Jean Boht, who played the iron-fisted matriarch Nellie Boswell on every episode of the 1986-91 BBC sitcom Bread, has died. She was 91.
Boht died Tuesday, her family announced, saying that she “had been battling vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease with the indefatigable spirit for which she was both beloved and renowned.”
She had been living in Denville Hall, a home in London for actors and other members of the entertainment industry.
Her husband of 52 years, Carl Davis, who composed the scores for The French Lieutenant’s Woman and Abel Gance’s epic 1927 silent film Napoléon, died six weeks ago after suffering a brain hemorrhage.
Jean Boht (1932-2023)
It is with overwhelming sadness that we must announce that Jean Boht passed away yesterday Tuesday 12 September. Jean had been battling Vascular Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease with the indefatigable spirit for which she was both beloved and renowned. pic.twitter.com/ytNC...
Boht died Tuesday, her family announced, saying that she “had been battling vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease with the indefatigable spirit for which she was both beloved and renowned.”
She had been living in Denville Hall, a home in London for actors and other members of the entertainment industry.
Her husband of 52 years, Carl Davis, who composed the scores for The French Lieutenant’s Woman and Abel Gance’s epic 1927 silent film Napoléon, died six weeks ago after suffering a brain hemorrhage.
Jean Boht (1932-2023)
It is with overwhelming sadness that we must announce that Jean Boht passed away yesterday Tuesday 12 September. Jean had been battling Vascular Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease with the indefatigable spirit for which she was both beloved and renowned. pic.twitter.com/ytNC...
- 9/14/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Carl Davis, the composer known for his BAFTA-winning score for “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” (1981), died of a brain hemorrhage on Thursday. He was 86.
Davis’ family issued a statement on social media, writing: “We are so proud that Carl’s legacy will be his astonishing impact on music. A consummate all-round musician, he was the driving force behind the reinvention of the silent movie for this generation and he wrote scores for some of the most loved and remembered British television dramas.”
Born in New York, Davis co-authored revue “Diversions” (1959), which won an off-Broadway Emmy and featured at the 1961 Edinburgh Festival. Davis moved to the U.K. in 1961 and was commissioned by the BBC to compose music for “That Was the Week That Was.” Subsequent work included BBC’s anthology play series “The Wednesday Play” (1964-70) and “Play for Today” (1970-84).
Davis then composed for several iconic British television shows, including...
Davis’ family issued a statement on social media, writing: “We are so proud that Carl’s legacy will be his astonishing impact on music. A consummate all-round musician, he was the driving force behind the reinvention of the silent movie for this generation and he wrote scores for some of the most loved and remembered British television dramas.”
Born in New York, Davis co-authored revue “Diversions” (1959), which won an off-Broadway Emmy and featured at the 1961 Edinburgh Festival. Davis moved to the U.K. in 1961 and was commissioned by the BBC to compose music for “That Was the Week That Was.” Subsequent work included BBC’s anthology play series “The Wednesday Play” (1964-70) and “Play for Today” (1970-84).
Davis then composed for several iconic British television shows, including...
- 8/3/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Producer Amy Williams has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Waheed AlQawasmi, the writer and director of upcoming indie feature Jacir, starring Lorraine Bracco.
The suit also names WAFilms, the production company behind the film. AlQawasmi has hit back, describing the complaint as “without merit”.
In the complaint, filed in the Chancery Court for Shelby County, Tennessee, producer Williams claims that AlQawasmi wrongfully removed her name from the film as its lead producer and has failed to pay her the promised compensation for her work on the project. According to the filing, Williams says AlQawasmi approached her in 2016 to help produce the film originally titled My Friend Jacir.
The suit claims that Williams procured funding and cast members for the movie, including Bracco, who stars in the film’s lead role. The film completed production in December 2020, at which point the suit claims that AlQawasmi “manufactured” a contract...
The suit also names WAFilms, the production company behind the film. AlQawasmi has hit back, describing the complaint as “without merit”.
In the complaint, filed in the Chancery Court for Shelby County, Tennessee, producer Williams claims that AlQawasmi wrongfully removed her name from the film as its lead producer and has failed to pay her the promised compensation for her work on the project. According to the filing, Williams says AlQawasmi approached her in 2016 to help produce the film originally titled My Friend Jacir.
The suit claims that Williams procured funding and cast members for the movie, including Bracco, who stars in the film’s lead role. The film completed production in December 2020, at which point the suit claims that AlQawasmi “manufactured” a contract...
- 3/21/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Actress Courteney Cox (“Friends”) poses for the latest issue of “The Sunday Times Style” (UK) magazine, wearing Giorgio Armani for photographer David Slijper:
Cox gained recognition for her starring role as ‘Monica Geller’ on the NBC sitcom “Friends” (1994-2004). She received further recognition starring as ‘Gale Weathers’ in the horror film franchise “Scream” (1996–present).
Cox also starred as ‘Lauren Miller’ in the NBC sitcom “Family Ties” (1987–1989), as ‘Lucy Spiller’ in the FX drama series “Dirt” (2007–2008) and as ‘Jules Cobb’ in the ABC/TBS sitcom “Cougar Town”.
Cox's other films include “Masters of the Universe” (1987), the comedy “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” (1994), the animated comedy “Barnyard” (2006), the fantasy comedy “Bedtime Stories” (2008) and the independent drama “Mothers and Daughters” (2016).
She also owns the production company Coquette Productions and worked as a director on her sitcom “Cougar Town”.
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Cox gained recognition for her starring role as ‘Monica Geller’ on the NBC sitcom “Friends” (1994-2004). She received further recognition starring as ‘Gale Weathers’ in the horror film franchise “Scream” (1996–present).
Cox also starred as ‘Lauren Miller’ in the NBC sitcom “Family Ties” (1987–1989), as ‘Lucy Spiller’ in the FX drama series “Dirt” (2007–2008) and as ‘Jules Cobb’ in the ABC/TBS sitcom “Cougar Town”.
Cox's other films include “Masters of the Universe” (1987), the comedy “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” (1994), the animated comedy “Barnyard” (2006), the fantasy comedy “Bedtime Stories” (2008) and the independent drama “Mothers and Daughters” (2016).
She also owns the production company Coquette Productions and worked as a director on her sitcom “Cougar Town”.
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- 3/6/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Exclusive: As it approaches the launch of its free, ad-supported streaming service, Chicken Soup for the Soul has set content deals with Kin and Reel One Entertainment and lined up a slate of originals.
The service is joining the portfolio of its namesake parent, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, which also runs Crackle, Popcornflix and other services. Chicken Soup for the Soul is already available as a free, ad-supported television channel on Plex, FreeCast, Redbox, LG Channels, Stirr, Xumo and Vizio. The full AVOD version, with thousands of on-demand hours of programming, will go live during this quarter.
