Production, sales and distribution banner Signature Entertainment has acquired U.K. and Irish rights to “Slingshot,” the upcoming psychological sci-fi thriller starring Laurence Fishburne and Casey Affleck, from WME Independent.
The film — which follows an astronaut struggling to maintain his grip on reality while aboard a possibly fatally comprised mission to Saturn’s moon Titan — was directed by Mikael Håfström (“Evil”) from a script by Nathan Parker (“Moon”) and R. Scott Adam (“Donner Pass”). David Morrissey (“The Walking Dead”), Emily Beecham (“Hail, Caesar!”) and Tomer Capone (“The Boys”) also star.
“Slingshot” is an Astral Pictures production in association with Bluestone Entertainment, Széchenyi Funds Ltd. and Filmsquad. The film was produced by Richard Saperstein, Istvan Major and Beau Turpin, with executive producers Ivett Havasi, Shara Kay, Michael Hollingsworth, Tom Nohstadt, Ron Cundy, Nikolett Barabás, Jonathan Krauss, Brooklyn Weaver and Joanna Plafsky. It was recently acquired by Bleecker Street for the U.
The film — which follows an astronaut struggling to maintain his grip on reality while aboard a possibly fatally comprised mission to Saturn’s moon Titan — was directed by Mikael Håfström (“Evil”) from a script by Nathan Parker (“Moon”) and R. Scott Adam (“Donner Pass”). David Morrissey (“The Walking Dead”), Emily Beecham (“Hail, Caesar!”) and Tomer Capone (“The Boys”) also star.
“Slingshot” is an Astral Pictures production in association with Bluestone Entertainment, Széchenyi Funds Ltd. and Filmsquad. The film was produced by Richard Saperstein, Istvan Major and Beau Turpin, with executive producers Ivett Havasi, Shara Kay, Michael Hollingsworth, Tom Nohstadt, Ron Cundy, Nikolett Barabás, Jonathan Krauss, Brooklyn Weaver and Joanna Plafsky. It was recently acquired by Bleecker Street for the U.
- 4/16/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Back in November of 2021, it was announced that Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea), Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix), and Emily Beecham (Into the Badlands) had signed on to star in Slingshot, a psychological sci-fi thriller coming our way from director Mikael Håfström (Escape Plan). Filming began on December 1st of that year – and more than two years later, we finally have an update to share on Slingshot! The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. distribution rights and are planning to give the film a wide theatrical release at some point before the end of 2024.
Written by R. Scott Adams (Donner Pass) and Nathan Parker (Moon), Slingshot will tell the story of an astronaut struggling to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn’s moon, Titan.
Tomer Capon (The Boys) and The Walking Dead‘s David Morrissey are also in the cast.
Written by R. Scott Adams (Donner Pass) and Nathan Parker (Moon), Slingshot will tell the story of an astronaut struggling to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn’s moon, Titan.
Tomer Capon (The Boys) and The Walking Dead‘s David Morrissey are also in the cast.
- 2/14/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Bleecker Street has picked up U.S. rights to Mikael Håfström’s sci-fi thriller Slingshot, starring Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne and Emily Beecham. Additional cast includes Fauda star Tomer Capone and The Walking Dead’s David Morrissey.
The film, which is written by R. Scott Adams and Nathan Parker (Moon), follows an astronaut who struggles to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn’s moon, Titan.
Bleecker Street is planning a 2024 nationwide theatrical release for the film.
Slingshot is an Astral Pictures production in association with Bluestone Entertainment, Széchenyi Funds Ltd., and Filmsquad. The film was produced by Richard Saperstein, Istvan Major, and Beau Turpin, with executive producers including Ivett Havasi, Shara Kay, Michael Hollingsworth, Tom Nohstadt, Ron Cundy, Nikolett Barabás, Jonathan Krauss, Brooklyn Weaver, and Joanna Plafsky.
The deal was negotiated by Kent Sanderson and Avy Eschenasy on behalf of Bleecker Street with...
The film, which is written by R. Scott Adams and Nathan Parker (Moon), follows an astronaut who struggles to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn’s moon, Titan.
Bleecker Street is planning a 2024 nationwide theatrical release for the film.
Slingshot is an Astral Pictures production in association with Bluestone Entertainment, Széchenyi Funds Ltd., and Filmsquad. The film was produced by Richard Saperstein, Istvan Major, and Beau Turpin, with executive producers including Ivett Havasi, Shara Kay, Michael Hollingsworth, Tom Nohstadt, Ron Cundy, Nikolett Barabás, Jonathan Krauss, Brooklyn Weaver, and Joanna Plafsky.
The deal was negotiated by Kent Sanderson and Avy Eschenasy on behalf of Bleecker Street with...
- 2/14/2024
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Bleecker Street has picked up the U.S. rights to Mikael Håfström’s sci-fi thriller Slingshot, which stars Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne and Emily Beecham.
Bleecker Street plans a 2024 wide theatrical release for the film about an astronaut struggling to retain his grip on reality on a possibly fatally compromised space mission to Saturn’s moon, Titan.
The ensemble cast include Tomer Capone and David Morrissey. R. Scott Adams and Nathan Parker (Moon) penned the screenplay for Slingshot, and Astral Pictures produced in association with Bluestone Entertainment, Hungarian investor Széchenyi Funds Ltd. and Filmsquad.
Bluestone Entertainment, Széchenyi Funds Ltd. and Filmsquad are behind writer-director James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg, set to star Russell Crowe, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon, and with cameras to roll later this month in Hungary.
Slingshot was filmed at Korda Studios and other locations in and around Budapest, Hungary.
The producer credits on Slingshot are shared by Richard Saperstein,...
Bleecker Street plans a 2024 wide theatrical release for the film about an astronaut struggling to retain his grip on reality on a possibly fatally compromised space mission to Saturn’s moon, Titan.
The ensemble cast include Tomer Capone and David Morrissey. R. Scott Adams and Nathan Parker (Moon) penned the screenplay for Slingshot, and Astral Pictures produced in association with Bluestone Entertainment, Hungarian investor Széchenyi Funds Ltd. and Filmsquad.
Bluestone Entertainment, Széchenyi Funds Ltd. and Filmsquad are behind writer-director James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg, set to star Russell Crowe, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon, and with cameras to roll later this month in Hungary.
Slingshot was filmed at Korda Studios and other locations in and around Budapest, Hungary.
The producer credits on Slingshot are shared by Richard Saperstein,...
- 2/14/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bleecker Street has acquired US rights to director Mikael Håfström’s psychological sci-fi thriller Slingshot.
The New York-based distributor is planning a nationwide theatrical release for the film sometime this year.
Slingshot stars Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne and Emily Beecham in the story of an astronaut who struggles to maintain his grip on reality aboard a compromised mission to Saturn moon Titan. Nathan Parker wrote the screenplay.
Astral Pictures produced in association with Bluestone Entertainment, Széchenyi Funds Ltd and Filmsquad. The film was produced by Richard Saperstein, Istvan Major and Beau Turpin, with executive producers including Ivett Havasi, Shara Kay,...
The New York-based distributor is planning a nationwide theatrical release for the film sometime this year.
Slingshot stars Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne and Emily Beecham in the story of an astronaut who struggles to maintain his grip on reality aboard a compromised mission to Saturn moon Titan. Nathan Parker wrote the screenplay.
