Based on what I can gather about her new film, At the Sea, Amy Adams needs a pair of sandals and a stiff drink. Adams is teaming up with Kornel Mundruczó and Kata Wéber – the director and writer of Pieces of a Woman and White God – for a new drama about rejuvenation and adjusting to a life you had not planned to live.
According to Deadline, At the Sea finds Adams’s Laura returning to her family at their holiday beach house after a long rehabilitation. Once there, Laura must readjust to her new lot in life, still haunted by aspects she tried to leave behind. Staring down the barrel of a new chapter of her life, Laura must cope without her fame, fortune, and, of all things, her identity.
Adams, a six-time Academy Award-nominated actress, recently wrapped production on the sci-fi drama Klara and the Sun, which Taika Waititi directs.
According to Deadline, At the Sea finds Adams’s Laura returning to her family at their holiday beach house after a long rehabilitation. Once there, Laura must readjust to her new lot in life, still haunted by aspects she tried to leave behind. Staring down the barrel of a new chapter of her life, Laura must cope without her fame, fortune, and, of all things, her identity.
Adams, a six-time Academy Award-nominated actress, recently wrapped production on the sci-fi drama Klara and the Sun, which Taika Waititi directs.
- 4/24/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: UK director Jon Amiel has signed to direct upcoming feature Sands of Fortune which explores the story behind the discovery of oil in Saudi Arabia and the birth of the country’s petroleum and natural gas giant Aramco.
The feature, being put together by producer Uri Singer under his L.A.-based Passage Pictures banner, revolves around the real-life partnership between American geologist Max Steineke and Bedouin Khamis Bin Rimthan, who together discovered the country’s first oil well in 1938.
The script is written by Bernie Campbell, a long-time strategist and speechwriter who has spent years living in Saudi Arabia and was the first American to write for its ruling royal family.
Prolific director, writer and producer Amiel is best known internationally for the multi-award-winning series The Singing Detective as well as movies such as Sommersby, with Jodie Foster and Richard Gere; Copycat with Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter,...
The feature, being put together by producer Uri Singer under his L.A.-based Passage Pictures banner, revolves around the real-life partnership between American geologist Max Steineke and Bedouin Khamis Bin Rimthan, who together discovered the country’s first oil well in 1938.
The script is written by Bernie Campbell, a long-time strategist and speechwriter who has spent years living in Saudi Arabia and was the first American to write for its ruling royal family.
Prolific director, writer and producer Amiel is best known internationally for the multi-award-winning series The Singing Detective as well as movies such as Sommersby, with Jodie Foster and Richard Gere; Copycat with Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter,...
- 4/10/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Plot: An astronaut realizes that the marriage he left behind might not be waiting for him when he returns to Earth.
Desperate to fix things with his wife, he is helped by a mysterious ancient creature he finds hiding in the bowels of his ship.
Review: It should no longer be surprising when Adam Sandler stars in dramatic roles. When Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch-Drunk Love was released in 2002, Sandler was best known for films like Big Daddy and Little Nicky. Even though Sandler still releases broad comedies like Hubie Halloween and Murder Mystery, the actor has proven his talents in movies like Uncut Gems and Hustle. Adam Sandler’s latest dramatic project is Spaceman, a science-fiction tale set in the void of the solar system. Partnered with Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan and acclaimed director Johan Renck, Spaceman is another solid performance from Adam Sandler that once again proves how...
Desperate to fix things with his wife, he is helped by a mysterious ancient creature he finds hiding in the bowels of his ship.
Review: It should no longer be surprising when Adam Sandler stars in dramatic roles. When Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch-Drunk Love was released in 2002, Sandler was best known for films like Big Daddy and Little Nicky. Even though Sandler still releases broad comedies like Hubie Halloween and Murder Mystery, the actor has proven his talents in movies like Uncut Gems and Hustle. Adam Sandler’s latest dramatic project is Spaceman, a science-fiction tale set in the void of the solar system. Partnered with Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan and acclaimed director Johan Renck, Spaceman is another solid performance from Adam Sandler that once again proves how...
- 3/2/2024
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
Plot: Cassie Webb (Dakota Johnson) is a New York Emt who acquires clairvoyance after a brush with death. She uses her powers to stop a spider-powered villain (Tahar Rahim) hunting three girls who, he believes, will eventually end his life.
Review: Let’s get one thing out of the way first. Not every Marvel movie by Sony has been bad. For my money, they’re behind the two greatest Spider-Man movies ever made, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Across the Spider-Verse. And there’s the Venom movies. Those are elevated B-movies, but they’re a decent amount of fun thanks to Tom Hardy’s merciless scenery chewing, and the grosses for those flicks have been astronomical. Clearly, someone likes them. But Morbius…
Of course, one of the reasons people aren’t hyped about Madame Web is that the character isn’t exactly a household name. For those who aren’t in the loop,...
Review: Let’s get one thing out of the way first. Not every Marvel movie by Sony has been bad. For my money, they’re behind the two greatest Spider-Man movies ever made, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Across the Spider-Verse. And there’s the Venom movies. Those are elevated B-movies, but they’re a decent amount of fun thanks to Tom Hardy’s merciless scenery chewing, and the grosses for those flicks have been astronomical. Clearly, someone likes them. But Morbius…
Of course, one of the reasons people aren’t hyped about Madame Web is that the character isn’t exactly a household name. For those who aren’t in the loop,...
- 2/13/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Trailers are designed to stir up excitement, the amuse-bouche that whets your appetite for the three-course meal. Occasionally, the oldest marketing trick in the book backfires. When Sony dropped a sneak peek at Madame Web, the newest addition to the company’s roster of Spider-Man–related films and another of their corporate crossovers with the good folks at Marvel Studios, the reaction was … not exactly what they hoped for. The same fans they were hoping to get riled up about a batch of fresh Spidey-adjacent characters began to mock the clip,...
- 2/13/2024
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
It’s been five years since the last installment of The Terror, but season 3 is finally on the way.
AMC has ordered The Terror: Devil in Silver, a six-part series based on the novel written by Victor Lavalle. The story follows Pepper, “a working-class moving man who, through a combination of bad luck and a bad temper, finds himself wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital – an institution filled with the people society would rather forget. There, he must contend with patients who work against him, doctors who harbor grim secrets and perhaps even the very devil himself. As Pepper navigates a hellscape where nothing is as it seems, he finds that the only path to freedom is to face down the entity that thrives on the suffering within New Hyde’s walls. But doing so might prove that the worst demons of all live inside him.“
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AMC has ordered The Terror: Devil in Silver, a six-part series based on the novel written by Victor Lavalle. The story follows Pepper, “a working-class moving man who, through a combination of bad luck and a bad temper, finds himself wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital – an institution filled with the people society would rather forget. There, he must contend with patients who work against him, doctors who harbor grim secrets and perhaps even the very devil himself. As Pepper navigates a hellscape where nothing is as it seems, he finds that the only path to freedom is to face down the entity that thrives on the suffering within New Hyde’s walls. But doing so might prove that the worst demons of all live inside him.“
Related AMC is...
- 2/7/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
The Terror, one of AMC’s hit franchises, is returning to the network more than five years after its last season.
The network has ordered The Terror: Devil in Silver as the third installment in the anthology series. It comes after Season 2 – The Terror: Infamy – premiered in 2019.
The six-part series premiering in 2025 is based on The Devil in Silver, a novel written by Victor Lavalle. He is writing the new iteration alongside Chris Cantwell, who who was showrunner on AMC’s 2014-17 drama Halt and Catch Fire.
Back in 2020, then AMC boss Sarah Barnett told Deadline that it was interested in a third run and was eyeing topics for development.
The Terror: Devil in Silver tells the story of Pepper, a working-class moving man who, through a combination of bad luck and a bad temper, finds himself wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital – an institution filled with the people society would rather forget.
