‘The Aspern Papers’, ‘Rockaway’, ‘Jobe’z World’ Seek Weekend Traction – Specialty Box Office Preview
A few Specialty distributors are taking advantage of the young year’s dearth of new titles to roll out smaller features they hope will grab attention away from established awards contenders. Cohen Media Group is opening The Aspern Papers today starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson in a drama set in Venice. The company’s Charles Cohen came on board as a producer early in the process. Paladin is handling theatrical for John J. Budion’s coming of age drama Rockaway starring Keidrich Sellati, opening in New York. Also opening is comedic noir Jobe’z World, which shot mostly guerrilla-style over a week in Manhattan.
The Aspern Papers
Director-writer: Julien Landais
Writers: Jean Pavans, Hannah Bhuiya, Henry James (novel)
Cast: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, Jon Kortajarena, Poppy Delevingne, Morgane Polanski, Alice Aufray, Barbara Meier, Lois Robbins
Distributor: Cohen Media Group
Drama The Aspern Papers,...
The Aspern Papers
Director-writer: Julien Landais
Writers: Jean Pavans, Hannah Bhuiya, Henry James (novel)
Cast: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, Jon Kortajarena, Poppy Delevingne, Morgane Polanski, Alice Aufray, Barbara Meier, Lois Robbins
Distributor: Cohen Media Group
Drama The Aspern Papers,...
- 1/11/2019
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
The Venice Film Festival had a successful blastoff Wednesday with Damien Chazelle’s space epic “First Man,” starring Ryan Gosling as astronaut Neil Armstrong, which dazzled its first viewers and scored rave reviews.
The glowing critical response went out around the world just as Gosling and co-star Claire Foy were sending fans and paparazzi into a frenzy on the red carpet.
To counter potential digital-era drawbacks, Venice this year placed an embargo on posting reviews until a film’s public screening takes place. But given the all-around response to “First Man,” earlier verdicts would not have posed a problem. Variety critic Owen Gleiberman called it a “turbulently spectacular and enthralling drama,” confirming awards buzz generated by the pic in April when Universal showed footage at CinemaCon.
During the opening ceremony, before the “First Man” gala screening, Venice Biennale President Paolo Baratta greeted Chazelle with a warm “Welcome back!” “First Man,...
The glowing critical response went out around the world just as Gosling and co-star Claire Foy were sending fans and paparazzi into a frenzy on the red carpet.
To counter potential digital-era drawbacks, Venice this year placed an embargo on posting reviews until a film’s public screening takes place. But given the all-around response to “First Man,” earlier verdicts would not have posed a problem. Variety critic Owen Gleiberman called it a “turbulently spectacular and enthralling drama,” confirming awards buzz generated by the pic in April when Universal showed footage at CinemaCon.
During the opening ceremony, before the “First Man” gala screening, Venice Biennale President Paolo Baratta greeted Chazelle with a warm “Welcome back!” “First Man,...
- 8/29/2018
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
With the Venice Film Festival a little over a week away, there are two new collateral awards joining the lineup of prizes alongside the likes of the Fipresci and the Label Europa Cinemas. The entries are the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Award and the Fundación Casa Wabi – Mantarraya (Mexico) Award. Both will go to filmmakers at the fest, providing winners with residency opportunities.
The HFPA prize is designed for three filmmakers from the Horizons sidebar and will be given for Best Film and Best Director as well as a Special Jury Prize. The laureates will participate from January 2-23, 2019, in a three-week long residency program in Los Angeles. The program will include masterclasses, workshops, mentoring, screenings and education events in partnership with Film Independent. Separately, three other filmmakers will be selected for the same program by the Filmmaker Lab of the Toronto Film Festival.
The Fundación Casa Wabi – Mantarraya prize...
The HFPA prize is designed for three filmmakers from the Horizons sidebar and will be given for Best Film and Best Director as well as a Special Jury Prize. The laureates will participate from January 2-23, 2019, in a three-week long residency program in Los Angeles. The program will include masterclasses, workshops, mentoring, screenings and education events in partnership with Film Independent. Separately, three other filmmakers will be selected for the same program by the Filmmaker Lab of the Toronto Film Festival.