Kin makes lifetyle shows with talent including Tia Mowry, Adrienne Bailon Houghton, Jeannie Mai, Malika and Khadijah Haqq and Angela Simmons. In addition to circulating on social platforms, they are syndicated to linear broadcast and streaming. One example is cooking show Comfort Kitchen, hosted by Mowry.
Reel One Entertainment specializes in scripted dramas and will also be providing original movies for Chicken Soup. Plans call for one Reel One original to be released each month. Titles in the works include For the Love of Chocolate, Love Afloat, A Priceless Love, A Slice of Chicago Romance, Love for Starters, A Bouquet of Love, Love Map, A Snapshot of Forever, Love Amongst the Stars, The Beauty of Love, Love at the Ranch, and Love in Full Swing. Tom Berry, CEO of Reel One Entertainment, said Chicken Soup’s “vibrantly loyal audience is a perfect fit for the fun and romantic themes our titles will represent.”
Also premiering on Chicken Soup for the Soul will be its latest original, Smart Home Nation. The show is produced by Efran Films in association with Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment and Parkside Entertainment, and hosted by Tanya Memme. Other originals planned for the new AVOD service’s slate include Hidden Heroes, Animal Tales, The New Americans, Project Dad, and Going From Broke. Ashton Kutcher is an executive producer of Going from Broke, which has previously been a big draw on Crackle, according to the company.
“When planning the launch of the Chicken Soup for the Soul AVOD streaming service, we set the bar very high,” said Jeff Meier, head of programming for Crackle Plus, ‘We’ve exceeded our own expectations and are excited to be launching with a robust slate that features lifestyle TV staples, fan-favorite personalities, and engaging movies and originals our target audience will be sure to love.”
The service will also offer classic series and movies from the Sonar library. Titles in that vault include Mothers and Daughters, with Susan Sarandon, Sharon Stone, Courteney Cox, Christina Ricci, Selma Blair and Mira Sorvino; Morning Glory, with Christopher Reeve and Deborah Raffin; and My Boyfriend’s Back, with Sandy Duncan, Jill Eikenberry and Judith Light. The Sonar library came to Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment via the acquisition of Sonar Entertainment last year. In all, Sonar has 1,400 hours of programming, across 600 titles with 268 Emmy and 16 Golden Globe wins among them.
Philippe Guelton, president of Crackle Plus, said last November’s launch of the Chicken Soup for the Soul Fast channel started a number of integration efforts. “We’re launching a branded Chicken Soup ‘tray’ on Crackle, to give fans easy access to the content as it rolls out wide with additional partners over the next few months,” he said.
The service is joining the portfolio of its namesake parent, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, which also runs Crackle, Popcornflix and other services. Chicken Soup for the Soul is already available as a free, ad-supported television channel on Plex, FreeCast, Redbox, LG Channels, Stirr, Xumo and Vizio. The full AVOD version, with thousands of on-demand hours of programming, will go live during this quarter.
Kin makes lifetyle shows with talent including Tia Mowry, Adrienne Bailon Houghton, Jeannie Mai, Malika and Khadijah Haqq and Angela Simmons. In addition to circulating on social platforms, they are syndicated to linear broadcast and streaming. One example is cooking show Comfort Kitchen, hosted by Mowry.
Reel One Entertainment specializes in scripted dramas and will also be providing original movies for Chicken Soup. Plans call for one Reel One original to be released each month. Titles in the works include For the Love of Chocolate, Love Afloat, A Priceless Love, A Slice of Chicago Romance, Love for Starters, A Bouquet of Love, Love Map, A Snapshot of Forever, Love Amongst the Stars, The Beauty of Love, Love at the Ranch, and Love in Full Swing. Tom Berry, CEO of Reel One Entertainment, said Chicken Soup’s “vibrantly loyal audience is a perfect fit for the fun and romantic themes our titles will represent.”
Also premiering on Chicken Soup for the Soul will be its latest original, Smart Home Nation. The show is produced by Efran Films in association with Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment and Parkside Entertainment, and hosted by Tanya Memme. Other originals planned for the new AVOD service’s slate include Hidden Heroes, Animal Tales, The New Americans, Project Dad, and Going From Broke. Ashton Kutcher is an executive producer of Going from Broke, which has previously been a big draw on Crackle, according to the company.
“When planning the launch of the Chicken Soup for the Soul AVOD streaming service, we set the bar very high,” said Jeff Meier, head of programming for Crackle Plus, ‘We’ve exceeded our own expectations and are excited to be launching with a robust slate that features lifestyle TV staples, fan-favorite personalities, and engaging movies and originals our target audience will be sure to love.”
The service will also offer classic series and movies from the Sonar library. Titles in that vault include Mothers and Daughters, with Susan Sarandon, Sharon Stone, Courteney Cox, Christina Ricci, Selma Blair and Mira Sorvino; Morning Glory, with Christopher Reeve and Deborah Raffin; and My Boyfriend’s Back, with Sandy Duncan, Jill Eikenberry and Judith Light. The Sonar library came to Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment via the acquisition of Sonar Entertainment last year. In all, Sonar has 1,400 hours of programming, across 600 titles with 268 Emmy and 16 Golden Globe wins among them.
Philippe Guelton, president of Crackle Plus, said last November’s launch of the Chicken Soup for the Soul Fast channel started a number of integration efforts. “We’re launching a branded Chicken Soup ‘tray’ on Crackle, to give fans easy access to the content as it rolls out wide with additional partners over the next few months,” he said.
- 2/15/2022
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Eva Amurri is the latest addition to the cast of the upcoming Fox country music drama series “Monarch.”
Amurri has been cast as the younger version of Dottie Cantrell Roman, who will be played in the present day by Susan Sarandon, Amurri’s mother. Amurri will make her debut in the premiere episode. She joins previously announced stars Sarandon, Beth Ditto, Trace Adkins, Anna Friel, Joshua Sasse, Meagan Holder, Inigo Pascual, Martha Higareda, and Emma Milani.
The series follows America’s “first family” of country music, including mother Dottie Cantrell Roman (Sarandon), father Albie Roman (Adkins) and daughters Gigi Taylor-Roman (Ditto) and Nicolette “Nicky” Roman (Friel), and son Luke Roman (Sasse).
This is not the first time Amurri has filled in as a younger version of her mother onscreen. She previously did so in the films “Dead Man Walking” and “That’s My Boy.” She has also starred alongside her mother...
Amurri has been cast as the younger version of Dottie Cantrell Roman, who will be played in the present day by Susan Sarandon, Amurri’s mother. Amurri will make her debut in the premiere episode. She joins previously announced stars Sarandon, Beth Ditto, Trace Adkins, Anna Friel, Joshua Sasse, Meagan Holder, Inigo Pascual, Martha Higareda, and Emma Milani.
The series follows America’s “first family” of country music, including mother Dottie Cantrell Roman (Sarandon), father Albie Roman (Adkins) and daughters Gigi Taylor-Roman (Ditto) and Nicolette “Nicky” Roman (Friel), and son Luke Roman (Sasse).