The network has ordered The Terror: Devil in Silver as the third installment in the anthology series. It comes after Season 2 – The Terror: Infamy – premiered in 2019.
The six-part series premiering in 2025 is based on The Devil in Silver, a novel written by Victor Lavalle. He is writing the new iteration alongside Chris Cantwell, who who was showrunner on AMC’s 2014-17 drama Halt and Catch Fire.
Back in 2020, then AMC boss Sarah Barnett told Deadline that it was interested in a third run and was eyeing topics for development.
The Terror: Devil in Silver tells the story of Pepper, a working-class moving man who, through a combination of bad luck and a bad temper, finds himself wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital – an institution filled with the people society would rather forget.
- 2/6/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Following a nearly five-year absence, AMC is revisiting anthology The Terror for a third cycle.
The basic-cable network on Tuesday, ahead of its time at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour, announced that the horror franchise will return for a third season and will be subtitled Devil in Silver, with the new cycle based on the book of the same name by Victor Lavalle.
The author will team with Chris Cantwell (AMC’s own Halt and Catch Fire) to write the six-episode season, which is expected to air on the cabler in 2025.
AMC says Devil in Silver “tells the story of Pepper — a working-class moving man, who through a combination of bad luck and a bad temper, finds himself wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital — an institution filled with the people society would rather forget. There, he must contend with patients who work against him, doctors who harbor grim secrets,...
The basic-cable network on Tuesday, ahead of its time at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour, announced that the horror franchise will return for a third season and will be subtitled Devil in Silver, with the new cycle based on the book of the same name by Victor Lavalle.
The author will team with Chris Cantwell (AMC’s own Halt and Catch Fire) to write the six-episode season, which is expected to air on the cabler in 2025.
AMC says Devil in Silver “tells the story of Pepper — a working-class moving man, who through a combination of bad luck and a bad temper, finds himself wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital — an institution filled with the people society would rather forget. There, he must contend with patients who work against him, doctors who harbor grim secrets,...
- 2/6/2024
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.
Today we chat about one of our best artists: Jodie Foster! Our B-Sides are Bugsy Malone, Catchfire (Backtrack), Nim’s Island, and The Beaver. Our esteemed guest (returning!) today is Katie Clark Gray of Uncompromised Creative. Keep an eye out for the upcoming Once Again (for the very first time) this year.
Topics here include: Jodie in the original Freaky Friday, John Turturro walking away with Catchfire, the turbulent making of Catchfire, Dennis Hopper’s recollection of the turbulent making of Catchfire in this Charlie Rose episode, Jodie on The Kelly Clarkson Show, and Jodie’s incredibly successful 1990s run. Other subjects touched on are the Black List fame of The Beaver screenplay and the controversy around getting it made,...
Today we chat about one of our best artists: Jodie Foster! Our B-Sides are Bugsy Malone, Catchfire (Backtrack), Nim’s Island, and The Beaver. Our esteemed guest (returning!) today is Katie Clark Gray of Uncompromised Creative. Keep an eye out for the upcoming Once Again (for the very first time) this year.
Topics here include: Jodie in the original Freaky Friday, John Turturro walking away with Catchfire, the turbulent making of Catchfire, Dennis Hopper’s recollection of the turbulent making of Catchfire in this Charlie Rose episode, Jodie on The Kelly Clarkson Show, and Jodie’s incredibly successful 1990s run. Other subjects touched on are the Black List fame of The Beaver screenplay and the controversy around getting it made,...
- 2/2/2024
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Kathryn Newton Talks ‘Lisa Frankenstein,’ Young Avengers, ‘Big Little Lies 3’ and ‘Freaky Death Day’
Kathryn Newton’s feature film career continues to bear fruit.
Just five years ago, she was a series regular on two hit television series, HBO’s Big Little Lies and Netflix’s The Society, but when the pandemic played a role in the un-renewal of the latter, Newton wasted no time amassing an impressive slate of films. First up was Christopher Landon’s well-received slasher comedy, Freaky, that made three times its $6 million production budget during the height of the pandemic. She then followed that up with Ian Samuels’ hidden time-loop gem, The Map of Tiny Perfect Things, on Amazon Prime Video. In between these two films, she also received a career-altering offer to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Ant-Man’s daughter, Cassie Lang, beginning with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) and potentially a Young Avengers movie at some point.
That brings us to her busy 2024, as Newton made...
Just five years ago, she was a series regular on two hit television series, HBO’s Big Little Lies and Netflix’s The Society, but when the pandemic played a role in the un-renewal of the latter, Newton wasted no time amassing an impressive slate of films. First up was Christopher Landon’s well-received slasher comedy, Freaky, that made three times its $6 million production budget during the height of the pandemic. She then followed that up with Ian Samuels’ hidden time-loop gem, The Map of Tiny Perfect Things, on Amazon Prime Video. In between these two films, she also received a career-altering offer to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Ant-Man’s daughter, Cassie Lang, beginning with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) and potentially a Young Avengers movie at some point.
That brings us to her busy 2024, as Newton made...
- 2/1/2024
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Lee Pace has signed with Brian DePersia’s Cognition for management.
Pace was recently seen in A24’s thriller Bodies Bodies Bodies that was directed by Halina Reijn and features Pete Davidson, Amandla Stenberg and Maria Bakalova.
He also stars in the Apple TV+ series Foundation as Brother Day, the current Emperor of the Galaxy. The second season of the series that is based on the Isaac Asimov novels of the same name was released this summer.
Pace’s other film credits include playing Thranduil the Elvenking in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy and appearing as the intergalactic villain Ronan the Accuser in Guardians of the Galaxy, a role he also reprised in Captain Marvel.
On the small screen, Pace is best known for his starring role in Bryan Fuller’s award-winning Pushing Daisies, which earned him Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor. He...
Pace was recently seen in A24’s thriller Bodies Bodies Bodies that was directed by Halina Reijn and features Pete Davidson, Amandla Stenberg and Maria Bakalova.
He also stars in the Apple TV+ series Foundation as Brother Day, the current Emperor of the Galaxy. The second season of the series that is based on the Isaac Asimov novels of the same name was released this summer.
Pace’s other film credits include playing Thranduil the Elvenking in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy and appearing as the intergalactic villain Ronan the Accuser in Guardians of the Galaxy, a role he also reprised in Captain Marvel.
On the small screen, Pace is best known for his starring role in Bryan Fuller’s award-winning Pushing Daisies, which earned him Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor. He...
- 11/28/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
No director in Hollywood has a weirder résumé than Alan Smithee. Between 1969 and 2015, his credits included the Richard Widmark western "Death of a Gunfighter"; the horror comedies "Student Bodies" and "Ghost Fever"; the Jodie Foster thriller "Catchfire"; the franchise sequels "The Birds II: Land's End" and "Hellraiser: Bloodline"; episodes of hit TV series like "MacGyver" and "Tiny Toon Adventures"; and music videos for artists like Metallica, Destiny's Child, Wu-Tang Clan, Whitney Houston, and Jennifer Lopez.
But there's a reason for that: "Alan Smithee" is not a real person. It's a pseudonym invented by the Director's Guild of America for filmmakers to use when they no longer want to be credited for their work. This usually happens when they're replaced on a project, or believe that studio interference has altered the film so much that it no longer reflects their vision. That's why you'll sometimes see "Alan Smithee" credited on TV...
But there's a reason for that: "Alan Smithee" is not a real person. It's a pseudonym invented by the Director's Guild of America for filmmakers to use when they no longer want to be credited for their work. This usually happens when they're replaced on a project, or believe that studio interference has altered the film so much that it no longer reflects their vision. That's why you'll sometimes see "Alan Smithee" credited on TV...