Astral Pictures produced in association with Bluestone Entertainment, Széchenyi Funds Ltd and Filmsquad. The film was produced by Richard Saperstein, Istvan Major and Beau Turpin, with executive producers including Ivett Havasi, Shara Kay,...
- 2/14/2024
- ScreenDaily
For more than a few years now, Daniel Kaluuya has been at the forefront of great and allegorical science fiction: Get Out, Nope, even Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. His collaborations with talents like Jordan Peele and Ryan Coogler have burrowed into the minds of audiences with all the clarity of a spoon smacking a teacup. However, in his own mind, there turns out to be an even more oppressive sci-fi vision. And it’s one with brutal timeliness, and no cathartic Tsa in sight.
The Kitchen, which marks the directorial feature debut of both Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares, is a project the two of have been dreaming about since a fortuitous barbershop discussion; they took the concept to Sundance in 2016 when, well before Get Out’s release, The Kitchen was selected for the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriting and Directing Lab; and now the idea has become hard and easily accessible...
The Kitchen, which marks the directorial feature debut of both Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares, is a project the two of have been dreaming about since a fortuitous barbershop discussion; they took the concept to Sundance in 2016 when, well before Get Out’s release, The Kitchen was selected for the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriting and Directing Lab; and now the idea has become hard and easily accessible...
- 1/18/2024
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
“All of Us Strangers”, del director Andrew Haigh, la gran ganadora de la noche.
Ayer tuvo lugar la ceremonia de los premios BIFA (British Independent Film Awards). Estos premios son galardones cinematográficos que se otorgan en el Reino Unido para destacar y honrar las películas independientes británicas. Aquí os dejamos con la lista de los ganadores de esta edición:
Mejor PELÍCULA Independiente BRITÁNICA
All Of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh
Mejor PELÍCULA Independiente Internacional
Anatomy Of A Fall, Justine Triet
Mejor DIRECCIÓN
Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers
Mejor Guion
Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers
Mejor ACTUACIÓN
Mia McKenna-Bruce, How to Have Sex
Mejor ACTUACIÓN De Reparto
Paul Mescal, All of Us Strangers
Shaun Thomas, How to Have Sex
Mejor ACTUACIÓN Conjunta
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett & George MacKay, Femme
Premio Douglas Hickox (Debut De DIRECCIÓN)
Savanah Leaf, Earth Mama
Mejor PRODUCCIÓN REVELACIÓN
Theo Barrowclough, Scrapper
Mejor ACTUACIÓN REVELACIÓN
Vivian Oparah, Rye Lane
Mejor Guion Debut
Nida Manzoor,...
Ayer tuvo lugar la ceremonia de los premios BIFA (British Independent Film Awards). Estos premios son galardones cinematográficos que se otorgan en el Reino Unido para destacar y honrar las películas independientes británicas. Aquí os dejamos con la lista de los ganadores de esta edición:
Mejor PELÍCULA Independiente BRITÁNICA
All Of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh
Mejor PELÍCULA Independiente Internacional
Anatomy Of A Fall, Justine Triet
Mejor DIRECCIÓN
Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers
Mejor Guion
Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers
Mejor ACTUACIÓN
Mia McKenna-Bruce, How to Have Sex
Mejor ACTUACIÓN De Reparto
Paul Mescal, All of Us Strangers
Shaun Thomas, How to Have Sex
Mejor ACTUACIÓN Conjunta
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett & George MacKay, Femme
Premio Douglas Hickox (Debut De DIRECCIÓN)
Savanah Leaf, Earth Mama
Mejor PRODUCCIÓN REVELACIÓN
Theo Barrowclough, Scrapper
Mejor ACTUACIÓN REVELACIÓN
Vivian Oparah, Rye Lane
Mejor Guion Debut
Nida Manzoor,...
- 12/4/2023
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
Andrew Haigh’s “All of Us Strangers” was the big winner at the 2023 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) with seven wins.
“All of Us Strangers” won best British independent film, Haigh won best director and best screenplay and Paul Mescal won best supporting performance, adding to its three craft awards, announced in November, for cinematography, editing and music supervision.
Best lead performance went to Mia McKenna-Bruce in Molly Manning Walker’s debut feature “How to Have Sex” and the film also won the other best supporting performance BIFA for Shaun Thomas, adding to its best casting win.
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay won best joint lead performance for “Femme,” which also won for make-up and hair design and costume design.
Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or winning “Anatomy of a Fall” won best international independent film. Best debut director went to Savanah Leaf for “Earth Mama,” while best debut screenwriter...
“All of Us Strangers” won best British independent film, Haigh won best director and best screenplay and Paul Mescal won best supporting performance, adding to its three craft awards, announced in November, for cinematography, editing and music supervision.
Best lead performance went to Mia McKenna-Bruce in Molly Manning Walker’s debut feature “How to Have Sex” and the film also won the other best supporting performance BIFA for Shaun Thomas, adding to its best casting win.
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay won best joint lead performance for “Femme,” which also won for make-up and hair design and costume design.
Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or winning “Anatomy of a Fall” won best international independent film. Best debut director went to Savanah Leaf for “Earth Mama,” while best debut screenwriter...
- 12/3/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Andrew Haigh’s critically lauded All of Us Strangers has won three awards in the craft categories of the 2023 British Independent Film Awards, putting it in the lead going into the main ceremony on Dec. 3.
The film — starring Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott and which amassed a total of 14 BIFA nominations — won best cinematography for Jamie D. Ramsay, best editing for Jonathan Alberts and best music supervision for Connie Farr (who won a BIFA for her work on Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava in 2021).
Femme, Sam H Freeman and Ng Choon Ping’s “queer noir” thriller, won two awards — best costume design for Buki Ebiesuwa and best makeup and hair design for Marie Deehan — as did Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares’ dystopian drama The Kitchen, which won best production design for Nathan Parker and best effects for Richard Baker and the late Jonathan Gales.
Elsewhere, Raine Allen-Miller’s Rye Lane (which garnered 16 nominations,...
The film — starring Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott and which amassed a total of 14 BIFA nominations — won best cinematography for Jamie D. Ramsay, best editing for Jonathan Alberts and best music supervision for Connie Farr (who won a BIFA for her work on Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava in 2021).
Femme, Sam H Freeman and Ng Choon Ping’s “queer noir” thriller, won two awards — best costume design for Buki Ebiesuwa and best makeup and hair design for Marie Deehan — as did Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares’ dystopian drama The Kitchen, which won best production design for Nathan Parker and best effects for Richard Baker and the late Jonathan Gales.
Elsewhere, Raine Allen-Miller’s Rye Lane (which garnered 16 nominations,...
- 11/20/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Andrew Haigh's All Of Us Strangers garnered four nominations The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) has announced the winners of its ten film craft categories.
Andrew Haigh's tale of a writer drawn back to his past and towards a mysterious new relationship received 16 BIFA nominations and has won the wards for Best Cinematography, for Jaime D Ramsay, Best Editing for Jonathan Alberts and Best Music Supervision for Connie Farr.
Revenge thriller Femme, won craft awards for Buki Ebiesuwa's Costume Design and Marie Deehan's Make Up & Hair. Two awards also went to The Kitchen, which saw Nathan Parker win Best Production Design, and Richard Baker pick up the prize for Best Effects.