This is not the first time Amurri has filled in as a younger version of her mother onscreen. She previously did so in the films “Dead Man Walking” and “That’s My Boy.” She has also starred alongside her mother...
- 9/27/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Eva Amurri is joining the cast of Fox’s midseason drama Monarch, where she’ll be part of a cast that also includes her mother, Susan Sarandon.
In fact, Amurri — in her first acting role in several years — will be playing the younger version of Sarandon’s character, country music star Dottie Cantrell Roman. Amurri will recur in the series, which premieres Jan. 30.
Amurri stepped away from acting in 2015 to focus on her lifestyle brand, Happily Eva After. Her last role was in the 2016 feature Mothers and Daughters (which also featured Sarandon). Amurri’s TV credits include NBC’s ...
In fact, Amurri — in her first acting role in several years — will be playing the younger version of Sarandon’s character, country music star Dottie Cantrell Roman. Amurri will recur in the series, which premieres Jan. 30.
Amurri stepped away from acting in 2015 to focus on her lifestyle brand, Happily Eva After. Her last role was in the 2016 feature Mothers and Daughters (which also featured Sarandon). Amurri’s TV credits include NBC’s ...
- 9/27/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Eva Amurri is joining the cast of Fox’s midseason drama Monarch, where she’ll be part of a cast that also includes her mother, Susan Sarandon.
In fact, Amurri — in her first acting role in several years — will be playing the younger version of Sarandon’s character, country music star Dottie Cantrell Roman. Amurri will recur in the series, which premieres Jan. 30.
Amurri stepped away from acting in 2015 to focus on her lifestyle brand, Happily Eva After. Her last role was in the 2016 feature Mothers and Daughters (which also featured Sarandon). Amurri’s TV credits include NBC’s ...
In fact, Amurri — in her first acting role in several years — will be playing the younger version of Sarandon’s character, country music star Dottie Cantrell Roman. Amurri will recur in the series, which premieres Jan. 30.
Amurri stepped away from acting in 2015 to focus on her lifestyle brand, Happily Eva After. Her last role was in the 2016 feature Mothers and Daughters (which also featured Sarandon). Amurri’s TV credits include NBC’s ...
- 9/27/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Lorraine Bracco has been tapped to star in the Jacir, an Arabic/English-language indie feature from director/producer Waheed AlQawasmi, a former creative director at Fox Television. Newcomer Malek Rahbani (The Voice of Syria) will pay Jacir, while comedian/rapper Darius “Tutweezy” Tutwiler, Sara Abi Kanaan, Tony Mehanna, and Jaime Gallagher round out the cast.
The film explores the life events between Jacir, an orphaned Syrian refugee who settles in a rough neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee, and Meryl (Bracco), an opioid addicted ultra conservative shut-in who is fearful of immigrants and minority families in her area. And the unlikely friendship that develops between Jacir and Meryl, as they both learn that they have more in common than they thought.
Amy Williams is producing alongside AlQawasmi. Kelman-Lazarov, Nick Belperio, and Astrud Moxley are serving as executive producers. Production is slated to begin in Memphis,...
The film explores the life events between Jacir, an orphaned Syrian refugee who settles in a rough neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee, and Meryl (Bracco), an opioid addicted ultra conservative shut-in who is fearful of immigrants and minority families in her area. And the unlikely friendship that develops between Jacir and Meryl, as they both learn that they have more in common than they thought.
Amy Williams is producing alongside AlQawasmi. Kelman-Lazarov, Nick Belperio, and Astrud Moxley are serving as executive producers. Production is slated to begin in Memphis,...
- 5/12/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
In these trying times, it helps to be thankful for the small things. So even though I remain pretty steadfast in my worry that Rome and Regina’s adoption is going to fall through in spectacularly painful fashion… who’s up for a baby shower?!
This week’s A Million Little Things celebrates Baby Howard-to-Be, ramps up to Eddie and Katherine’s vow-renewal ceremony and forwards Gary’s nascent relationship with Darcy (much to Maggie’s brokenhearted chagrin). Read on for the highlights of “Mothers and Daughters.”
More from TVLineIs Million Little Pair Your New Thing? Are Good Girls Too Guilty?...
This week’s A Million Little Things celebrates Baby Howard-to-Be, ramps up to Eddie and Katherine’s vow-renewal ceremony and forwards Gary’s nascent relationship with Darcy (much to Maggie’s brokenhearted chagrin). Read on for the highlights of “Mothers and Daughters.”
More from TVLineIs Million Little Pair Your New Thing? Are Good Girls Too Guilty?...
- 3/20/2020
- TVLine.com
Luke Mitchell has been cast in a lead role in the upcoming CBS military legal drama “The Code,” Variety has confirmed.
Mitchell takes over the role of Capt. John “Abe” Abraham from Dave Annable, who originally played the role in the pilot. The character is described as a driven prosecutor for whom becoming a Marine is a longstanding family tradition and a responsibility he treats with devotion and passion.
Mitchell most recently starred in the NBC series “Blindspot.” Before that, he played the role of Lincoln Campbell on the ABC-Marvel series “Agents of Shield.” His other TV credits include “The Tomorrow People” and Australian shows like “Home and Away” and “H20.” On the film side, he has starred in indie features like “Mothers and Daughters” and ““Seven Minutes.”
He is repped by UTA and Management 360, as well as McMahon Management in Australia.
“The Code” follows the military...
Mitchell takes over the role of Capt. John “Abe” Abraham from Dave Annable, who originally played the role in the pilot. The character is described as a driven prosecutor for whom becoming a Marine is a longstanding family tradition and a responsibility he treats with devotion and passion.
Mitchell most recently starred in the NBC series “Blindspot.” Before that, he played the role of Lincoln Campbell on the ABC-Marvel series “Agents of Shield.” His other TV credits include “The Tomorrow People” and Australian shows like “Home and Away” and “H20.” On the film side, he has starred in indie features like “Mothers and Daughters” and ““Seven Minutes.”
He is repped by UTA and Management 360, as well as McMahon Management in Australia.
“The Code” follows the military...
- 8/15/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: CBS’ new drama series The Code has found its male lead in Blindspot alum Luke Mitchell. He replaces Dave Annable, who played the role in the pilot.
In The Code, whose pilot was penned by Limitless creator Craig Sweeny from a story by him and Craig Turk and directed by Marc Webb, the military’s brightest minds take on our country’s toughest challenges – inside the courtroom and out – where each attorney is trained as a prosecutor, a defense lawyer, an investigator – and a Marine.
Mitchell will play Capt. John “Abe” Abraham. Operating out of Judge Advocate General Headquarters in Quantico, Abe is a driven prosecutor for whom becoming a Marine is a longstanding family tradition and a responsibility he treats with devotion and passion.
He joins series stars Anna Wood, Ato Essandoh, Phillipa Soo and Raffi Barsoumian.