- 11/12/2023
- by William Bibbiani
- Slash Film
The Walking Dead spin-off The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (you can read our review Here) is set to continue with a second season that will focus on Daryl’s good friend Carol, played by Melissa McBride – and because of that, the second season has the ridiculous (and ridiculously long) title of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol. Thanks to a SAG interim agreement, the show was able to make its way through production while the actors strike was still going on… and now that the strike is over, Deadline has revealed that McBride is joined in the cast of the show by Manish Dayal.
Dayal just wrapped up a six season run on the Fox TV series The Resident. Some of his other credits include The Hundred-Foot Journey, Viceroy House, Holidate, Halt and Catch Fire, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
The first season of The Walking Dead...
Dayal just wrapped up a six season run on the Fox TV series The Resident. Some of his other credits include The Hundred-Foot Journey, Viceroy House, Holidate, Halt and Catch Fire, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
The first season of The Walking Dead...
- 11/9/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: The Resident alum Manish Dayal has been tapped for a major recurring role in The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon — The Book of Carol, the second season of the Norman Reedus Twd spinoff.
Season 2 will revolve around Melissa McBride’s character Carol Peletier (hence The Book of Carol title), reuniting her with Reedus’ Daryl Dixon. It’s slated to premiere in 2024.
Dayal will play Ash, an engineer from Boston who moved to the family weekend house in Maine after the onset of the apocalypse. Ash lives by a strict schedule based mostly around his daily flights in a retrofitted single engine plane and mysterious visitations to his backyard greenhouse.
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol was able to resume production overseas during the strike after receiving an interim agreement from SAG-AFTRA.
Along with Reedus and McBride, Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol also stars Clémence Poésy, Louis Puech Scigliuzzi,...
Season 2 will revolve around Melissa McBride’s character Carol Peletier (hence The Book of Carol title), reuniting her with Reedus’ Daryl Dixon. It’s slated to premiere in 2024.
Dayal will play Ash, an engineer from Boston who moved to the family weekend house in Maine after the onset of the apocalypse. Ash lives by a strict schedule based mostly around his daily flights in a retrofitted single engine plane and mysterious visitations to his backyard greenhouse.
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol was able to resume production overseas during the strike after receiving an interim agreement from SAG-AFTRA.
Along with Reedus and McBride, Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol also stars Clémence Poésy, Louis Puech Scigliuzzi,...
- 11/9/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
45 series will play in the festival’s official selection across five different sections
Migration drama La Ley del Mar, starring Luis Tosar and Blanca Portillo, is to open the first edition of the South International Series Festival in Cádiz, which run from October 6-12.
45 series will play in the festival’s official selection in five different sections. Another 60 titles, spanning both fiction and non-fiction, will have previews and screenings.
See below for full line-up
Based on a true story, La Ley Del Mar is about the first European fishing boat that in 2006 rescued 51 sub-Saharan immigrants adrift in the Mediterranean. The...
Migration drama La Ley del Mar, starring Luis Tosar and Blanca Portillo, is to open the first edition of the South International Series Festival in Cádiz, which run from October 6-12.
45 series will play in the festival’s official selection in five different sections. Another 60 titles, spanning both fiction and non-fiction, will have previews and screenings.
See below for full line-up
Based on a true story, La Ley Del Mar is about the first European fishing boat that in 2006 rescued 51 sub-Saharan immigrants adrift in the Mediterranean. The...
- 9/21/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Ray Hildebrand, the singer-songwriter whose duet “Hey Paula” with his friend Jill Jackson under the names Paul & Paula became a million-selling No. 1 hit in 1963, died August 18 of dementia complications at his home in Overland Park, Kansas. He was 82.
His death was announced to The New York Times by his son-in-law Larry Serling.
The song, a tender ballad in which two young lovers trade verses pledging their affections and desire to marry, was something of a 1950s-style teen pop doo-wop holdover that captured a radio-listening audience just before the Beatles-led British Invasion took over the airwaves. The song remains a staple of Golden Oldies fare, and has been used as an era-signifying backdrop in period movies from National Lampoon’s Animal House to modern-day TV series like Halt and Catch Fire. Watch a 1964 performance of the song below.
Written by Hildebrand when he was a college student and originally titled “Paul...
His death was announced to The New York Times by his son-in-law Larry Serling.
The song, a tender ballad in which two young lovers trade verses pledging their affections and desire to marry, was something of a 1950s-style teen pop doo-wop holdover that captured a radio-listening audience just before the Beatles-led British Invasion took over the airwaves. The song remains a staple of Golden Oldies fare, and has been used as an era-signifying backdrop in period movies from National Lampoon’s Animal House to modern-day TV series like Halt and Catch Fire. Watch a 1964 performance of the song below.
Written by Hildebrand when he was a college student and originally titled “Paul...
- 8/31/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled 42 short films to feature as part of its Short Cuts program in September, led by the Riz Ahmed-starrer Dammi and Redlights, toplined by Kaniehtiio Horn and Ellyn Jade.
Ahmed, who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Sound of Metal and last year earned a Oscar for the live-action short The Long Goodbye, toplines Dammi, a short directed by French auteur Yann Mounir Demange and set to world premiere in Locarno before landing in Toronto. The film also stars Isabelle Adjani, Souheila Yacoub, Sandor Funtek and Suzy Bemba and is produced by Ami, the French fashion brand, which teased a trailer for the film in Cannes.
Demange has TV series credits that include Secret Diary of a Call Girl and Dead Set, and movie credits like ’71 and White Boy Rick. Renee Zhan, who earned the Jury Award for best animated...
Ahmed, who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Sound of Metal and last year earned a Oscar for the live-action short The Long Goodbye, toplines Dammi, a short directed by French auteur Yann Mounir Demange and set to world premiere in Locarno before landing in Toronto. The film also stars Isabelle Adjani, Souheila Yacoub, Sandor Funtek and Suzy Bemba and is produced by Ami, the French fashion brand, which teased a trailer for the film in Cannes.
Demange has TV series credits that include Secret Diary of a Call Girl and Dead Set, and movie credits like ’71 and White Boy Rick. Renee Zhan, who earned the Jury Award for best animated...
- 8/9/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
While House of the Dragon managed to continue filming abroad amid the SAG-AFTRA strike, Interview With the Vampire has been halted in Prague.
Deadline revealed Monday morning that the AMC vampire drama has paused production until the strike is resolved.
The news is a bit surprising in the wake of the House of the Dragon Season 2 shoot resuming, but Deadline notes that some of the cast filming Interview With the Vampire Season 2 are SAG members.
It's unclear how far the series based on the Anne Rice novels was in the production process, but it had been filming since April.
AMC had not announced a premiere window for the series, but it is expected to be heavily featured at San Diego Comic-Con over the weekend.
While the cast and writers can no longer attend, it seems AMC is pressing on with its plans for Sdcc.
Our best guess is that...
Deadline revealed Monday morning that the AMC vampire drama has paused production until the strike is resolved.
The news is a bit surprising in the wake of the House of the Dragon Season 2 shoot resuming, but Deadline notes that some of the cast filming Interview With the Vampire Season 2 are SAG members.
It's unclear how far the series based on the Anne Rice novels was in the production process, but it had been filming since April.
AMC had not announced a premiere window for the series, but it is expected to be heavily featured at San Diego Comic-Con over the weekend.
While the cast and writers can no longer attend, it seems AMC is pressing on with its plans for Sdcc.
Our best guess is that...