Best Original Music went to Kwes for his work on debut director Raine Allen-Miller’s Peckham-set love story Rye Lane.
Mark Jenkin won Best Sound supported by Halo for his 1970s-set remote island mystery Enys Men.
Andrew Haigh's tale of a writer drawn back to his past and towards a mysterious new relationship received 16 BIFA nominations and has won the wards for Best Cinematography, for Jaime D Ramsay, Best Editing for Jonathan Alberts and Best Music Supervision for Connie Farr.
Revenge thriller Femme, won craft awards for Buki Ebiesuwa's Costume Design and Marie Deehan's Make Up & Hair. Two awards also went to The Kitchen, which saw Nathan Parker win Best Production Design, and Richard Baker pick up the prize for Best Effects.
Best Original Music went to Kwes for his work on debut director Raine Allen-Miller’s Peckham-set love story Rye Lane.
Mark Jenkin won Best Sound supported by Halo for his 1970s-set remote island mystery Enys Men.
- 11/20/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
‘Femme’, ‘The Kitchen’ take two prizes each.
Andrew Haigh’s romantic drama All Of Us Strangers led the craft winners for the 2023 British Independent Film Awards (Bifas), converting three of its craft nominations to wins.
The Searchlight Pictures film, which is backed by Film4, took prizes in best cinematography, for Jamie D. Ramsay; best editing for Jonathan Alberts; and best music supervision for Connie Farr – her second Bifa, following a win for Ali & Ava in 2021.
Scroll down for the full list of craft winners
All Of Us Strangers has a further seven nominations in five categories at the 26th Bifa ceremony on Sunday,...
Andrew Haigh’s romantic drama All Of Us Strangers led the craft winners for the 2023 British Independent Film Awards (Bifas), converting three of its craft nominations to wins.
The Searchlight Pictures film, which is backed by Film4, took prizes in best cinematography, for Jamie D. Ramsay; best editing for Jonathan Alberts; and best music supervision for Connie Farr – her second Bifa, following a win for Ali & Ava in 2021.
Scroll down for the full list of craft winners
All Of Us Strangers has a further seven nominations in five categories at the 26th Bifa ceremony on Sunday,...
- 11/20/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Arriving just as Britain’s dire housing crisis is set to be a key campaign issue in next year’s long-awaited general election, “The Kitchen” offers a solemnly affecting look at what might happen if it’s left to fester. Zooming through a dystopian London in what seems the too-near future, this sharply accomplished feature directing debut from Kibwe Tavares and actor Daniel Kaluuya surprisingly eschews high-concept genre plotting to go with its elaborate sci-fi scene-setting, instead narrowing to an intimate, humane study of Black male bonding in a time of systemic social oppression. If the lean screenplay (by Kaluuya alongside “Calm With Horses” writer Joe Murtagh) somewhat runs out of gas by the finale, the film’s persuasive world-building and fiery political ire keep it compelling. Netflix will release “The Kitchen” — a fitting, resonant closer to this year’s London Film Festival — in early 2024.
Call it the exasperated payoff from 13 years of Conservative austerity,...
Call it the exasperated payoff from 13 years of Conservative austerity,...
- 10/15/2023
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2023 London Film Festival. Netflix releases the film on its streaming platform on Friday, January 19.
At an edition of the London Film Festival where themes spilled off the screens and onto the streets, “The Kitchen” was a prescient Closing Night choice. The directorial debut for both Daniel Kaluuya and architect-turned-filmmaker Kibwe Tavares screened to press on Sunday morning, meters away from Piccadilly Circus where, hours previously, the famous Eros statue was draped in Palestine flags during a peaceful demonstration in solidarity with people in danger of being wiped off the face of the earth.
The threat of an already dispossessed community losing their homes and lives undergirds the near-future North London-set dystopia of “The Kitchen.” If the relationship drama at its core doesn’t fully connect with the elegant brutalism of its visual language, there is, nevertheless, a lot to admire in both aspects.
At an edition of the London Film Festival where themes spilled off the screens and onto the streets, “The Kitchen” was a prescient Closing Night choice. The directorial debut for both Daniel Kaluuya and architect-turned-filmmaker Kibwe Tavares screened to press on Sunday morning, meters away from Piccadilly Circus where, hours previously, the famous Eros statue was draped in Palestine flags during a peaceful demonstration in solidarity with people in danger of being wiped off the face of the earth.
The threat of an already dispossessed community losing their homes and lives undergirds the near-future North London-set dystopia of “The Kitchen.” If the relationship drama at its core doesn’t fully connect with the elegant brutalism of its visual language, there is, nevertheless, a lot to admire in both aspects.
- 10/15/2023
- by Sophie Monks Kaufman
- Indiewire
Duncan Jones' 2009 sci-fi film "Moon" is about a lonesome miner named Sam (Sam Rockwell) who works a high-tech drilling facility on the titular heavenly body. In the future, Earth's oil resources have run out, and energy is produced by a new miracle fuel called Helium-3, which can only be found on the moon. The mining equipment is so advanced that the entire building can be run by one person. Sam is aided by an artificial intelligence named Gerty, voiced by Kevin Spacey. Sam misses his family and is growing weary. He even seems to be hallucinating, as he will occasionally see a strange hobo-like man stalking through the hallways.
After Sam experiences an accident while in a lunar rover and is knocked unconscious, he awakens back at base with no memory of his return. But Gerty is acting suspicious, holding secret conversations with home base back on Earth. Sam investigates...
After Sam experiences an accident while in a lunar rover and is knocked unconscious, he awakens back at base with no memory of his return. But Gerty is acting suspicious, holding secret conversations with home base back on Earth. Sam investigates...
- 10/11/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Bluestone Entertainment, the U.S. production firm led by former New Line, Artisan and TWC Dimension production exec Richard Saperstein, is teaming up with Hungarian investment outfit Széchenyi Funds on a ten-picture financing deal over five years.
Under the deal, films will span all genres, with budgets ranging from 10-20M. Principal photography will take place primarily in Budapest, Hungary.
The first film under the partnership is the previously announced psychological sci-fi thriller Slingshot, directed by Mikael Håfström, starring Oscar-winner Casey Affleck and Tony and Emmy Award-winner Laurence Fishburne.
WME Independent is handling world sales and will give the project a market debut at Cannes this month, where the company will unveil the first footage.
Slingshot is about an astronaut struggling to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn’s moon, Titan. The film also features Cannes Best Actress Award-winner Emily Beecham, Tomer Capone,...
Under the deal, films will span all genres, with budgets ranging from 10-20M. Principal photography will take place primarily in Budapest, Hungary.
The first film under the partnership is the previously announced psychological sci-fi thriller Slingshot, directed by Mikael Håfström, starring Oscar-winner Casey Affleck and Tony and Emmy Award-winner Laurence Fishburne.
WME Independent is handling world sales and will give the project a market debut at Cannes this month, where the company will unveil the first footage.
Slingshot is about an astronaut struggling to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn’s moon, Titan. The film also features Cannes Best Actress Award-winner Emily Beecham, Tomer Capone,...
- 5/5/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne and Emily Beecham will star in the psychological sci-fi thriller “Slingshot” from Richard Saperstein’s Bluestone Entertainment.