Australian-born Mitchell landed the role after an extensive search which included...
In The Code, whose pilot was penned by Limitless creator Craig Sweeny from a story by him and Craig Turk and directed by Marc Webb, the military’s brightest minds take on our country’s toughest challenges – inside the courtroom and out – where each attorney is trained as a prosecutor, a defense lawyer, an investigator – and a Marine.
Mitchell will play Capt. John “Abe” Abraham. Operating out of Judge Advocate General Headquarters in Quantico, Abe is a driven prosecutor for whom becoming a Marine is a longstanding family tradition and a responsibility he treats with devotion and passion.
He joins series stars Anna Wood, Ato Essandoh, Phillipa Soo and Raffi Barsoumian.
Australian-born Mitchell landed the role after an extensive search which included...
- 8/15/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Streaming channels specialist TV4 Entertainment has launched Concrete Club as an independent original content studio, Variety has learned exclusively.
The genre-based studio will develop, produce and distribute feature films and television series targeting underserved, global audiences for all screens. The new studio is touted as an extension of TV4 Entertainment’s portfolio of genre-based lifestyle, entertainment, and sports over-the-top streaming channels.
Concrete Club said Thursday it will create originals in the genres of existing and planned global streaming brands and use TV4 Entertainment’s channels as a development pipeline and guaranteed distribution for Concrete Club productions.
Concrete Club’s first theatrical release will be “Together,” opening June 15 at every Odeon Cinema across England, Scotland and Wales — making it one of the largest independent, self-distributed opening releases in U.K. history. Produced by TV4 Entertainment, the comedic drama was written and directed by Concrete Club’s studio head, Paul Duddridge.
“Together...
The genre-based studio will develop, produce and distribute feature films and television series targeting underserved, global audiences for all screens. The new studio is touted as an extension of TV4 Entertainment’s portfolio of genre-based lifestyle, entertainment, and sports over-the-top streaming channels.
Concrete Club said Thursday it will create originals in the genres of existing and planned global streaming brands and use TV4 Entertainment’s channels as a development pipeline and guaranteed distribution for Concrete Club productions.
Concrete Club’s first theatrical release will be “Together,” opening June 15 at every Odeon Cinema across England, Scotland and Wales — making it one of the largest independent, self-distributed opening releases in U.K. history. Produced by TV4 Entertainment, the comedic drama was written and directed by Concrete Club’s studio head, Paul Duddridge.
“Together...
- 6/14/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Writer-director Paul Duddridge describes his film as ’Romeo & Juliet for the over-60s’.
UK exhibition chain Odeon has lined up screenings of romantic drama Together, in 96 theatres on June 19.
Made for £850,000, Together was written and directed by Paul Duddridge, and stars Sylvia Syms (The Queen) and Peter Bowles (Victoria) as an elderly couple who are separated into different care homes against their will after 60 years of marriage. The film takes in their fight against a frustrating system to be together again.
The cast also includes Cathy Tyson (Band Of Gold), Amanda Barrie (Benidorm) and Nina Wadia (Bend It Like Beckham...
UK exhibition chain Odeon has lined up screenings of romantic drama Together, in 96 theatres on June 19.
Made for £850,000, Together was written and directed by Paul Duddridge, and stars Sylvia Syms (The Queen) and Peter Bowles (Victoria) as an elderly couple who are separated into different care homes against their will after 60 years of marriage. The film takes in their fight against a frustrating system to be together again.
The cast also includes Cathy Tyson (Band Of Gold), Amanda Barrie (Benidorm) and Nina Wadia (Bend It Like Beckham...
- 6/14/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Writer-director Paul Duddridge describes his film as ’Romeo & Juliet for the over-60s’.
UK exhibition chain Odeon has picked up UK rights to local romantic drama Together
It will be released in 96 theatres on June 19.
Made for £850,000, Together was written and directed by Paul Duddridge, and stars Sylvia Syms (The Queen) and Peter Bowles (Victoria) as an elderly couple who are separated into different care homes against their will after 60 years of marriage. The film takes in their fight against a frustrating system to be together again.
The cast also includes Cathy Tyson (Band Of Gold), Amanda Barrie (Benidorm) and...
UK exhibition chain Odeon has picked up UK rights to local romantic drama Together
It will be released in 96 theatres on June 19.
Made for £850,000, Together was written and directed by Paul Duddridge, and stars Sylvia Syms (The Queen) and Peter Bowles (Victoria) as an elderly couple who are separated into different care homes against their will after 60 years of marriage. The film takes in their fight against a frustrating system to be together again.
The cast also includes Cathy Tyson (Band Of Gold), Amanda Barrie (Benidorm) and...
- 6/14/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Writer-director Paul Duddridge describes his film as ’Romeo & Juliet for the over-60s’.
UK exhibition chain Odeon has picked up UK rights to local romantic drama Together
It will be released in 96 theatres on June 19.
Made for £850,000, Together was written and directed by Paul Duddridge, and stars Sylvia Syms (The Queen) and Peter Bowles (Victoria) as an elderly couple who are separated into different care homes against their will after 60 years of marriage. The film takes in their fight against a frustrating system to be together again.
The cast also includes Cathy Tyson (Band Of Gold), Amanda Barrie (Benidorm) and...
UK exhibition chain Odeon has picked up UK rights to local romantic drama Together
It will be released in 96 theatres on June 19.
Made for £850,000, Together was written and directed by Paul Duddridge, and stars Sylvia Syms (The Queen) and Peter Bowles (Victoria) as an elderly couple who are separated into different care homes against their will after 60 years of marriage. The film takes in their fight against a frustrating system to be together again.
The cast also includes Cathy Tyson (Band Of Gold), Amanda Barrie (Benidorm) and...
- 6/14/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Johnathon Schaech has signed on for Michael Cristofer’s thriller, The Night Clerk, joining Tye Sheridan, Helen Hunt, Ana de Armas, and John Leguizamo. Sheridan, who is also a producer on the film, stars as Hotel night clerk Bart Bromley, a highly intelligent young man on the Autism spectrum who becomes a prime suspect when a woman is murdered during his shift. David Wulf of WulfPak Productions and Highland Film Group are producing the project. Convergent Media LLC is financing the film and Santosh Govindaraju, Dan Reardon, and Robbie Brenner will serve as executive producers. Schaech, who next appears with Frank Grillo and Bruce Willis in the upcoming Lionsgate film Reprisal, is repped by Apa, Risa Shapiro, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman.
Actress Julie Gonzalo is set for a supporting role in the indie thriller, The Great Illusion, which stars Selma Blair and Graham Greene.
Actress Julie Gonzalo is set for a supporting role in the indie thriller, The Great Illusion, which stars Selma Blair and Graham Greene.
- 6/1/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Selma Blair and Graham Greene are attached to star in the horror thriller, The Great Illusion, along with Glenn Morshower, Tokala Black Elk (Wind River), Jon Lindstrom (True Detective), Kenzie Dalton (FX’s Feud), and newcomer Oscar Cardenas. Cardenas co-wrote the film with daughter Maria Gabriela Cardenas, who will direct the pic as her feature debut.