- 7/17/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
“That which scares me ultimately will be the thing I’m drawn to,” observed Mark Mylod, director and executive producer of HBO/Max’s Succession, not necessarily intending to get philosophical during The Hollywood Reporter‘s Director Emmy Roundtable. But fear, it turns out, is a major motivator for six of the top TV helmers working right now. Meeting over Zoom in May, the filmmakers behind the past year’s most acclaimed episodes — including Mylod, Paris Barclay (Netflix’s Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story), Liz Garbus (Showtime’s Yellowjackets), Peter Hoar (HBO/Max’s The Last of Us), Karyn Kusama (Prime Video’s Dead Ringers and Yellowjackets) and Jake Schreier (Netflix’s Beef) — kept returning to the career choices that scared (and inspired) them during their hour together. They also got frank about stints in director jail, why artificial intelligence isn’t just a threat to writers and, speaking...
- 6/9/2023
- by Mikey O'Connell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Just two weeks ago, it was announced that Mackenzie Davis – whose credits include Terminator: Dark Fate, Blade Runner 2049, Black Mirror, Halt and Catch Fire, and Station Eleven – had joined the cast of the Blumhouse thriller Speak No Evil, a remake of a Danish film called Gæsterne. Now Deadline reports that Davis has another genre film in the works: a “twisted horror” film called The Damning of a Country Merchant. Davis will be starring in the film alongside Peter Sarsgaard of The Batman.
Matthew Rosenbaum has written the screenplay and will be making his feature directorial debut with The Damning of a Country Merchant, which is set in 1910 Indiana and centers on the patriarch of a rural mercantile family (Sarsgaard) whose way of life is suddenly disrupted by a charismatic industrialist who has entered into a secret affair with his wife (Davis). When rising tensions mistakenly lead to the death of a customer,...
Matthew Rosenbaum has written the screenplay and will be making his feature directorial debut with The Damning of a Country Merchant, which is set in 1910 Indiana and centers on the patriarch of a rural mercantile family (Sarsgaard) whose way of life is suddenly disrupted by a charismatic industrialist who has entered into a secret affair with his wife (Davis). When rising tensions mistakenly lead to the death of a customer,...
- 5/8/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Argo actor Scoot McNairy is the latest to join the cast of Speak No Evil, the Blumhouse and Universal psychological horror thriller from writer-director James Watkins.
The pic revolves around a family invited for a weekend at an idyllic country house -– a dream holiday that warps into a snarled psychological nightmare. Cameras are rolling in Europe.
The James McAvoy project is based on the screenplay of the Danish psychological horror thriller Gæsterne by Christian Tafdrup and Mads Tafdrup. A theatrical release is set for Aug. 9, 2024. Mackenzie Davis, who starred with McNairy for four seasons of AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire, also stars.
McNairy’s filmography includes Ben Affleck’s Argo, Andrew Dominik’s Killing Them Softly, Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, David Michod’s The Rover and War Machine, Lenny Abrahmson’s Frank, Zack Snyder’s Batman vs Superman, Mike Mills’ C’mon C’mon,...
The pic revolves around a family invited for a weekend at an idyllic country house -– a dream holiday that warps into a snarled psychological nightmare. Cameras are rolling in Europe.
The James McAvoy project is based on the screenplay of the Danish psychological horror thriller Gæsterne by Christian Tafdrup and Mads Tafdrup. A theatrical release is set for Aug. 9, 2024. Mackenzie Davis, who starred with McNairy for four seasons of AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire, also stars.
McNairy’s filmography includes Ben Affleck’s Argo, Andrew Dominik’s Killing Them Softly, Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, David Michod’s The Rover and War Machine, Lenny Abrahmson’s Frank, Zack Snyder’s Batman vs Superman, Mike Mills’ C’mon C’mon,...
- 5/4/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Galaxy Quest is going from a fictional series to an actual TV series.
Paramount+ is teaming with its studio counterpart, Paramount Television Studios, for a live-action adaptation of the 1999 cult favorite sci-fi spoof. Sources say the project is in the early development stages and a search is underway for a writer to pair with Mark Johnson, the Breaking Bad alum who exec produced the film and is returning for the scripted update. Johnson and his Gran Via Productions banner are the only execs currently attached to the project.
Reps for Paramount+ and the Nicole Clemens-led Paramount Television Studios declined to comment.
This is not Paramount TV Studios’ first attempt to adapt Galaxy Quest for television. The studio first developed a new take on the beloved pic that starred Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell and Enrico Colantoni as a ragtag group of actors...
Paramount+ is teaming with its studio counterpart, Paramount Television Studios, for a live-action adaptation of the 1999 cult favorite sci-fi spoof. Sources say the project is in the early development stages and a search is underway for a writer to pair with Mark Johnson, the Breaking Bad alum who exec produced the film and is returning for the scripted update. Johnson and his Gran Via Productions banner are the only execs currently attached to the project.
Reps for Paramount+ and the Nicole Clemens-led Paramount Television Studios declined to comment.
This is not Paramount TV Studios’ first attempt to adapt Galaxy Quest for television. The studio first developed a new take on the beloved pic that starred Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell and Enrico Colantoni as a ragtag group of actors...
- 4/18/2023
- by Lesley Goldberg and Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[This article contains spoilers for the April 9 episode of Succession.]
“You are what you do, Logan. In the end, you’re just what you do.”
Those words represent the cruelest thing Frank (Peter Friedman) can think to say to Brian Cox’s Logan Roy in the pilot for HBO’s Succession. Logan has just told Frank that, after 35 years of service, he’s being pushed into a secondary role, in part because Logan is considering which of his reprobate children will be taking over his corporate empire.
In the end, you’re just what you do.
Frank’s job was saved because, of course, the Succession pilot ends with Logan experiencing a brain hemorrhage on one of the family’s private helicopters — one of several times in the show’s run that Logan’s demise was approached asymptotically but never reached.
Death, though, is not an asymptote. Sunday night’s Succession was a shocking gut-punch of an episode, but...
“You are what you do, Logan. In the end, you’re just what you do.”
Those words represent the cruelest thing Frank (Peter Friedman) can think to say to Brian Cox’s Logan Roy in the pilot for HBO’s Succession. Logan has just told Frank that, after 35 years of service, he’s being pushed into a secondary role, in part because Logan is considering which of his reprobate children will be taking over his corporate empire.
In the end, you’re just what you do.
Frank’s job was saved because, of course, the Succession pilot ends with Logan experiencing a brain hemorrhage on one of the family’s private helicopters — one of several times in the show’s run that Logan’s demise was approached asymptotically but never reached.
Death, though, is not an asymptote. Sunday night’s Succession was a shocking gut-punch of an episode, but...
- 4/10/2023
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Showtime is keeping its Yellowjackets team intact.
The network has struck an overall deal with showrunner Jonathan Lisco. The move will see Lisco continue to serve as executive producer, writer and showrunner on the hit series, alongside creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, while also developing new projects.
The move comes after it also locked up married couple Lyle and Nickerson to a similar deal last year.
Yellowjackets is a breakout hit for the network and one of the few that is not based on existing IP. The season two premiere delivered Showtime‘s best debut for a second installment that the network has seen in more than 10 years.
That’s before we’ve even got to the fun part with episode two, Edible Complex, which features the first full-blown cannibalism episode of the show and was written by Lisco.
The series also received an early renewal – ahead of...
The network has struck an overall deal with showrunner Jonathan Lisco. The move will see Lisco continue to serve as executive producer, writer and showrunner on the hit series, alongside creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, while also developing new projects.
The move comes after it also locked up married couple Lyle and Nickerson to a similar deal last year.
Yellowjackets is a breakout hit for the network and one of the few that is not based on existing IP. The season two premiere delivered Showtime‘s best debut for a second installment that the network has seen in more than 10 years.
That’s before we’ve even got to the fun part with episode two, Edible Complex, which features the first full-blown cannibalism episode of the show and was written by Lisco.
The series also received an early renewal – ahead of...
- 3/31/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
From nuclear fallout to the fall of a dictator.