Mikael Håfström is attached to direct the movie, which turns on an astronaut struggling to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn’s moon, Titan.
Other cast members include Tomer Capone and David Morrissey. Principal photography begins Dec. 1 at Korda Studios and other locations in and around Budapest, Hungary.
“Slingshot” is an Astral Pictures production in association with Bluestone Entertainment and Hungarian investment fund Széchenyi Funds Ltd. WME Independent is handling sales.
“‘Slingshot’ is a wonderful match of filmmaker and material,” said Saperstein of the project. “I thought of Mikael the moment I first read the script. I am thrilled to embark on this production together in Hungary with our partners at Széchenyi Funds, and an incredible cast and crew.”
Håfström added: “After several years of preparation,...
Mikael Håfström is attached to direct the movie, which turns on an astronaut struggling to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn’s moon, Titan.
Other cast members include Tomer Capone and David Morrissey. Principal photography begins Dec. 1 at Korda Studios and other locations in and around Budapest, Hungary.
“Slingshot” is an Astral Pictures production in association with Bluestone Entertainment and Hungarian investment fund Széchenyi Funds Ltd. WME Independent is handling sales.
“‘Slingshot’ is a wonderful match of filmmaker and material,” said Saperstein of the project. “I thought of Mikael the moment I first read the script. I am thrilled to embark on this production together in Hungary with our partners at Széchenyi Funds, and an incredible cast and crew.”
Håfström added: “After several years of preparation,...
- 11/23/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Cast has been set on sci-fi thriller Slingshot, with Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea), Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix) and Emily Beecham (Little Joe) leading the pic about an astronaut struggling to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn’s moon, Titan.
Mikael Håfström (Outside the Wire) is directing the project, which begins principal photography on December 1 at Korda Studios and other locations in and around Budapest. The screenplay is written by R. Scott Adams (Donner Pass) and Nathan Parker (Moon). The film is being produced by Bluestone Entertainment’s Richard Saperstein (Hancock).
Also starring are Tomer Capone (Fauda) and David Morrissey (The Colour Room). Executive producers include Beau Turpin, Ivett Havasi, Shara Kay, Michael Hollingsworth, Matthew Dwyer, Ron Cundy, Nikolett Barabás, Jonathan Krauss, Brooklyn Weaver, and Joanna Plafsky.
Slingshot is an Astral Pictures production in association with Bluestone Entertainment and Hungarian investment outfit Széchenyi Funds.
Mikael Håfström (Outside the Wire) is directing the project, which begins principal photography on December 1 at Korda Studios and other locations in and around Budapest. The screenplay is written by R. Scott Adams (Donner Pass) and Nathan Parker (Moon). The film is being produced by Bluestone Entertainment’s Richard Saperstein (Hancock).
Also starring are Tomer Capone (Fauda) and David Morrissey (The Colour Room). Executive producers include Beau Turpin, Ivett Havasi, Shara Kay, Michael Hollingsworth, Matthew Dwyer, Ron Cundy, Nikolett Barabás, Jonathan Krauss, Brooklyn Weaver, and Joanna Plafsky.
Slingshot is an Astral Pictures production in association with Bluestone Entertainment and Hungarian investment outfit Széchenyi Funds.
- 11/23/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
WME Independent handles sales, production to start in Hungary next week.
Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne and Emily Beecham will star for Mikael Håfström in psychological sci-fi thriller Slingshot which is scheduled to commence production in Hungary on December 1.
The Astral Pictures production in association with Bluestone Entertainment and Hungarian investment fund Széchenyi Funds Ltd is being sold by WME Independent and will film at Korda Studios and locations in and around Budapest.
Tomer Capone and David Morrissey round out the key cast on the story based on a screenplay by R. Scott Adams and Nathan Parker (Moon) about an astronaut...
Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne and Emily Beecham will star for Mikael Håfström in psychological sci-fi thriller Slingshot which is scheduled to commence production in Hungary on December 1.
The Astral Pictures production in association with Bluestone Entertainment and Hungarian investment fund Széchenyi Funds Ltd is being sold by WME Independent and will film at Korda Studios and locations in and around Budapest.
Tomer Capone and David Morrissey round out the key cast on the story based on a screenplay by R. Scott Adams and Nathan Parker (Moon) about an astronaut...
- 11/23/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Casey Affleck has lined up his next lead role.
The Oscar-winning star of Manchester By The Sea – recently seen in The World to Come and Our Friend — will appear alongside Tony and Emmy winner Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix, John Wick) in the psychological sci-fi thriller Slingshot, being directed by Mikael Håfström (Outside the Wire, Escape Plan, The Rite, 1408).
From a screenplay by R. Scott Adams (Donner Pass) and Nathan Parker (Moon), Slingshot will tell the story of an astronaut struggling to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. Fast-rising British actress Emily Beecham (Cruella, The Pursuit of Love), Tomer Capone (Fauda, The Boys) and ...
The Oscar-winning star of Manchester By The Sea – recently seen in The World to Come and Our Friend — will appear alongside Tony and Emmy winner Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix, John Wick) in the psychological sci-fi thriller Slingshot, being directed by Mikael Håfström (Outside the Wire, Escape Plan, The Rite, 1408).
From a screenplay by R. Scott Adams (Donner Pass) and Nathan Parker (Moon), Slingshot will tell the story of an astronaut struggling to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. Fast-rising British actress Emily Beecham (Cruella, The Pursuit of Love), Tomer Capone (Fauda, The Boys) and ...
- 11/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Casey Affleck has lined up his next lead role.
The Oscar-winning star of Manchester By The Sea – recently seen in The World to Come and Our Friend — will appear alongside Tony and Emmy winner Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix, John Wick) in the psychological sci-fi thriller Slingshot, being directed by Mikael Håfström (Outside the Wire, Escape Plan, The Rite, 1408).
From a screenplay by R. Scott Adams (Donner Pass) and Nathan Parker (Moon), Slingshot will tell the story of an astronaut struggling to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. Fast-rising British actress Emily Beecham (Cruella, The Pursuit of Love), Tomer Capone (Fauda, The Boys) and ...
The Oscar-winning star of Manchester By The Sea – recently seen in The World to Come and Our Friend — will appear alongside Tony and Emmy winner Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix, John Wick) in the psychological sci-fi thriller Slingshot, being directed by Mikael Håfström (Outside the Wire, Escape Plan, The Rite, 1408).
From a screenplay by R. Scott Adams (Donner Pass) and Nathan Parker (Moon), Slingshot will tell the story of an astronaut struggling to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. Fast-rising British actress Emily Beecham (Cruella, The Pursuit of Love), Tomer Capone (Fauda, The Boys) and ...
- 11/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Innovative and acclaimed British director Alan Parker, died Friday, July 31, after a lengthy, but as yet undisclosed illness, according to Variety. He was 76.
Parker was nominated for two Best Director Oscars. One of those films was 1988’s Mississippi Burning, which highly dramatized the investigation of three murdered civil rights activists in 1964. The films starred Willem Dafoe and Gene Hackman, with the latter being nominated for Best Actor. Parker’s first Oscar nomination though came for the 1978 drama Midnight Express, another film based on true events. Oliver Stone won his first Oscar for the screenplay, which focused on Billy Hayes, who escaped a Turkish prison after being convicted of trying to smuggle hashish out of the country. Giorgio Moroder also won his first Oscar for composing the music. It was Parker’s second feature, and it was vastly different from his debut.