The plot follows a tortured FBI agent suffering from an irrational fear of darkness, as he investigates a mysterious former prostitute in order to catch a vicious serial killer.
Amy Williams (Mothers and Daughters) is producing the project, which also co-stars Trisha Rae Stahl (Fox’s Glee), Rebekah Kennedy (Netflix’s To the Bone), Jaime Gallagher (Know Your Enemy), Bella Shaw, Rob Evors (Project X), as well as Monte Markham (We Are Still Here) and Beverly Todd (The Bucket List). Filming is slated to begin next month in Los Angeles.
Blair...
The plot follows a tortured FBI agent suffering from an irrational fear of darkness, as he investigates a mysterious former prostitute in order to catch a vicious serial killer.
Amy Williams (Mothers and Daughters) is producing the project, which also co-stars Trisha Rae Stahl (Fox’s Glee), Rebekah Kennedy (Netflix’s To the Bone), Jaime Gallagher (Know Your Enemy), Bella Shaw, Rob Evors (Project X), as well as Monte Markham (We Are Still Here) and Beverly Todd (The Bucket List). Filming is slated to begin next month in Los Angeles.
Blair...
- 5/23/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Greta Gerwig remembers the "Eureka!" moment.
The 34-year-old actor, an indie-cinema fixture and a co-writer for films like Frances Ha and Mistress America, had been struggling with a screenplay she'd been working on for a while, a story about a young woman coming of age in Northern California. For some reason, she "felt I kept hitting some sort of wall with the movie that I couldn't break through." Then, out of the blue, two lines of dialogue popped into her head.
"I just put everything aside," Gerwig says, "and I...
The 34-year-old actor, an indie-cinema fixture and a co-writer for films like Frances Ha and Mistress America, had been struggling with a screenplay she'd been working on for a while, a story about a young woman coming of age in Northern California. For some reason, she "felt I kept hitting some sort of wall with the movie that I couldn't break through." Then, out of the blue, two lines of dialogue popped into her head.
"I just put everything aside," Gerwig says, "and I...
- 11/6/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Count on the Telluride Film Festival to deliver a surprise or two. Going in, buzz on Joe Wright’s Winston Churchill drama “Darkest Hour” had already reached a dull roar — and folks were prepared to be impressed by Annette Bening in “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool,” Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water,” and Angelina Jolie’s Cambodia movie, “First They Killed My Father.”
But the movie that is building momentum as it hits Toronto, the one that A24 yet again will take all the way to Best Picture contention that could win a few Oscars (as “Moonlight” did last year), is Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird.”
Read More:6 Things We Learned at Telluride, Including Oscar Chances for Greta Gerwig, Angelina Jolie, and Gary Oldman
Some people who like the movie well enough are saying it’s a small coming-of-age movie in an all-too-familiar high school setting.
But the movie that is building momentum as it hits Toronto, the one that A24 yet again will take all the way to Best Picture contention that could win a few Oscars (as “Moonlight” did last year), is Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird.”
Read More:6 Things We Learned at Telluride, Including Oscar Chances for Greta Gerwig, Angelina Jolie, and Gary Oldman
Some people who like the movie well enough are saying it’s a small coming-of-age movie in an all-too-familiar high school setting.
- 9/9/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Count on the Telluride Film Festival to deliver a surprise or two. Going in, buzz on Joe Wright’s Winston Churchill drama “Darkest Hour” had already reached a dull roar — and folks were prepared to be impressed by Annette Bening in “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool,” Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water,” and Angelina Jolie’s Cambodia movie, “First They Killed My Father.”
But the movie that is building momentum as it hits Toronto, the one that A24 yet again will take all the way to Best Picture contention that could win a few Oscars (as “Moonlight” did last year), is Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird.”
Read More:6 Things We Learned at Telluride, Including Oscar Chances for Greta Gerwig, Angelina Jolie, and Gary Oldman
Some people who like the movie well enough are saying it’s a small coming-of-age movie in an all-too-familiar high school setting.
But the movie that is building momentum as it hits Toronto, the one that A24 yet again will take all the way to Best Picture contention that could win a few Oscars (as “Moonlight” did last year), is Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird.”
Read More:6 Things We Learned at Telluride, Including Oscar Chances for Greta Gerwig, Angelina Jolie, and Gary Oldman
Some people who like the movie well enough are saying it’s a small coming-of-age movie in an all-too-familiar high school setting.
- 9/9/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Mothers And Daughters‘ director Paul Duddridge has released the first trailer to his film Together, a heart-tugging story centered on the issue of elderly abuse. Starring Peter Bowles and Sylvia Syms, the pic follows a married couple Phil and Rose, who are separated by an unjust care system when Rose finds herself in the hospital after a minor injury. Phil must fight to prevent his wife of over 60 years from being moved into a nursing home. The film, which was co-produced…...
- 8/29/2017
- Deadline
“Running Wild” follows the story of Stella Davis (Dorian Brown Pham), a beautiful young woman whose husband dies in a car accident. After becoming a widow, Stella saves her ranch by working with a group of convicts. Watch an exclusive clip below.
Read More: An Unlikely Hero Is Tasked With Preventing Iran From Going Nuclear in ‘Patriot’ – Trailer
The clip shows the moment Stella meets the group that will help her save her ranch. Their crimes range from tax evasion and online fraud to possession of firearms, vehicular homicide and grand larceny. While working with these convicts, Stella finds herself facing prejudice, greed and bureaucracy.
The cast includes Sharon Stone (“Basic Instinct”), Tommy Flanagan (“Gladiator”), Jason Lewis (“Sex in the City”), and Tom Williamson (“All Cheerleaders Die”). Flanagan plays the leader of the convicts, and Stone is the villain of the story.
Read More: Kirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning Turn on...
Read More: An Unlikely Hero Is Tasked With Preventing Iran From Going Nuclear in ‘Patriot’ – Trailer
The clip shows the moment Stella meets the group that will help her save her ranch. Their crimes range from tax evasion and online fraud to possession of firearms, vehicular homicide and grand larceny. While working with these convicts, Stella finds herself facing prejudice, greed and bureaucracy.
The cast includes Sharon Stone (“Basic Instinct”), Tommy Flanagan (“Gladiator”), Jason Lewis (“Sex in the City”), and Tom Williamson (“All Cheerleaders Die”). Flanagan plays the leader of the convicts, and Stone is the villain of the story.
Read More: Kirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning Turn on...
- 2/9/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
Selma Blair had a pretty rough Friday.
The Mothers and Daughters star took to Instagram to share a video of herself looking a little teary-eyed, and detailing her unlucky day in the caption. According to Blair, the series of misfortunes began after she drove away from a gas pump with the nozzle still in her fuel tank.