Johan Renck, the Swedish director who won an Emmy for his work on hit miniseries Chernobyl, is to turn his attention to the final days of Saddam Hussein for the feature film The Prisoner in His Palace. Based on Will Bardenwerper’s best-selling book, The Prisoner in His Palace: Saddam Hussein, His American Guards, and What History Leaves Unsaid, the story is an account of the 12 U.S. soldiers who guarded the ousted former Iraqi leader in the months before his execution.
The feature is one of a number of projects under a new partnership between Fremantle and Sinestra, the production banner launched by Renck and producer Michael Parets (Spaceman).
The Prisoner in His Palace will be produced by Parets and Renck for Sinestra in partnership with Fremantle and is being developed for Renck to direct. Bardenwerper, a former Airborne Ranger-qualified infantry officer,...
Johan Renck, the Swedish director who won an Emmy for his work on hit miniseries Chernobyl, is to turn his attention to the final days of Saddam Hussein for the feature film The Prisoner in His Palace. Based on Will Bardenwerper’s best-selling book, The Prisoner in His Palace: Saddam Hussein, His American Guards, and What History Leaves Unsaid, the story is an account of the 12 U.S. soldiers who guarded the ousted former Iraqi leader in the months before his execution.
The feature is one of a number of projects under a new partnership between Fremantle and Sinestra, the production banner launched by Renck and producer Michael Parets (Spaceman).
The Prisoner in His Palace will be produced by Parets and Renck for Sinestra in partnership with Fremantle and is being developed for Renck to direct. Bardenwerper, a former Airborne Ranger-qualified infantry officer,...
- 3/31/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Starz’s eight-episode drama series The Venery of Samantha Bird has added Mission: Impossible actor Henry Czerny and Desperate Housewives actor Doug Savant in recurring roles.
Katherine Langford stars as Samantha Bird, who, while visiting family in New England, reconnects with her childhood sweetheart (Finn Jones) and falls headlong into a seemingly perfect storybook romance. But underneath their fever dream lurks a more unsettling interpretation of this affair. The series is described as a haunting portrayal of addictive love and the repercussions that a relationship has on the families in a small New England town.
Related: 2023 Starz Pilots & Series Orders
Czerny will play Teddy, Samantha’s father and a former artist and teacher. Theodore “Teddy” Bird moves to Little Yorn with his wife, Nan, reuniting with their longtime friends, Al and Carol Minot.
Savant plays Al Minot, a sharp businessman who is deeply invested in maintaining the town of...
Katherine Langford stars as Samantha Bird, who, while visiting family in New England, reconnects with her childhood sweetheart (Finn Jones) and falls headlong into a seemingly perfect storybook romance. But underneath their fever dream lurks a more unsettling interpretation of this affair. The series is described as a haunting portrayal of addictive love and the repercussions that a relationship has on the families in a small New England town.
Related: 2023 Starz Pilots & Series Orders
Czerny will play Teddy, Samantha’s father and a former artist and teacher. Theodore “Teddy” Bird moves to Little Yorn with his wife, Nan, reuniting with their longtime friends, Al and Carol Minot.
Savant plays Al Minot, a sharp businessman who is deeply invested in maintaining the town of...
- 2/7/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Last week marked the annual ritual that comes every 12 months with Oscar nominations. Before the crack of dawn, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awakens the entire industry to reveal who will be nominated as “the best” from the year that was. And, as always, there were snubs and Oscars disappointments about who was ignored or passed over (and how all too often they appear to be Black when it comes to major categories like Best Director and Best Actress).
One major pleasant surprise, however, was the nomination of Andrea Riseborough in the Best Actress category for her role in To Leslie. The film premiered at SXSW earlier in the year and was an intimate character study that far too few audiences saw or even sought out. Nonetheless, the film’s central performance was nominated alongside expected nominees like Cate Blanchett for the spellbinding Tár and Michelle Yeoh...
One major pleasant surprise, however, was the nomination of Andrea Riseborough in the Best Actress category for her role in To Leslie. The film premiered at SXSW earlier in the year and was an intimate character study that far too few audiences saw or even sought out. Nonetheless, the film’s central performance was nominated alongside expected nominees like Cate Blanchett for the spellbinding Tár and Michelle Yeoh...
- 1/30/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
It started with just a few of them, a random passerby or two milling about Toronto’s King Street in Hawaiian shirts and curly-haired wigs. Then, as if following some primitive instinct, they’d find each other and begin to chat. At one point, four twentysomethings dressed in the same floral printed garb and checkered Vans slip-ons begin to dance for a woman filming a TikTok video, while a fifth one played a jaunty tune on his accordion. By 11pm, they were a handful of tiny groups starting to congregate...
- 9/9/2022
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
This Paper Girls article contains spoilers.
Like Damon Lindelof’s take on Watchmen before it, Paper Girls takes a beloved comic work and expands its possibilities for the small screen. Streaming now on Amazon Prime Video, the eight-episode debut season captures the heart, fun, and general sci-fi mindfuckery of the source material. More than that though, it doubles down on the saga’s core humanity by taking time to explore the rich inner lives of Mac, Kj, Tiffany, and Erin as they are thrown into a decades-spanning adventure that puts them in conflict with everything from their future selves to the realities of their mortality.
Part of the reason this adaptation is so successful is that Paper Girls‘ comic creators Brian K. Vaughan (who wrote all 30 issues) and Cliff Chiang (who illustrated them) serve as executive producers on the series. Their involvement both legitimizes and endorses the show, which ambitiously...
Like Damon Lindelof’s take on Watchmen before it, Paper Girls takes a beloved comic work and expands its possibilities for the small screen. Streaming now on Amazon Prime Video, the eight-episode debut season captures the heart, fun, and general sci-fi mindfuckery of the source material. More than that though, it doubles down on the saga’s core humanity by taking time to explore the rich inner lives of Mac, Kj, Tiffany, and Erin as they are thrown into a decades-spanning adventure that puts them in conflict with everything from their future selves to the realities of their mortality.
Part of the reason this adaptation is so successful is that Paper Girls‘ comic creators Brian K. Vaughan (who wrote all 30 issues) and Cliff Chiang (who illustrated them) serve as executive producers on the series. Their involvement both legitimizes and endorses the show, which ambitiously...
- 7/30/2022
- by Chris Cummins
- Den of Geek
Click here to read the full article.
Amazon’s Paper Girls features time travel, a burgeoning interdimensional conflict and giant robots straight out of Pacific Rim. It’s certain to earn everybody’s lazy comparisons to Stranger Things, though it feels essential to mention that Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang’s Image Comics series predates Netflix’s exercise in ’80s teen nostalgia.
You can’t describe Paper Girls without talking about its science fiction spine. That, however, is not the thing. It’s the thing that gets you to the thing.
If you don’t get that reference, get thee to a streaming platform that carries Halt and Catch Fire immediately. If you got the reference, but wonder why anybody would use a Halt and Catch Fire reference to describe a show that’s Stranger Things — sorry, it’s unavoidable — by way of The Baby-Sitters Club, it’s notable...
Amazon’s Paper Girls features time travel, a burgeoning interdimensional conflict and giant robots straight out of Pacific Rim. It’s certain to earn everybody’s lazy comparisons to Stranger Things, though it feels essential to mention that Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang’s Image Comics series predates Netflix’s exercise in ’80s teen nostalgia.
You can’t describe Paper Girls without talking about its science fiction spine. That, however, is not the thing. It’s the thing that gets you to the thing.
If you don’t get that reference, get thee to a streaming platform that carries Halt and Catch Fire immediately. If you got the reference, but wonder why anybody would use a Halt and Catch Fire reference to describe a show that’s Stranger Things — sorry, it’s unavoidable — by way of The Baby-Sitters Club, it’s notable...