Alan Parker had a special connection with music. He...
Parker was nominated for two Best Director Oscars. One of those films was 1988’s Mississippi Burning, which highly dramatized the investigation of three murdered civil rights activists in 1964. The films starred Willem Dafoe and Gene Hackman, with the latter being nominated for Best Actor. Parker’s first Oscar nomination though came for the 1978 drama Midnight Express, another film based on true events. Oliver Stone won his first Oscar for the screenplay, which focused on Billy Hayes, who escaped a Turkish prison after being convicted of trying to smuggle hashish out of the country. Giorgio Moroder also won his first Oscar for composing the music. It was Parker’s second feature, and it was vastly different from his debut.
Alan Parker had a special connection with music. He...
- 7/31/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Titan Books and Liberty Films have announced the publication of "Making Moon" to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Duncan Jones' Moon’s initial release, as well as the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Director Duncan Jones’ feature film debut, Moon won the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, along with numerous film critic and film festival awards. Moon was also nominated for the BAFTA for Best British Film and the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film in 2009.
Directed by Duncan Jones, and written by Nathan Parker from a story by Jones, Moon is a 2009 science fiction drama following Sam Bell (Oscar®-winner Sam Rockwell), a man who experiences a personal crisis as he nears the end of a three-year solit...
Director Duncan Jones’ feature film debut, Moon won the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, along with numerous film critic and film festival awards. Moon was also nominated for the BAFTA for Best British Film and the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film in 2009.
Directed by Duncan Jones, and written by Nathan Parker from a story by Jones, Moon is a 2009 science fiction drama following Sam Bell (Oscar®-winner Sam Rockwell), a man who experiences a personal crisis as he nears the end of a three-year solit...
- 3/14/2019
- QuietEarth.us
Stars: Thomas Mann, Percy Hynes White, John Ralston, Christine Horne, Nicola Peltz | Written by Nathan Parker | Directed by Anthony Scott Burns
Our House, which is based on the 2010 film Ghost From the Machine, which also screened at Fantasia back in the day, tells the story of Ethan (Thomas Mann), who is left dealing with enormous guilt caring for his younger siblings after his parents are killed in a car accident. Quitting a promising future in technology; by day he juggles the responsibilities of raising two kids; by night, he tinkers in the garage on an invention he hopes will change the world: a machine that can generate wireless electricity. After several attempts with an electro-magnetic device, he finally breaches the wall between the living and the dead. But gets more than he bargained for, however, when the device awakens the dead souls that haunt the house. As Ethan and his...
Our House, which is based on the 2010 film Ghost From the Machine, which also screened at Fantasia back in the day, tells the story of Ethan (Thomas Mann), who is left dealing with enormous guilt caring for his younger siblings after his parents are killed in a car accident. Quitting a promising future in technology; by day he juggles the responsibilities of raising two kids; by night, he tinkers in the garage on an invention he hopes will change the world: a machine that can generate wireless electricity. After several attempts with an electro-magnetic device, he finally breaches the wall between the living and the dead. But gets more than he bargained for, however, when the device awakens the dead souls that haunt the house. As Ethan and his...
- 8/20/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Anthony Scott Burns’ latest film “Our House” certainly took the scenic route from concept to screen. The Canadian horror movie—making its World Premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival in advance of its multi-platform release via IFC Midnight—is a remake of a U.S. indie from 2010, “Ghost in the Machine” (also known as “Phasma Ex Machina”). Burns’ and writer Nathan Parker (“Moon”) refashioned the sci-fi concept into something a little more domesticated and spooky, in addition to pumping up the production values.
Continue reading ‘Our House’ Is Beholden To Horror Clichés But Sadly Lacks Any Real Scares [Fantasia Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Our House’ Is Beholden To Horror Clichés But Sadly Lacks Any Real Scares [Fantasia Review] at The Playlist.
- 8/1/2018
- by Bradley Warren
- The Playlist
While I adore escapism horror just as much as the next fan, there’s something to be said for this wave of introspective genre films we’ve been enjoying as of late, with Scott Anthony Burns’ Our House being another strong entry for what’s already been an incredible year of character-based storytelling. Fans may remember Burns’ “Father’s Day” segment from the horror anthology Holidays, and with Our House, his first full-blown feature film endeavor, the up-and-coming director demonstrates a great sense of filmic confidence, and even manages to conjure up a few surprises to boot.
Our House is centered on Ethan (Thomas Mann), a college student working on a breakthrough science project that turns electromagnetic energy into usable electricity—or so he thinks. Ethan’s passion project is put on hold after his parents die suddenly, forcing him to return home to care for his younger siblings, Matt...
Our House is centered on Ethan (Thomas Mann), a college student working on a breakthrough science project that turns electromagnetic energy into usable electricity—or so he thinks. Ethan’s passion project is put on hold after his parents die suddenly, forcing him to return home to care for his younger siblings, Matt...
- 7/26/2018
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
An illustration of how bigger often isn’t better when it comes to remakes, “Our House” applies a coat a professional polish to Matt Osterman’s no-budget 2010 regional indie “Phasma Ex Machina” (aka “Ghost in the Machine”) that wipes the personality clean off this supernatural tale about messing with forces beyond one’s control. The story basics remain, involving a machine that summons spirits both wanted and unwanted to a grieving family. But what this still modest yet considerably slicker upgrade gains in surface gloss and FX, it loses in psychological intensity and suspension of disbelief — qualities the prior film’s hand-made auspices heightened.
In their place, we get what now feels like a very ordinary if competent haunted-horror story about a nuclear family that’s bound to look rather pedestrian in the immediate wake of “Hereditary.” However, there’s reason to suspect first-time feature helmer Anthony Scott Burns and...
In their place, we get what now feels like a very ordinary if competent haunted-horror story about a nuclear family that’s bound to look rather pedestrian in the immediate wake of “Hereditary.” However, there’s reason to suspect first-time feature helmer Anthony Scott Burns and...
- 7/25/2018
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Jules Daly, who spent 17 of her 28 years at Rsa Films as president of the film, TV and commercials production company started by Ridley and Tony Scott, is transitioning into an independent producing deal with sister company Scott Free Productions. Daly launches her own banner, Big Red Films, with seven feature film projects.
Rsa, which is approaching 50 years in business with tons of commercials including Scott’s famed 1984 Apple spot, will now be run by company veteran David Mitchell. Mitchell has produced high-profile commercials with Jake Scott and many other directors including Michael Mann, Jordan Scott, Terence Neale, Samuel Bayer, Chris Cunningham and Ridley and Tony Scott. He has been elevated to Rsa managing director.
While much of running Rsa consisted of managing thousands of commercials shot by emerging director clients in locales all over the world, Daly also produced films that included the Joe Carnahan-directed The Grey, The...
Rsa, which is approaching 50 years in business with tons of commercials including Scott’s famed 1984 Apple spot, will now be run by company veteran David Mitchell. Mitchell has produced high-profile commercials with Jake Scott and many other directors including Michael Mann, Jordan Scott, Terence Neale, Samuel Bayer, Chris Cunningham and Ridley and Tony Scott. He has been elevated to Rsa managing director.