Watch: Selma Blair Thanks Fans for 'Forgiveness' on Her Birthday Following Plane Outburst
"Ok. So my head is still pounding," she explained. "I drove away from a gas pump with the nozzle still in. I was chastised for wearing fur but that was weird 'cause it was teddy bear fur. And then I paid for the broken pump so that was over a 500 dollar tank of gas. Felt awful for being so absent minded."
"Then I burst into tears in front of barista after ordering and made everyone uncomfortable," she added. "Still crying. And I ran out...
The Mothers and Daughters star took to Instagram to share a video of herself looking a little teary-eyed, and detailing her unlucky day in the caption. According to Blair, the series of misfortunes began after she drove away from a gas pump with the nozzle still in her fuel tank.
Watch: Selma Blair Thanks Fans for 'Forgiveness' on Her Birthday Following Plane Outburst
"Ok. So my head is still pounding," she explained. "I drove away from a gas pump with the nozzle still in. I was chastised for wearing fur but that was weird 'cause it was teddy bear fur. And then I paid for the broken pump so that was over a 500 dollar tank of gas. Felt awful for being so absent minded."
"Then I burst into tears in front of barista after ordering and made everyone uncomfortable," she added. "Still crying. And I ran out...
- 2/4/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Eva Amurri Martino is getting candid about a traumatic experience that happened shortly after her son was born.
In a new blog post shared on her website, HappilyEvaAfter.com, the 31-year-old actress is hoping to come to terms with a frightening incident that occurred five weeks after the birth of her son, Major James Martino.
Related: Eva Amurri Martino Welcomes Baby No. 2
"I'm in an emotionally bad place, for reasons I will explain," the daughter of actress Susan Sarandon wrote. "As my husband [Kyle] put so well a couple of days ago, sometimes fighting emotion is like quicksand -- the more you fight, the more it grabs you until eventually it pulls you under. Here is my effort to unclutch, to share and move forward."
Martino -- also mother to 2-year-old daughter, Marlowe -- continued to detail what happened a couple of days after Thanksgiving, when their night nurse fell asleep while holding Major and dropped him, cracking...
In a new blog post shared on her website, HappilyEvaAfter.com, the 31-year-old actress is hoping to come to terms with a frightening incident that occurred five weeks after the birth of her son, Major James Martino.
Related: Eva Amurri Martino Welcomes Baby No. 2
"I'm in an emotionally bad place, for reasons I will explain," the daughter of actress Susan Sarandon wrote. "As my husband [Kyle] put so well a couple of days ago, sometimes fighting emotion is like quicksand -- the more you fight, the more it grabs you until eventually it pulls you under. Here is my effort to unclutch, to share and move forward."
Martino -- also mother to 2-year-old daughter, Marlowe -- continued to detail what happened a couple of days after Thanksgiving, when their night nurse fell asleep while holding Major and dropped him, cracking...
- 1/2/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
The KarJenner krew got into the holiday spirit this year.
The famous family, led by momager Kris Jenner and her boyfriend Corey Gamble, surprised the staff at Red Eye — a non-profit organization that focuses on humanitarian work in the entertainment industry — with one special Christmas donation.
According to the organization’s Instagram account, which is run by executive director Justin Mayo, the family donated 100 gourmet, chef-prepared meals to people in need on Skid Row, an impoverished area in downtown Los Angeles, California.
“Got a Christmas call from Jenner / Kardashian Home saying they wanted to donate some food… 100 gourmet chef prepared...
The famous family, led by momager Kris Jenner and her boyfriend Corey Gamble, surprised the staff at Red Eye — a non-profit organization that focuses on humanitarian work in the entertainment industry — with one special Christmas donation.
According to the organization’s Instagram account, which is run by executive director Justin Mayo, the family donated 100 gourmet, chef-prepared meals to people in need on Skid Row, an impoverished area in downtown Los Angeles, California.
“Got a Christmas call from Jenner / Kardashian Home saying they wanted to donate some food… 100 gourmet chef prepared...
- 12/28/2016
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
‘Z: The Beginning of Everything’ Trailer: Christina Ricci Embodies Zelda Fitzgerald in Amazon Series
They say that well-behaved women rarely make history, and who would Zelda Fitzgerald be without misbehaving every once in a while. In Amazon’s new original series, Christina Ricci transforms into the iconic socialite and novelist in “Z: The Beginning of Everything.” The first trailer for the upcoming period drama has been released, courtesy of Deadline, which you can take a peek at below.
Created by Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin, the 10-episode series follows Zelda’s life and her passionate, yet tumultuous, relationship with her husband F. Scott Fitzgerald (David Hoflin) during the roaring 1920’s Jazz Age. The latest teaser spotlights their first encounter, their wild nights out on the town and their troubles as he becomes a successful writer.
Read More: ‘The Man in the High Castle’ Season 2 Review: Amazon’s Normalized Nazi World Delves Deeper Into Dark Mythologies
“Z” also co-stars David Strathairn as Zelda’s father,...
Created by Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin, the 10-episode series follows Zelda’s life and her passionate, yet tumultuous, relationship with her husband F. Scott Fitzgerald (David Hoflin) during the roaring 1920’s Jazz Age. The latest teaser spotlights their first encounter, their wild nights out on the town and their troubles as he becomes a successful writer.
Read More: ‘The Man in the High Castle’ Season 2 Review: Amazon’s Normalized Nazi World Delves Deeper Into Dark Mythologies
“Z” also co-stars David Strathairn as Zelda’s father,...
- 12/7/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Susan Sarandon channeled her “Thelma & Louise” days for Justice’s new “Fire” music video. In the fun and playful clip, the actress portrays a mechanic who takes the French electronic duo, Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay, on a joyride in the desert.
The video has an ‘80s vibe with Sarandon dressed in washed-out blue jeans and a simple white t-shirt. She’s first seen welding and changing outfits before talking the guys out for a spin. “Fire” is directed by Pascal Teixera who explained that the treatment for the video was inspired by a conversation about washing a car.
“On a hot summer afternoon, Gaspard and I were in Xavier’s kitchen, collectively daydreaming about washing a car. The year we like for car design, the make, where that could take place, how much soap, the mood, the sun, and there should be a woman to go cruising with,...
The video has an ‘80s vibe with Sarandon dressed in washed-out blue jeans and a simple white t-shirt. She’s first seen welding and changing outfits before talking the guys out for a spin. “Fire” is directed by Pascal Teixera who explained that the treatment for the video was inspired by a conversation about washing a car.
“On a hot summer afternoon, Gaspard and I were in Xavier’s kitchen, collectively daydreaming about washing a car. The year we like for car design, the make, where that could take place, how much soap, the mood, the sun, and there should be a woman to go cruising with,...
- 12/1/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Sharon Stone is no stranger to delivering powerhouse performances as seen in The Mighty, Bobby and Casino, which earned her an Oscar nomination, as well as on TV in The Practice and Law & Order: Svu.