- 7/29/2022
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If adaptations of Brian K. Vaughan’s comic books didn’t have terrible luck with timing, they’d have no luck at all.
Vaughan has co-created some of the most acclaimed, beloved comics of this century, but they have tended to involve such elaborate concepts and dense storytelling that they’ve taken an incredibly long time to journey from page to screen. As a result, they’ve arrived in other media at the worst possible moments. Runaways, about the rebellious teenage children of a group of supervillains, debuted on Hulu...
Vaughan has co-created some of the most acclaimed, beloved comics of this century, but they have tended to involve such elaborate concepts and dense storytelling that they’ve taken an incredibly long time to journey from page to screen. As a result, they’ve arrived in other media at the worst possible moments. Runaways, about the rebellious teenage children of a group of supervillains, debuted on Hulu...
- 7/29/2022
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Lestat and Louis are headed for the small screen after AMC greenlighted a series adaptation of Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire.
The cable network has ordered an eight-part series based on the book, which was famously turned into a 1994 movie starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.
This comes after AMC Networks acquired the rights to 18 of Rice’s books last year.
The company is looking to turn Rice’s collection of novels, which include the Vampire Chronicles and Mayfair Witches series, into a franchise with Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul producer Mark Johnson overseeing the rollout. Johnson, who has an overall agreement with AMC Studios, will take the lead on the universe.
Rolin Jones, who co-created and served as showrunner for the first season of HBO’s Perry Mason, will serve as creator, showrunner and writer of the Interview with the Vampire series. Jones, who also has...
The cable network has ordered an eight-part series based on the book, which was famously turned into a 1994 movie starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.
This comes after AMC Networks acquired the rights to 18 of Rice’s books last year.
The company is looking to turn Rice’s collection of novels, which include the Vampire Chronicles and Mayfair Witches series, into a franchise with Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul producer Mark Johnson overseeing the rollout. Johnson, who has an overall agreement with AMC Studios, will take the lead on the universe.
Rolin Jones, who co-created and served as showrunner for the first season of HBO’s Perry Mason, will serve as creator, showrunner and writer of the Interview with the Vampire series. Jones, who also has...
- 6/24/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Richard Kadrey, author of the fantasy book series “Sandman Slim,” has written an original screenplay called “Dark West” that will be adapted into a movie by “Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead” writer-director Kiah Roache-Turner.
Chris Goldberg’s Winterlight Pictures has optioned “Dark West” and set Roache-Turner to write the next draft of the script. Roache-Turner is eyeing to direct the film in his native Australia. Kadrey is also working on turning “Dark West” into a graphic novel.
“Dark West” is a vampire revenge thriller set on the highways of Texas that follows two car thieves who accidentally T-bone a pair of vampires in the middle of the night. The story is in the vein of the classic ’80s horror films “The Hitcher” and Kathryn Bigelow’s “Near Dark.”
The idea for “Dark West” came about after Kadrey’s “Sandman Slim” book series was optioned by Goldberg in his role as...
Chris Goldberg’s Winterlight Pictures has optioned “Dark West” and set Roache-Turner to write the next draft of the script. Roache-Turner is eyeing to direct the film in his native Australia. Kadrey is also working on turning “Dark West” into a graphic novel.
“Dark West” is a vampire revenge thriller set on the highways of Texas that follows two car thieves who accidentally T-bone a pair of vampires in the middle of the night. The story is in the vein of the classic ’80s horror films “The Hitcher” and Kathryn Bigelow’s “Near Dark.”
The idea for “Dark West” came about after Kadrey’s “Sandman Slim” book series was optioned by Goldberg in his role as...
- 3/5/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
New sales company Feel Content has snapped up international sales rights to comedy-thriller “La teoría de los vidrios rotos” (“The Broken Glass Theory”), a Uruguay-Argentina-Brazil co-production.
The film marks Uruguayan director-producer Diego Fernández Pujol’s sophomore feature. His 2014 road-movie “El Rincón de Darwin” won several international festivals plaudits, taking in the Special Jury Prize and best Latin American actor (Carlos Frasca) at the Malaga Film Festival’s Territorio Latinoamericano sidebar.
Set up at Fernández Pujol’s outfit Parking Films, “La teoría de los vidrios rotos” is co-produced by Micaela Solé’s Cordon Films in Uruguay; Juan Pablo Miller at Argentina’s Tarea Fina Cine and Aletéia Selonk at Brazil’s Okna Produçoes.
Fernández Pujol re-teams as producer with Okna after co-producing Brazilian Cristiane Oliveira’s Berlinale 2017 Generation 14Plus player “Mulher do Pai.”
Inspired in real-life events, Uruguay-set “La teoría de los vidrios rotos” tells the story of Claudio, an on-the-rise...
The film marks Uruguayan director-producer Diego Fernández Pujol’s sophomore feature. His 2014 road-movie “El Rincón de Darwin” won several international festivals plaudits, taking in the Special Jury Prize and best Latin American actor (Carlos Frasca) at the Malaga Film Festival’s Territorio Latinoamericano sidebar.
Set up at Fernández Pujol’s outfit Parking Films, “La teoría de los vidrios rotos” is co-produced by Micaela Solé’s Cordon Films in Uruguay; Juan Pablo Miller at Argentina’s Tarea Fina Cine and Aletéia Selonk at Brazil’s Okna Produçoes.
Fernández Pujol re-teams as producer with Okna after co-producing Brazilian Cristiane Oliveira’s Berlinale 2017 Generation 14Plus player “Mulher do Pai.”
Inspired in real-life events, Uruguay-set “La teoría de los vidrios rotos” tells the story of Claudio, an on-the-rise...
- 3/2/2021
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Katherine Lanasa has enjoyed the kind of career that would leave even the best of us with a touch of the green-eyed monster. Since abandoning ballet for acting, she’s enjoyed roles in some of the biggest TV shows of the last two decades, including ER, Judging Amy, Grey’s Anatomy, Two and a Half Men, Deception, and Dynasty. With her current role as Gloria Grandbilt in Katy Keene set to introduce her talents to a whole new audience, there’s never been a better time to find out more. 1. She made her acting debut on Catchfire In 1990, Lanasa made her
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- 2/25/2020
- by Jennifer Borama
- TVovermind.com
Iconic horror movie actress Julie Adams, who starred as Kay Lawrence in Creature from the Black Lagoon, has died. She was 92.
Adams died early Sunday morning in Los Angeles, her son Mitchell Danton confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
She rose to fame as the woman who wore a white, one-piece bathing suit to take a dip in a lagoon in the 1954 film as the Gill-man beneath copied her every movie. The scene was often recreated in movies like Jaws and The Shape of Water.
I mourn Julie Adams passing. It hurts in a place deep in me, where monsters swim.
Adams died early Sunday morning in Los Angeles, her son Mitchell Danton confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
She rose to fame as the woman who wore a white, one-piece bathing suit to take a dip in a lagoon in the 1954 film as the Gill-man beneath copied her every movie. The scene was often recreated in movies like Jaws and The Shape of Water.
I mourn Julie Adams passing. It hurts in a place deep in me, where monsters swim.
- 2/4/2019
- by Maura Hohman
- PEOPLE.com
Creature From the Black Lagoon star Julie Adams, an actress who, like Fay Wray and Evelyn Ankers before her won the hearts of classic Hollywood monsters and then generations of devoted fans, died Sunday in Los Angeles. She was 92.
Adams’ death was confirmed on her official website.
Where Wray perched atop the Empire State Building with King Kong and Ankers ran through fog-shrouded forests pursued by The Wolf Man, Adams secured her place in horror iconography underwater, notably an indelible scene in the 1954 Creature during which the actress, in a one-piece white bathing suit, swims atop the lagoon water as the creature known as the Gil-Man mimics her moves some feet below. The imagery would be echoed in countless films thereafter, memorably in both Jaws and 2017’s The Shape of Water.