While much of running Rsa consisted of managing thousands of commercials shot by emerging director clients in locales all over the world, Daly also produced films that included the Joe Carnahan-directed The Grey, The...
- 6/7/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
IFC Midnight has just acquired the U.S. distribution rights to Moon-screenwriter Nathan Parker’s new supernatural suspense thriller Our House. The film marks the feature debut of director Anthony Scott Burns and stars Thomas Mann (Kong: Skull Island), Nicola Peltz (“Bates Motel”), and Percy Hynes White. Xyz will be selling international rights and screening the film in […]
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- 2/3/2018
- by Mike Sprague
- DreadCentral.com
After co-starring in Amityville: The Awakening, Thomas Mann will play a character experiencing a different type of haunted activity in Our House, a new supernatural thriller that's been acquired for Us distribution by IFC Midnight, with a release slated for late this summer:
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA (February 1, 2018) – It was announced today that IFC Midnight is acquiring the U.S. distribution rights for the supernatural suspense thriller Our House, starring Thomas Mann, Nicola Peltz and Percy Hynes White, and directed by Anthony Scott Burns in his feature film debut. Our House was written by Moon scribe Nathan Parker and was produced by Propero Pictures, Resolute Films, Senator Film Produktion and Xyz Films. Producers include Lee Kim, Martin Katz, Ulf Israel and Karen Wookey, and executive producers are John Davis of Davis Entertainment, Nick Spicer of Xyz Films, and Kyle Franke, Derek Dauchy, Noah Segal, Adrian Love, David Kehrl and Reik Moller.
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA (February 1, 2018) – It was announced today that IFC Midnight is acquiring the U.S. distribution rights for the supernatural suspense thriller Our House, starring Thomas Mann, Nicola Peltz and Percy Hynes White, and directed by Anthony Scott Burns in his feature film debut. Our House was written by Moon scribe Nathan Parker and was produced by Propero Pictures, Resolute Films, Senator Film Produktion and Xyz Films. Producers include Lee Kim, Martin Katz, Ulf Israel and Karen Wookey, and executive producers are John Davis of Davis Entertainment, Nick Spicer of Xyz Films, and Kyle Franke, Derek Dauchy, Noah Segal, Adrian Love, David Kehrl and Reik Moller.
- 2/1/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Exclusive: IFC Midnight has taken U.S. rights to supernatural suspense thriller Our House, and is planning a late summer domestic release. Thomas Mann, Nicola Peltz and Percy Hynes White star in director Anthony Scott Burns’ feature debut that’s penned by Moon scribe Nathan Parker. Xyz Films is handling international sales and will screen the movie at the Efm in Berlin later this month. The story focuses on a young genius who accidentally invents a device that amplifies…...
- 2/1/2018
- Deadline
Exclusive: Rungano Nyoni wraps Zambia-set satire; Embrace Of The Serpent’s David Gallego is DoP.
Principal photography has wrapped on satire I Am Not A Witch, the debut feature from Welsh-Zambian filmmaker Rungano Nyoni, who was previously BAFTA-nominated for short Mwansa The Great.
The present day African satire about beliefs in witchcraft, revolves around a nine year old girl, Shula, who is accused of being a witch. Shula is the first child to be taken to a travelling witch camp, where she is tethered to a spool with a ribbon. She is told that should she cut the ribbon and attempt to escape, she will be cursed and transformed into a goat.
Forced to decide whether to accept her fate as a witch, Shula ignites a rebellion within the camp.
The film shot for six weeks in Zambia’s capital Lusaka and the rural areas around it, and features a cast of non-professional actors, led by nine...
Principal photography has wrapped on satire I Am Not A Witch, the debut feature from Welsh-Zambian filmmaker Rungano Nyoni, who was previously BAFTA-nominated for short Mwansa The Great.
The present day African satire about beliefs in witchcraft, revolves around a nine year old girl, Shula, who is accused of being a witch. Shula is the first child to be taken to a travelling witch camp, where she is tethered to a spool with a ribbon. She is told that should she cut the ribbon and attempt to escape, she will be cursed and transformed into a goat.
Forced to decide whether to accept her fate as a witch, Shula ignites a rebellion within the camp.
The film shot for six weeks in Zambia’s capital Lusaka and the rural areas around it, and features a cast of non-professional actors, led by nine...
- 11/14/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Rungano Nyoni wraps Zambia-set satire; Embrace Of The Serpent’s David Gallego is DoP.
Principal photography has wrapped on satire I Am Not A Witch, the debut feature from Welsh-Zambian filmmaker Rungano Nyoni, who was previously BAFTA-nominated for short Mwansa The Great.
The present day African satire about beliefs in witchcraft, revolves around a nine year old girl, Shula, who is accused of being a witch. Shula is the first child to be taken to a travelling witch camp, where she is tethered to a spool with a ribbon. She is told that should she cut the ribbon and attempt to escape, she will be cursed and transformed into a goat.
Forced to decide whether to accept her fate as a witch, Shula ignites a rebellion within the camp.
The film shot for six weeks in Zambia’s capital Lusaka and the rural areas around it, and features a cast of non-professional actors, led by nine...
Principal photography has wrapped on satire I Am Not A Witch, the debut feature from Welsh-Zambian filmmaker Rungano Nyoni, who was previously BAFTA-nominated for short Mwansa The Great.
The present day African satire about beliefs in witchcraft, revolves around a nine year old girl, Shula, who is accused of being a witch. Shula is the first child to be taken to a travelling witch camp, where she is tethered to a spool with a ribbon. She is told that should she cut the ribbon and attempt to escape, she will be cursed and transformed into a goat.
Forced to decide whether to accept her fate as a witch, Shula ignites a rebellion within the camp.
The film shot for six weeks in Zambia’s capital Lusaka and the rural areas around it, and features a cast of non-professional actors, led by nine...
- 11/14/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Equals A24/Scott Free Productions Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya Grade: C Director: Drake Doremus Written by: Nathan Parker, story by Drake Doremus Cast: Kristen Stewart, Nicholas Hoult, Guy Pearce, Bel Powley, Jacki Weaver, Scott Lawrence, Toby Huss, Kate Lyn Sheil, David Selby Screened at: Dolby 24, NYC, 7/6/16 Opens: July 15, 2016 Some Americans seem so unproductive particularly in high-wage areas that demand 14 hours daily of an individual’s time, that our society should be thinking about how to make people do more in less time. Thanks to the folks who made the movie “Equals” (director Drake Doremus’s 2010 comedy “Douchbag” hardly prepares us for a rigid drama like this [ Read More ]
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- 8/2/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
[Editor’s Note: The new movie “Equals” presented an interesting challenge for costume designer Alana Morshead, who alongside co-designer Abby O’Sullivan, had to capture what clothing would look like in a world where humans had freed themselves of emotions. While the movie does take place in the future, director Drake Doremus didn’t want a technology-driven dystopia like we are used to seeing in theaters and was reaching for something quite different. We asked Morshead to take us through her process of creating the characters’ uniforms and what inspired their unique style.]
Read More: ‘Equals’ Trailer – Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult Dystopian Love Story Gets a New Preview
Before reading the “Equals” script, director Drake Doremus described to me the futuristic love story he was creating with writer Nathan Parker. He described it as an emotionless utopia, where feelings have been eradicated leading to no love, hate or war. There is a disease some have called Switched on Syndrome, or Sos, where you can begin to feel emotions like lovers Nia (Kristen Stewart) and Silas (Nicholas Hoult).