After a short break from the big screen, the 58-year-old actress is back with several new films, including spring’s Mothers and Daughters and the new working-class drama, Life on the Line, which co-stars John Travolta, Devon Sawa and Kate Bosworth.
In the Lionsgate Premiere film about linemen who put their life on the line to keep the electric grid running, Stone plays an emotionally-exhausted mother to Duncan (Sawa). And Et has an exclusive first look at a devastating scene she shares with her on-screen son. (Watch above.)
More: John Travolta and Kelly Preston on Playing John and Victoria Gotti: 'You Can See the Intimacy'
While there’s no questioning Stone’s raw star power seen in the film, there was a time...
After a short break from the big screen, the 58-year-old actress is back with several new films, including spring’s Mothers and Daughters and the new working-class drama, Life on the Line, which co-stars John Travolta, Devon Sawa and Kate Bosworth.
In the Lionsgate Premiere film about linemen who put their life on the line to keep the electric grid running, Stone plays an emotionally-exhausted mother to Duncan (Sawa). And Et has an exclusive first look at a devastating scene she shares with her on-screen son. (Watch above.)
More: John Travolta and Kelly Preston on Playing John and Victoria Gotti: 'You Can See the Intimacy'
While there’s no questioning Stone’s raw star power seen in the film, there was a time...
- 11/18/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
The Sisterhood lives on!
Blake Lively is still as close as ever to her now-pregnant Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants co-star, Amber Tamblyn. The 29-year-old actress took to Instagram on Thursday to share a sweet photo of the two cradling Tamblyn's growing baby bump.
Related: Amber Tamblyn and David Cross Are Expecting a Baby Girl!
"'I am asking you to rethink women, period. Go deep. See the frame that holds the big picture...' So proud of my dear friend, and new mama to be, @amberrosetamblyn Check out her piece on @glamourmag," Lively wrote, praising Tamblyn's essay, The Frame That Holds the Big Picture: How Mothers and Daughters Can Change the Way We Talk About Being Women.
"Whatever your beliefs," she continued, "one thing is certain, the world must be a better, safer place for women and girls.
Blake Lively is still as close as ever to her now-pregnant Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants co-star, Amber Tamblyn. The 29-year-old actress took to Instagram on Thursday to share a sweet photo of the two cradling Tamblyn's growing baby bump.
Related: Amber Tamblyn and David Cross Are Expecting a Baby Girl!
"'I am asking you to rethink women, period. Go deep. See the frame that holds the big picture...' So proud of my dear friend, and new mama to be, @amberrosetamblyn Check out her piece on @glamourmag," Lively wrote, praising Tamblyn's essay, The Frame That Holds the Big Picture: How Mothers and Daughters Can Change the Way We Talk About Being Women.
"Whatever your beliefs," she continued, "one thing is certain, the world must be a better, safer place for women and girls.
- 10/27/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
Just when they thought they were safe... revenge pays them a visit. Fox Trap will be released in the Us and UK on DVD and Digital in February of 2017, and we have the exclusive reveal of the film's poster and several stills. Also in today's Highlights: Mondo's The Greasy Strangler items, a Q&A with Pandorica director Tom Paton, UK release details for Let's Be Evil, and info on The Truncated Nightmare Hour: Live! podcast.
Exclusive Fox Trap Poster and Stills: "After a terrible accident leaving a young girl disabled, eight years later the group responsible are invited to a remote manor house in the countryside for a class reunion. Little do they know, they are being targeted by a masked maniac hell bent on revenge.
The cast includes Klariza Clayton (Harry Brown, Blood Money, Skins), Scott Chambers (Chicken, Hush, The Hippopotamus), Alex Sawyer (House of Anubis), Kate Greer, Becky Fletcher,...
Exclusive Fox Trap Poster and Stills: "After a terrible accident leaving a young girl disabled, eight years later the group responsible are invited to a remote manor house in the countryside for a class reunion. Little do they know, they are being targeted by a masked maniac hell bent on revenge.
The cast includes Klariza Clayton (Harry Brown, Blood Money, Skins), Scott Chambers (Chicken, Hush, The Hippopotamus), Alex Sawyer (House of Anubis), Kate Greer, Becky Fletcher,...
- 10/5/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Director Paul Duddridge (Mothers and Daughters) has set Shirley Jones and Robert Wagner as the leads in his upcoming indie Together, described as a Romeo and Juliet love story for seniors. The pic will begin shooting in January. The film centers on elderly married couple Phil and Rose. When Rose finds herself in the hospital after a minor injury, Phil must fight the doctors, social workers, and even their own children to prevent his wife for over 60 years from…...
- 9/30/2016
- Deadline
Tonight America will gather around their televisions. Mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, college roommates who are hosting a drinking game. Everyone will gather up their popcorn and their sure-to-be gigantic bottles of self-medicating wine to watch the very first debate of the 2016 presidential election. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will gather at Hofstra University in Long Island in front of NBC's Lester Holt to discuss their views on what's being described as "Achieving Prosperity," "America's Direction" and "Securing America." And while we're sure those are very weighty and important topics indeed, we are actually here today to debate some wholly...
- 9/26/2016
- E! Online
Tom Holland is known for providing horror fans with some of the most iconic horror films of the ’80s and it’s been announced that he’s getting back behind the camera this September for Rock Paper Dead:
Los Angeles, CA (August 26, 2016) – Filmmaker Tom Holland (Fright Night, Child’s Play) is set to direct Rock Paper Dead, it was announced today by the film’s producers, Amy Williams; Victor Miller and Kerry Fleming. Holland will be joined by a horror dream team of talent that includes Emmy-nominated Vincent Guastini (Requiem for a Dream, “Saturday Night Live”), who will provide special makeup effects, along with the film’s co-writer Victor Miller (Friday the 13) and composer Harry Manfredini (Friday the 13). The highly anticipated genre film will start shooting in Los Angeles this September with a 2017 release date.
Rock Paper Dead is the story of serial killer Peter “The Doll Maker” Harris,...
Los Angeles, CA (August 26, 2016) – Filmmaker Tom Holland (Fright Night, Child’s Play) is set to direct Rock Paper Dead, it was announced today by the film’s producers, Amy Williams; Victor Miller and Kerry Fleming. Holland will be joined by a horror dream team of talent that includes Emmy-nominated Vincent Guastini (Requiem for a Dream, “Saturday Night Live”), who will provide special makeup effects, along with the film’s co-writer Victor Miller (Friday the 13) and composer Harry Manfredini (Friday the 13). The highly anticipated genre film will start shooting in Los Angeles this September with a 2017 release date.
Rock Paper Dead is the story of serial killer Peter “The Doll Maker” Harris,...