“I mourn Julie Adams passing,” tweeted del Toro today. “It hurts in a place deep in me, where monsters swim.
Adams’ death was confirmed on her official website.
Where Wray perched atop the Empire State Building with King Kong and Ankers ran through fog-shrouded forests pursued by The Wolf Man, Adams secured her place in horror iconography underwater, notably an indelible scene in the 1954 Creature during which the actress, in a one-piece white bathing suit, swims atop the lagoon water as the creature known as the Gil-Man mimics her moves some feet below. The imagery would be echoed in countless films thereafter, memorably in both Jaws and 2017’s The Shape of Water.
“I mourn Julie Adams passing,” tweeted del Toro today. “It hurts in a place deep in me, where monsters swim.
- 2/4/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
We take a look at new Blu-rays of two ’80s classics.
Shout! Factory’s relatively young collectors label, Shout Select, is something of an odd duck. This is less of a criticism than an observation as their releases so far bear no real discernible through line. We’ve gotten well-deserved Blu-rays of eagerly awaited ’80s classics like To Live and Die in La, Road House, and Midnight Run, but the label has also released/announced titles like Death of a Salesman, The Chinese Connection, and Simon Pegg’s forgettable 2012 film, A Fantastic Fear of Everything. So yeah, there’s something of an odd inconsistency across the catalog.
For now though we’re here to discuss their latest releases, two ’80s films of varying acclaim and renown — John Milius’ Red Dawn and Dennis Hopper’s Colors.
Red Dawn (1984)
A small town in Colorado begins its day like any other until strangers drop from the sky. Soviet...
Shout! Factory’s relatively young collectors label, Shout Select, is something of an odd duck. This is less of a criticism than an observation as their releases so far bear no real discernible through line. We’ve gotten well-deserved Blu-rays of eagerly awaited ’80s classics like To Live and Die in La, Road House, and Midnight Run, but the label has also released/announced titles like Death of a Salesman, The Chinese Connection, and Simon Pegg’s forgettable 2012 film, A Fantastic Fear of Everything. So yeah, there’s something of an odd inconsistency across the catalog.
For now though we’re here to discuss their latest releases, two ’80s films of varying acclaim and renown — John Milius’ Red Dawn and Dennis Hopper’s Colors.
Red Dawn (1984)
A small town in Colorado begins its day like any other until strangers drop from the sky. Soviet...
- 3/17/2017
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
With today's round of essays, the fifth issue of Lola, edited by Adrian Martin and Girish Shambu, is now complete. Among the new additions are pieces on Blade Runner, Claude Lanzmann's The Last of the Unjust and Shane Carruth's Upstream Color. Also in today's roundup: Nadia Awad on Jean-Luc Godard and the evolution of Palestinian filmmaking, Locarno artistic director Carlo Chatrian on Sam Peckinpah, Italo Calvino's memories of cinema-going, celebrations of Akira Kurosawa's 105th birthday, Chris Randle on Dennis Hopper's Catchfire with Jodie Foster, Neil Young and Bob Dylan, Abel Ferrara's war of words with IFC and Wild Bunch, a first viewing of Michael Glawogger's final film—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 3/23/2015
- Keyframe
With today's round of essays, the fifth issue of Lola, edited by Adrian Martin and Girish Shambu, is now complete. Among the new additions are pieces on Blade Runner, Claude Lanzmann's The Last of the Unjust and Shane Carruth's Upstream Color. Also in today's roundup: Nadia Awad on Jean-Luc Godard and the evolution of Palestinian filmmaking, Locarno artistic director Carlo Chatrian on Sam Peckinpah, Italo Calvino's memories of cinema-going, celebrations of Akira Kurosawa's 105th birthday, Chris Randle on Dennis Hopper's Catchfire with Jodie Foster, Neil Young and Bob Dylan, Abel Ferrara's war of words with IFC and Wild Bunch, a first viewing of Michael Glawogger's final film—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 3/23/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
With today's round of essays, the fifth issue of Lola, edited by Adrian Martin and Girish Shambu, is now complete. Among the new additions are pieces on Blade Runner, Claude Lanzmann's The Last of the Unjust and Shane Carruth's Upstream Color. Also in today's roundup: Nadia Awad on Jean-Luc Godard and the evolution of Palestinian filmmaking, Locarno artistic director Carlo Chatrian on Sam Peckinpah, Italo Calvino's memories of cinema-going, celebrations of Akira Kurosawa's 105th birthday, Chris Randle on Dennis Hopper's Catchfire with Jodie Foster, Neil Young and Bob Dylan, Abel Ferrara's war of words with IFC and Wild Bunch, a first viewing of Michael Glawogger's final film—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 3/23/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
With today's round of essays, the fifth issue of Lola, edited by Adrian Martin and Girish Shambu, is now complete. Among the new additions are pieces on Blade Runner, Claude Lanzmann's The Last of the Unjust and Shane Carruth's Upstream Color. Also in today's roundup: Nadia Awad on Jean-Luc Godard and the evolution of Palestinian filmmaking, Locarno artistic director Carlo Chatrian on Sam Peckinpah, Italo Calvino's memories of cinema-going, celebrations of Akira Kurosawa's 105th birthday, Chris Randle on Dennis Hopper's Catchfire with Jodie Foster, Neil Young and Bob Dylan, Abel Ferrara's war of words with IFC and Wild Bunch, a first viewing of Michael Glawogger's final film—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 3/23/2015
- Keyframe
Exclusive: Near 20-film haul includes God’s Pocket, Bill, Pound of Flesh, Backtrack, Testament of Youth, The Guest.
Dubai-based distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment did brisk business at the European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin last week, locking in deals on a number of buzzed-about market titles.
Among the company’s near-20 film acquisition haul for Middle East, North Africa and Iran were Bankside’s Backtrack, starring Adrien Brody and Sam Neil; Automatic Entertainment’s Jean Claude Van Damme action film Pound of Flesh; Cmg duo Where the Devil Rides, starring Jennifer Carpenter and Rufus Sewell; and animation comedy Sly Cooper 3D, from Tmnt director Kevin Munroe.
Front Row nabbed comedy A Birder’s Guide to Everything, starring Ben Kingsley and Kodi Smit-McPhee, from Screen Media Venture; Catherine Keener drama War Story from Visit Films; UK comedy Bill from Independent; and documentary Cocaine Cowboys: Reloaded from Magnolia Pictures.
Per Front Row and Gulf Film’s output...
Dubai-based distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment did brisk business at the European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin last week, locking in deals on a number of buzzed-about market titles.
Among the company’s near-20 film acquisition haul for Middle East, North Africa and Iran were Bankside’s Backtrack, starring Adrien Brody and Sam Neil; Automatic Entertainment’s Jean Claude Van Damme action film Pound of Flesh; Cmg duo Where the Devil Rides, starring Jennifer Carpenter and Rufus Sewell; and animation comedy Sly Cooper 3D, from Tmnt director Kevin Munroe.
Front Row nabbed comedy A Birder’s Guide to Everything, starring Ben Kingsley and Kodi Smit-McPhee, from Screen Media Venture; Catherine Keener drama War Story from Visit Films; UK comedy Bill from Independent; and documentary Cocaine Cowboys: Reloaded from Magnolia Pictures.
Per Front Row and Gulf Film’s output...
- 2/19/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The legendary Bob Dylan turned 70 years old on May 24th. This article takes a close look at his association with the movies…
Bob Dylan had his first acting gig aged 21 on British TV with a play called Madhouse on Castle Street. His eponymously-titled first album had been released but few people in Britain would have known him; this was a few months before Freewheelin’ hit the shelves and Dylan-fever (which is like Beatlemania, only less wild and more pretentious) swept the Western world. He was intended to play the lead but quickly proved that he wasn’t interested in learning lines and was perhaps more interested in his recent discovery of cannabis, so David Warner was hired as the lead and Dylan provided a Greek chorus to the action.