Having only his words to imagine this world, my mind began spinning on who these people were and what they might look like. After reading the script, I was completely drawn to how meticulous and precise the characters are. Everything they do and everything they own has a function, a reason for its existence. The character’s apartments have only what they need. The food...
Read More: ‘Equals’ Trailer – Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult Dystopian Love Story Gets a New Preview
Before reading the “Equals” script, director Drake Doremus described to me the futuristic love story he was creating with writer Nathan Parker. He described it as an emotionless utopia, where feelings have been eradicated leading to no love, hate or war. There is a disease some have called Switched on Syndrome, or Sos, where you can begin to feel emotions like lovers Nia (Kristen Stewart) and Silas (Nicholas Hoult).
Having only his words to imagine this world, my mind began spinning on who these people were and what they might look like. After reading the script, I was completely drawn to how meticulous and precise the characters are. Everything they do and everything they own has a function, a reason for its existence. The character’s apartments have only what they need. The food...
- 7/15/2016
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
So here's the thing: Early Internet buzz kept calling this sci-fi parable a sterile, sexless drag in which everyone looks the same and wears the same clothes. Wrong. Actually, Equals is very sexy, mostly because there isn't much of it and yet you feel two people so longing to have it. Nia (Kristen Stewart) and Silas (Nicholas Hoult) are two work drones who live in solitary cubicles, get up every day, dress all in white and labor in some kind of futuristic collective called the Collective. Everyone is equal in...
- 7/14/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Slowly but surely, Kristen Stewart has been becoming one of our most interesting young actresses. At the same time, filmmaker Drake Doremus has been crafting some under the radar yet memorable work, namely with Like Crazy and Breathe In. Now, they’ve come together for Equals, a science fiction romance opening this weekend that’s really quite interesting. I saw the movie back at the Tribeca Film Festival and found it very compelling, especially for Stewart’s turn, as well as in regards to Doremus as an evolving director. Stewart also has Woody Allen’s new film Cafe Society hitting this week, and I’ll continue my praise of that one in a few days, but today I’m focused on Doremus’ project with her. The flick is in some ways a sci-fi/dystopian take on Romeo and Juliet. It follows Silas (Nicholas Hoult) as he navigates a supposed “utopia...
- 7/12/2016
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
In director Drake Doremus’ fifth feature Equals, written by Moon screenwriter Nathan Parker, humanity lives in an “emotionless utopia” in which passionate feelings are weeded out at the genetic level in order to foster a stable, war-free society. Into this comes Silas (Nicholas Hoult) and Nia (Kristen Stewart), two people who fall in love after they regain their feelings thanks to a mysterious disease, resulting in conflict between them and society. The film, which…...
- 5/28/2016
- Deadline
With the science fiction drama Equals playing at Tribeca, I'm not surprised to see a new trailer see release for the film. Us distributor A24 will release the Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult drama on July 15.
Equals appears to sit somewhere between Huxley's "Brave New World" and Equilibrium and with a script penned by Moon scribe Nathan Parker, I think we're in for something different and special.
Synopsis:
A futuristic love story set in a world where emotions have been eradicated.
The full trailer offers up a stylish future which we had already seen in the stills, and a largely wordless suggestion of the story. It's not much but this is shaping into a really promising package.
Equals co-stars Jacki Weaver and Guy Pe [Continued ...]...
Equals appears to sit somewhere between Huxley's "Brave New World" and Equilibrium and with a script penned by Moon scribe Nathan Parker, I think we're in for something different and special.
Synopsis:
A futuristic love story set in a world where emotions have been eradicated.
The full trailer offers up a stylish future which we had already seen in the stills, and a largely wordless suggestion of the story. It's not much but this is shaping into a really promising package.
Equals co-stars Jacki Weaver and Guy Pe [Continued ...]...
- 4/18/2016
- QuietEarth.us
A24 has released the first trailer for "Equals," the new sci-fi feature by "Like Crazy" writer and director Drake Doremus. Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart star in the story about a world where emotion has been wiped out, but where a viral outbreak threatens to bring them back. Guy Pearce and Jacki Weaver also star in the film which boasts a script by Nathan Parker ("Moon") and is slated to open July 15th.
- 4/18/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Trying her hand at the dystopian film genre, Kristen Stewart stars in the forthcoming movie “Equals” and there’s a brand new trailer now online.
Also starring Nicholas Hoult, the story takes place in a future society where human emotions have been eliminated. Two forbidden lovers must hide their relationship from the overreaching government, which has made romance illegal.
Drake Doremus directed the project, from a script written by Nathan Parker. “Equals” still doesn’t have a Stateside release date, so stay linked to the GossipCenter for further updates.
Also starring Nicholas Hoult, the story takes place in a future society where human emotions have been eliminated. Two forbidden lovers must hide their relationship from the overreaching government, which has made romance illegal.
Drake Doremus directed the project, from a script written by Nathan Parker. “Equals” still doesn’t have a Stateside release date, so stay linked to the GossipCenter for further updates.
- 2/11/2016
- GossipCenter
Last year, around the time of the movie's festival premiere, we had our first look at Drake Doremus' upcoming Equals.
Set in a dystopian future, the movie stars Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult as two would be lovers in a world where emotions have been eradicated and love is non-existent. On paper, Equals sounds like it falls somewhere between Huxley's "Brave New World" and Equilibrium but I expect that the story, penned by Moon scribe Nathan Parker, will bring something unique to the table. The all around pedigree here is generally quite high.
Stewart and Hoult have both proven themselves to be talented young actors with great depth [Continued ...]...
Set in a dystopian future, the movie stars Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult as two would be lovers in a world where emotions have been eradicated and love is non-existent. On paper, Equals sounds like it falls somewhere between Huxley's "Brave New World" and Equilibrium but I expect that the story, penned by Moon scribe Nathan Parker, will bring something unique to the table. The all around pedigree here is generally quite high.
Stewart and Hoult have both proven themselves to be talented young actors with great depth [Continued ...]...
- 2/11/2016
- QuietEarth.us
The post-apocalyptic world in Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult’s upcoming “Equals” sounds like a pretty grim one. Sterile, white, and devoid of emotion, humans in this reality are barred from expressing themselves or touching each other. It’s enough to make you crazy! Coincidentally enough, the summer feature comes from director Drake Doremus, best known for 2011’s indie darling, “Like Crazy.” Also at the helm is writer Nathan Parker, who proved with the excellent Sam Rockwell-starring “Moon” in 2009 that he can do cold, dreary futurism to a tee. In the film’s first teaser, released today, Doremus hones in on lovers’ glances, hushed secrets, and freed inhibitions. “Just remember what this feels like,” Stewart says at the 90-seconds’ close. It definitely looks like a low-fi summer flick to keep an eye on—and maybe bring that special someone to. Check it out below. Happy Valentine’s Day! Inspired by this post?...
- 2/11/2016
- backstage.com
The science fiction genre is a versatile one. It can be used to explore politics, racism, environmentalism, or almost every subject under the sun. While the stuff that really sells in Hollywood tends to be the escapism type of movies, like Star Wars (which, let's be honest, is fantasy), Star Trek, and Edge Of Tomorrow, among many others, there doesn't seem to be any real shortage of the more low key scifi films--the ones on which the genre was founded.