The Fundación Casa Wabi – Mantarraya prize...
- 8/21/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
The Venice Film Festival will host a special screening of Vanessa Redgrave's Venice-set film The Aspern Papers in celebration of her receiving this year's Golden Lion lifetime achievement award for acting.
The Aspern Papers is the first feature from director Julien Landais and is adapted from the novella by Henry James, which is based on the letters Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote to Mary Shelley's stepsister Claire Clairmont.
Set in the late 19th century, the film sees Jonathan Rhys Meyers play an ambitious editor Morton Vint obsessed with the romantic poet Jeffrey Aspern.
He travels to Venice ...
The Aspern Papers is the first feature from director Julien Landais and is adapted from the novella by Henry James, which is based on the letters Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote to Mary Shelley's stepsister Claire Clairmont.
Set in the late 19th century, the film sees Jonathan Rhys Meyers play an ambitious editor Morton Vint obsessed with the romantic poet Jeffrey Aspern.
He travels to Venice ...
- 8/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Venice Film Festival will host a special screening of Vanessa Redgrave's Venice-set film The Aspern Papers in celebration of her receiving this year's Golden Lion lifetime achievement award for acting.
The Aspern Papers is the first feature from director Julien Landais and is adapted from the novella by Henry James, which is based on the letters Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote to Mary Shelley's stepsister Claire Clairmont.
Set in the late 19th century, the film sees Jonathan Rhys Meyers play an ambitious editor Morton Vint obsessed with the romantic poet Jeffrey Aspern.
He travels to Venice ...
The Aspern Papers is the first feature from director Julien Landais and is adapted from the novella by Henry James, which is based on the letters Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote to Mary Shelley's stepsister Claire Clairmont.
Set in the late 19th century, the film sees Jonathan Rhys Meyers play an ambitious editor Morton Vint obsessed with the romantic poet Jeffrey Aspern.
He travels to Venice ...
- 8/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Arri Media to handle international sales on feature.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers has joined Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson in The Aspern Papers, an adaptation of Henry James’s novella of the same name.
Jon Kortajarena, Poppy Delevingne, Morgane Polanski, Alice Aufray and Barbara Meier have also joined the cast.
Set in Venice in 1885, Morton Vint (Rhys Meyers), a young writer and publisher fascinated by iconic romantic poet Jeffrey Aspern, strives to get his hands on the letters Aspern wrote to his beautiful mistress, Juliana Bordereau.
Now, decades later, Juliana lives in a Venetian palazzo with her niece, whom she dominates and Morton tries to seduce.
Julien Landais is directing from an adaptation he wrote with Jean Pavans and Hannah Bhuiya. Production is currently underway in Venice, Italy.
Meyers won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his role in Elvis and has since starred in The Tudors, Dracula, and Vikings. His film credits...
Jonathan Rhys Meyers has joined Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson in The Aspern Papers, an adaptation of Henry James’s novella of the same name.
Jon Kortajarena, Poppy Delevingne, Morgane Polanski, Alice Aufray and Barbara Meier have also joined the cast.
Set in Venice in 1885, Morton Vint (Rhys Meyers), a young writer and publisher fascinated by iconic romantic poet Jeffrey Aspern, strives to get his hands on the letters Aspern wrote to his beautiful mistress, Juliana Bordereau.
Now, decades later, Juliana lives in a Venetian palazzo with her niece, whom she dominates and Morton tries to seduce.
Julien Landais is directing from an adaptation he wrote with Jean Pavans and Hannah Bhuiya. Production is currently underway in Venice, Italy.
Meyers won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his role in Elvis and has since starred in The Tudors, Dracula, and Vikings. His film credits...
- 8/4/2017
- ScreenDaily
Jonathan Rhys Meyers has been tapped to star opposite Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson in the Julien Landais-directed period drama The Aspern Papers, based on based on Henry James's novel. Jon Kortajarena, Poppy Delevingne, Morgane Polanski, Alice Aufray and Barbara Meier are also set to co-star in the film, which is shooting in Venice, Italy, where the film’s 19th century plot is set. It follows Morton Vint (Rhys Meyers), a young writer and publisher fascinated by…...