In its wisdom, the BBC has long since destroyed the footage so it’s not easy to gauge how people would...
Bob Dylan had his first acting gig aged 21 on British TV with a play called Madhouse on Castle Street. His eponymously-titled first album had been released but few people in Britain would have known him; this was a few months before Freewheelin’ hit the shelves and Dylan-fever (which is like Beatlemania, only less wild and more pretentious) swept the Western world. He was intended to play the lead but quickly proved that he wasn’t interested in learning lines and was perhaps more interested in his recent discovery of cannabis, so David Warner was hired as the lead and Dylan provided a Greek chorus to the action.
In its wisdom, the BBC has long since destroyed the footage so it’s not easy to gauge how people would...
- 6/1/2011
- by Adam Whyte
- Obsessed with Film
For a time in California, Alex Cox was Dennis Hopper's No 4 henchman. He recalls the director's brilliance and breakdowns – and how John Wayne once tried to kill him
Two nights ago, I had a wake for Dennis Hopper with my wife, Tod, and watched Giant. I also asked Cecilia Montiel, a production designer who lives on the same street as Dennis, to put some flowers on his gate. When I heard he was dying, I phoned a couple of times, spoke to the people in the office, and asked them to give Dennis my best regards. The last time I called, I talked to a lady who was either a nurse or the maid. She told me he was sleeping.
I'd like to have seen the old man before he went. In the late 1980s, I was Dennis Hopper's henchman, for a while. Dennis had several henchmen; I...
Two nights ago, I had a wake for Dennis Hopper with my wife, Tod, and watched Giant. I also asked Cecilia Montiel, a production designer who lives on the same street as Dennis, to put some flowers on his gate. When I heard he was dying, I phoned a couple of times, spoke to the people in the office, and asked them to give Dennis my best regards. The last time I called, I talked to a lady who was either a nurse or the maid. She told me he was sleeping.
I'd like to have seen the old man before he went. In the late 1980s, I was Dennis Hopper's henchman, for a while. Dennis had several henchmen; I...
- 6/3/2010
- by Alex Cox
- The Guardian - Film News
Actor Dennis Hopper passed away on Saturday following a battle with prostate cancer. He was 74 years old and died in his home in Los Angeles.
Primarily known for his work in film, Hopper appeared in two movies with James Dean, Rebel without a Cause and Giant, while still in his teens. He went on to act in several notable films, including Cool Hand Luke, True Grit, Apocalypse Now, Rumble Fish, Blue Velvet, Hoosiers, Speed, and The Indian Runner. He also directed and starred in several pictures like Easy Rider, Out of the Blue, and Catchfire.
Still, he also left his mark in television. He started there in the 1950's and guest-starred in more than a hundred shows like The Twilight Zone, Petticoat Junction, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Big Valley, and Justice.
Hopper had memorable runs on 24 as evil Victor...
Primarily known for his work in film, Hopper appeared in two movies with James Dean, Rebel without a Cause and Giant, while still in his teens. He went on to act in several notable films, including Cool Hand Luke, True Grit, Apocalypse Now, Rumble Fish, Blue Velvet, Hoosiers, Speed, and The Indian Runner. He also directed and starred in several pictures like Easy Rider, Out of the Blue, and Catchfire.
Still, he also left his mark in television. He started there in the 1950's and guest-starred in more than a hundred shows like The Twilight Zone, Petticoat Junction, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Big Valley, and Justice.
Hopper had memorable runs on 24 as evil Victor...
- 6/1/2010
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Hell-raising actor and director who created memorable roles in films from Easy Rider to Blue Velvet
Dennis Hopper, who has died of cancer aged 74, was one of Hollywood's great modern outlaws. His persona, on and off the screen, signified the lost idealism of the 1960s. There were stages in Hopper's career when he was deemed unemployable because of his reputation as a hell-raiser and his substance abuse. However, he made spectacular comebacks and managed to kick his dependence on alcohol and cocaine.
Born in Dodge City, Kansas, Hopper, whose father was a post-office manager and mother a lifeguard instructor, expressed an interest in painting and acting at a young age. While still in his teens, he appeared in repertory at Pasadena Playhouse, California, and studied acting with Dorothy McGuire and John Swope at the Old Globe theatre, San Diego.
The year of his 19th birthday, 1955, was extraordinary. Not only did...
Dennis Hopper, who has died of cancer aged 74, was one of Hollywood's great modern outlaws. His persona, on and off the screen, signified the lost idealism of the 1960s. There were stages in Hopper's career when he was deemed unemployable because of his reputation as a hell-raiser and his substance abuse. However, he made spectacular comebacks and managed to kick his dependence on alcohol and cocaine.
Born in Dodge City, Kansas, Hopper, whose father was a post-office manager and mother a lifeguard instructor, expressed an interest in painting and acting at a young age. While still in his teens, he appeared in repertory at Pasadena Playhouse, California, and studied acting with Dorothy McGuire and John Swope at the Old Globe theatre, San Diego.
The year of his 19th birthday, 1955, was extraordinary. Not only did...
- 5/30/2010
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Chicago – Beloved actor and legendary easy rider Dennis Hopper lost his long battle with prostate cancer this morning at age 74. With a career spanning over the last half-century, Hopper is best known for directing, co-writing and co-starring in 1969’s counterculture classic “Easy Rider”. The script awarded Hopper his first of two Oscar nominations (the other he received for his memorable supporting role in 1987’s “Hoosiers”).
Dennis Hopper
The Hollywood icon died at his home in Venice Beach, Calif., on Saturday, May 29th, from complications due to prostate cancer. He was reportedly surrounded by his children at the time of his death. Hopper was diagnosed with the disease in late 2009, and by March of this year, the cancer had metastasized to his bones. That same month, Hopper made his last public appearance when he received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Hopper began his career in television, and appeared...
Dennis Hopper
The Hollywood icon died at his home in Venice Beach, Calif., on Saturday, May 29th, from complications due to prostate cancer. He was reportedly surrounded by his children at the time of his death. Hopper was diagnosed with the disease in late 2009, and by March of this year, the cancer had metastasized to his bones. That same month, Hopper made his last public appearance when he received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Hopper began his career in television, and appeared...
- 5/29/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Dennis Hopper's recent announcement of terminal cancer jump-started a long-overdue appreciation of his art and life. He got a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame last month (finally), and newspaper and blog appreciations are starting to pop up, focusing mainly on Hopper the performer. That makes sense: Hopper's career spanned a half-century's worth of theater, cinema, TV and recorded music; his list of collaborators stretches from Elizabeth Taylor and John Wayne through Kiefer Sutherland and Gorillaz.
Still, one hopes descriptions of Hopper's directorial career don't start and end with "Easy Rider." Hopper's 1969 debut is notable for its alternately ecstatic and lacerating portrait of the counterculture, the then-unusual use of pre-existing pop songs for its soundtrack, adventurous editing and its status as the first independently financed feature to become a mainstream smash. But there's more to his directorial résumé than philosophical bikers.
Although he directed just seven features ("Easy Rider,...
Still, one hopes descriptions of Hopper's directorial career don't start and end with "Easy Rider." Hopper's 1969 debut is notable for its alternately ecstatic and lacerating portrait of the counterculture, the then-unusual use of pre-existing pop songs for its soundtrack, adventurous editing and its status as the first independently financed feature to become a mainstream smash. But there's more to his directorial résumé than philosophical bikers.
Although he directed just seven features ("Easy Rider,...
- 4/11/2010
- by Matt Zoller Seitz
- ifc.com
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