s character, Mathis, is a cosmopolitan lawyer consumed by grief. With advice from online survivalists, she moves to the most unpopulated area in the U.S., living in a cabin in...
- 4/30/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
House Of Cards star Robin Wright is to make her feature directorial debut on Land, in which she will also star as Edee Mathis, a woman consumed by grief who resolves to remove herself completely from life as she has known it, and disappear.
The film is based on the original screenplay by Jesse Chatham and Golden Globe nominee Liz Hannah (The Post) and is due to begin production this summer in British Columbia where it will cover the wild landscape over four seasons.
Wright’s character is a cosmopolitan lawyer who takes herself off the grid almost entirely. With advice from online survivalists, she moves to the most unpopulated area in the U.S., living in a cabin in the Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming. All alone, she must learn to hunt, fish and grow her food as she faces brutal winters, a challenging landscape and local wildlife that...
The film is based on the original screenplay by Jesse Chatham and Golden Globe nominee Liz Hannah (The Post) and is due to begin production this summer in British Columbia where it will cover the wild landscape over four seasons.
Wright’s character is a cosmopolitan lawyer who takes herself off the grid almost entirely. With advice from online survivalists, she moves to the most unpopulated area in the U.S., living in a cabin in the Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming. All alone, she must learn to hunt, fish and grow her food as she faces brutal winters, a challenging landscape and local wildlife that...
- 4/30/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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