- 8/4/2017
- Deadline
The 12th Man
Jonathan Rhys Meyers has signed on to play German commander Kurt Stage in Harold Zwart's WW2 drama "The 12th Man". The story follows Jan Baalsrud, a Norwegian resistance fighter, one of a dozen saboteurs trained by British intelligence to carry out a raid on an air traffic control tower in the Norwegian city of Bardufoss in 1943. [Source: THR]
Mafiya
Daniel Bruhl has signed up for the ten-episode TV series "Mafiya" for The Weinstein Co. and ITV Studios. William Nicholson ("Gladiator," "Shadowlands") penned the script which is set around the fall of the Soviet Union as criminal gangs and private armies clashed over wealth and control. Bruhl plays a man who goes from street trader to one of the richest and powerful individuals in the country. [Source: THR]
Aspern Papers
Mother and daughter Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson are teaming to star in Julien Landais' "Aspern Papers" for Film House Germany.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers has signed on to play German commander Kurt Stage in Harold Zwart's WW2 drama "The 12th Man". The story follows Jan Baalsrud, a Norwegian resistance fighter, one of a dozen saboteurs trained by British intelligence to carry out a raid on an air traffic control tower in the Norwegian city of Bardufoss in 1943. [Source: THR]
Mafiya
Daniel Bruhl has signed up for the ten-episode TV series "Mafiya" for The Weinstein Co. and ITV Studios. William Nicholson ("Gladiator," "Shadowlands") penned the script which is set around the fall of the Soviet Union as criminal gangs and private armies clashed over wealth and control. Bruhl plays a man who goes from street trader to one of the richest and powerful individuals in the country. [Source: THR]
Aspern Papers
Mother and daughter Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson are teaming to star in Julien Landais' "Aspern Papers" for Film House Germany.
- 5/14/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Mother and daughter Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson are teaming to star in Julien Landais’ Aspern Papers. Film House Germany is producing and financing the prestige project, which is based on one of Henry James’ best-known and most acclaimed tales. Jean Pavas, Julien Landais and Hannah Bhuiya adapted the screenplay. Film House Germany's Gabriela Bacher will produce with Landais under his Princeps Films label. James Ivory, Charles S. Cohen, Joely Richardson, Francois…...
- 5/12/2016
- Deadline
Julien Landais will direct the drama based on a Henry James story for Film House Germany and Carnaby International is introducing to Cannes buyers.
Cohen Media will distribute the adaptation of James’ The Aspern Papers in the Us. The story takes place in Venice in 1885 as a young writer who becomes obssessed with the letters the romance poet Jeffrey Aspern wrote to his mistress, who is still alive.
Jean Pavas, Julien Landais and Hannah Bhuiya adapted the screenplay. Film House Germany’s Gabriela Bacher will produce with Landais through his Princeps Films.
James Ivory, Charles S. Cohen, Richardson, Francois Sarkozy, and Film House Germany’s Christian Angermayer and Klemens Hallmann serve as executive producers.
Cohen Media Group executive vice-president Gary Rubin is on board as an associate producer.
Cohen recently acquired the Merchant Ivory brand and the worldwide distribution and remake rights to 19 features along with nine shorts and documentaries, which includes...
Cohen Media will distribute the adaptation of James’ The Aspern Papers in the Us. The story takes place in Venice in 1885 as a young writer who becomes obssessed with the letters the romance poet Jeffrey Aspern wrote to his mistress, who is still alive.
Jean Pavas, Julien Landais and Hannah Bhuiya adapted the screenplay. Film House Germany’s Gabriela Bacher will produce with Landais through his Princeps Films.
James Ivory, Charles S. Cohen, Richardson, Francois Sarkozy, and Film House Germany’s Christian Angermayer and Klemens Hallmann serve as executive producers.
Cohen Media Group executive vice-president Gary Rubin is on board as an associate producer.
Cohen recently acquired the Merchant Ivory brand and the worldwide distribution and remake rights to 19 features along with nine shorts and documentaries, which includes...
- 5/11/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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