These films are less about predicting the future, and more about making a statement about society. Films Ex MacHina and Her are both great examples of recent films that fall under the category I'm talking about, but they're by no means the only ones. It's a well-worn genre, and one that isn't likely to disappear any time soon.
The latest of these films is one called Equals, a picture directed...
These films are less about predicting the future, and more about making a statement about society. Films Ex MacHina and Her are both great examples of recent films that fall under the category I'm talking about, but they're by no means the only ones. It's a well-worn genre, and one that isn't likely to disappear any time soon.
The latest of these films is one called Equals, a picture directed...
- 2/11/2016
- by Joseph Medina
- LRMonline.com
This is a capsule review. A full review will be posted closer to release.
With its monochrome sci fi setting and central metaphor that’s unwieldy enough to choke a python, you’d expect Equals to have either high energy action, or a knotty plot as the reason to visit this frighteningly familiar dystopia (here: Equilibrium as designed by Ikea and Apple). But the latest film from Like Crazy director Drake Doremus offers no such physical or mental gymnastics, and instead attempts to wow you with something much simpler.
It’s a tale as old as time (“1984,” if you need a specific time): boy meets girl, they fall in love, and now life in their controlled society -one based on total emotional repression- has just become a lot more complicated. Given the well-worn territory, it’s smart that Nathan Parker’s script doesn’t worry too much about the...
With its monochrome sci fi setting and central metaphor that’s unwieldy enough to choke a python, you’d expect Equals to have either high energy action, or a knotty plot as the reason to visit this frighteningly familiar dystopia (here: Equilibrium as designed by Ikea and Apple). But the latest film from Like Crazy director Drake Doremus offers no such physical or mental gymnastics, and instead attempts to wow you with something much simpler.
It’s a tale as old as time (“1984,” if you need a specific time): boy meets girl, they fall in love, and now life in their controlled society -one based on total emotional repression- has just become a lot more complicated. Given the well-worn territory, it’s smart that Nathan Parker’s script doesn’t worry too much about the...
- 9/16/2015
- by Sam Woolf
- We Got This Covered
"Equals," which had its public premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in the middle of a mood-appropriately rainy Sunday, was written by Nathan Parker, who was also the credited screenwriter of the Duncan Jones film "Moon." In this case, it's Drake Doremus bringing Parker's words to life, and like Jones, I think he's working at a different level than the writer. While I don't think Doremus was quite as successful as Jones, in both cases, I think the films work in spite of their scripts, not because of them. If you haven't seen "Like Crazy," you should. It's the best film Doremus has made so far, and it seem to encapsulate everything he does well. It's a pretty simple contemporary story with lovely performances from Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones. Since then, both of his lead actors have headed for deep space, Yelchin onboard the ongoing voyages of the...
- 9/14/2015
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A horrible, catastrophic event wiped out most of humanity, and now a new, gleaming society has arisen, one where everyone wears white and behaves like an automaton, and anyone who shows emotions, much less — gasp! — love is hunted down as a threat to general order. Unfortunately no one stopped director Drake Doremus (“Like Crazy”) or screenwriter Nathan Parker (“Moon”) for raking over these spent coals in “Equals,” a dystopian sci-fi saga that feels cobbled together from George Orwell, “Thx-1138,” “The Giver,” perfume commercials and the Apple Store. Heck, before this...
- 9/5/2015
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Finally, a cure for the incurable romantic. Drake Doremus' 'Equals,' starring Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart and presumably sponsored by Tide White & Bright, is a film that might just make you hate love. Rather like being trapped on the set of "The Island" with a pair of obnoxiously lovesick naifs and only the "Equilibrium" script to distract you, its few saving graces are some decent shot-making, a rather great score and the loveliness of its lead actors' faces. But while Hoult and Stewart as the star cross'd Silas and Nia are both as committed as they've ever been, it feels like they committed to a much better film: Nathan Parker's script, as outlined by Doremus, gives them nothing to work with save for some tired "Romeo and Juliet" beats and recycled "emotionless dystopia" cliches. It's exactly as much fun as hanging out with a new couple...
- 9/4/2015
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
From writer Nathan Parker, who blasted onto the scene as the writer of Duncan Jones' Moon (review), comes a new dystopian vision called Equals. Sounding eerily similar to the story of 1984, The film stars everyone's favorite War Boy Nicholas Hoult, and everyone's favourite Twilight, Kristen Stewart, as would-be lovers in a future where falling in love is a no-no.
The film is a Scott Free production, so Ridley Scott presides as an executive producer on the project directed by Like Crazy's Drake Doremus.
Official Synopsis:
A futuristic love story set in a world where emotions have been eradicated.
Some stills have emerged from the film and the design seems impeccable.
Stay tuned for trailers as the film is about to hit the Venice Film Fes [Continued ...]...
The film is a Scott Free production, so Ridley Scott presides as an executive producer on the project directed by Like Crazy's Drake Doremus.
Official Synopsis:
A futuristic love story set in a world where emotions have been eradicated.
Some stills have emerged from the film and the design seems impeccable.
Stay tuned for trailers as the film is about to hit the Venice Film Fes [Continued ...]...
- 9/1/2015
- QuietEarth.us
Last spring, word arrived that electronic artist Apparat would be scoring the sci-fi romance "Equals" starring Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult. It was promising news, and today the film's score has become an even more exciting proposition. Dustin O'Halloran, director Drake Doremus' previous collaborator on "Like Crazy," "Breathe In," and the web series "The Beauty Inside," has joined Apparat and the pair will co-score "Equals." Penned by Nathan Parker ("Moon"), and co-starring plus Guy Pearce, Jacki Weaver Kate Lyn Sheil and Toby Huss, the film follows Silas (Hoult) who lives in a future society called The Collective where everything is peaceful, calm, fair, and polite and there is no greed, no poverty, no violence, and no emotion. However, a new disease known as Switched-On-Syndrome brings back the emotions that have been long repressed in The Collective, and...
- 6/9/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
‘Game of Thrones’ Michiel Huisman Joining Natalie Dormer, Teresa Palmer in Two Thrillers (Exclusive)
He replaces Benjamin Walker in Paul Currie’s “2:22″ and is in talks to co-star in Jason Zada’s “The Forest”
Michiel Huisman from “Game of Thrones” and “Orphan Black” has landed the lead role opposite Teresa Palmer in the psychological thriller “2:22” and he’s also in talks to co-star alongside Natalie Dormer in Focus Features’ supernatural thriller “The Forest,” multiple individuals familiar with both projects have told TheWrap.
Reps for Focus and Huisman did not respond to requests for comment.
Paul Currie is directing “2:22” from an original script by Todd Stein that was later revised by Nathan Parker (“Moon”) and Currie.
Michiel Huisman from “Game of Thrones” and “Orphan Black” has landed the lead role opposite Teresa Palmer in the psychological thriller “2:22” and he’s also in talks to co-star alongside Natalie Dormer in Focus Features’ supernatural thriller “The Forest,” multiple individuals familiar with both projects have told TheWrap.
Reps for Focus and Huisman did not respond to requests for comment.
Paul Currie is directing “2:22” from an original script by Todd Stein that was later revised by Nathan Parker (“Moon”) and Currie.
- 1/24/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
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