- 8/26/2016
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
In the wake of Garry Marshall's death, Kate Hudson took to Instagram to share a touching post about growing up with the award-winning director. Marshall, who died on Tuesday at the age of 81, played a large role in Hudson's acting career - she first met him at the age of 8 on set of her mom Goldie Hawn's 1987 movie with partner Kurt Russell, Overboard. Hudson went on to be directed by Marshall in 2004's Raising Helen and Mother's Day, which was released this past April. The actress, 37, wrote on Instagram: "A hard day for those of us in the Garry camp.
- 7/20/2016
- by Jessica Fecteau, @jessfect
- PEOPLE.com
In the wake of Garry Marshall's death, Kate Hudson took to Instagram to share a touching post about growing up with the award-winning director. Marshall, who died on Tuesday at the age of 81, played a large role in Hudson's acting career - she first met him at the age of 8 on set of her mom Goldie Hawn's 1987 movie with partner Kurt Russell, Overboard. Hudson went on to be directed by Marshall in 2004's Raising Helen and Mother's Day, which was released this past April. The actress, 37, wrote on Instagram: "A hard day for those of us in the Garry camp.
- 7/20/2016
- by Jessica Fecteau, @jessfect
- PEOPLE.com
One of Hollywood's key figures passed away yesterday at the age of 81. His work in the past five years has consisted of a string of critically lambasted all star romcoms (Valentines Day, New Year's Eve, Mothers Day) and the day before he died one of the many actor he made famous (Scott Baio of Happy Days & Joanie Loves Chachi fame) embarrassed himself on national television at the Rnc. To put it bluntly, the last few years have not been kind but this is not the legacy that the beloved Garry Marshall deserves. We need to look a little further back. While he was never exactly a critic's darling - let's not rewrite history -- his work often resonated wildly with the public on screens both small and large. And that, my friends, is no small thing with or without a shelf of showbiz trophies.
He was a mammoth figure in comedy television,...
He was a mammoth figure in comedy television,...
- 7/20/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Considering the amount of films focusing on that special bond between one’s parents, some filmmakers must have complicated relationships. One of two upcoming films explicitly about the subject, the latest from Gabriele Muccino (The Pursuit of Happyness, Seven Pounds), Fathers and Daughters, looks at the relationship between a Pulitzer Prize winning author as he tries to balance being a widower, mental health issues and raising his 5-year-old daughter. Flash-forward to present day and his daughter is still struggling with her childhood. But her love interest, Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) may be able to help her with that. Muccino is aiming for waterworks again with stars Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried playingthe father-daughter duo. The cast also features Jane Fonda, Diane Kruger, Octavia Spencer, and a new U.S. trailer has landed today.
Not to be confused, on the other side of the spectrum of relationships is Mothers and Daughters.
Not to be confused, on the other side of the spectrum of relationships is Mothers and Daughters.
- 5/8/2016
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
Going for those maternal instincts, Screen Media Films will roll out the star-packed Mothers And Daughters over the Mother’s Day Weekend, the title joining a crowded field of newcomers hitting theaters ahead of the summer blockbuster season. Paladin will open Rob Reiner's Being Charlie, which it says is the actor/filmmaker's most personal movie in years. The title is also one of his lowest budgeted films. Just ahead of next week's start of the Cannes Film Festival, IFC…...
- 5/6/2016
- Deadline
Jimmy Kimmel got a head start on Mother’s Day by asking strangers a very personal question: “What’s the biggest lie you ever told your mother?” “On Mother’s Day, we tell our Moms how much we love them, but there are some things we don’t ever tell them, which is dishonest,” Kimmel said while setting up the Mothers Day confessional. To make the segment even more intrusive, sons and daughters were asked while their mothers are standing right next to them. Also Read: Jimmy Kimmel Turns Donald Trump's VP Search Into Reality Show (Video) “Oh no,...
- 5/6/2016
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
If you are looking for a movie to celebrate with Mom this Mother’s Day, the warm-hearted Mothers And Daughters offers a better option that the Garry Marshall comedy named for the holiday. Both films feature a star-studded ensemble cast but Mothers And Daughters features stories that actually deal with motherhood, unlike Marshall’s unfunny comedy.
While it is the better movie, Mothers And Daughters is not without flaws. It has so many characters that is hard to keep them all straight, much less get to know them, and the dramatic, heart-tugging stories also could have benefited from a little sprinkling of humor.
The film stars Susan Sarandon, Sharon Stone, Christina Ricci, Courteney Cox, Selma Blair and Mira Sorvino, among others, in a series of stories that overlap or connect in various ways. The interlocking stories are generally built around a photographer named Rigby Gray (Selma Blair).
The indie film...
While it is the better movie, Mothers And Daughters is not without flaws. It has so many characters that is hard to keep them all straight, much less get to know them, and the dramatic, heart-tugging stories also could have benefited from a little sprinkling of humor.
The film stars Susan Sarandon, Sharon Stone, Christina Ricci, Courteney Cox, Selma Blair and Mira Sorvino, among others, in a series of stories that overlap or connect in various ways. The interlocking stories are generally built around a photographer named Rigby Gray (Selma Blair).
The indie film...
- 5/6/2016
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It’s time for movie moms to get their own Hangover.
This is an appropriate week for Stx Entertainment to drop the trailer for Bad Moms. Obviously it can play before any number of movies that women and their families will be seeing on Sunday for Mother’s Day. But it would be even more appropriate for the comedy to actually open this weekend.
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Sure, theaters are going to be pretty crowded. Captain America: Civil War is going to dominate the box office, with some moms even choosing the superhero sequel as their holiday viewing selection. And for the rest there’s the godawful alternative programming of Mother’s Day plus the slightly better ensemble picture themed to motherhood, Mothers and Daughters. And leftovers like Batman v Superman, The Huntsman: Winter’s War, The Jungle Book, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, Miracles from Heaven...
This is an appropriate week for Stx Entertainment to drop the trailer for Bad Moms. Obviously it can play before any number of movies that women and their families will be seeing on Sunday for Mother’s Day. But it would be even more appropriate for the comedy to actually open this weekend.
https://medium.com/media/d4cc54530b8d0321c11569aa0dea6f21/href
Sure, theaters are going to be pretty crowded. Captain America: Civil War is going to dominate the box office, with some moms even choosing the superhero sequel as their holiday viewing selection. And for the rest there’s the godawful alternative programming of Mother’s Day plus the slightly better ensemble picture themed to motherhood, Mothers and Daughters. And leftovers like Batman v Superman, The Huntsman: Winter’s War, The Jungle Book, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, Miracles from Heaven...
- 5/5/2016
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
It’s Mother’s Day on Sunday (quick, make your brunch reservations/order flowers now), and Hollywood is getting in on the holiday this year. Lorene Scafaria’s charming ode to interfering moms “The Meddler” and Garry Marshall’s disastrous star-studded omnibus “Mother’s Day” are both in theaters, and there’s even the indie “Mothers and Daughters” this weekend, with Susan Sarandon […]
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The post 12 Of The Best, Most Unforgettable Movie Mothers appeared first on The Playlist.
- 5/5/2016
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
Courteney Cox may have made us laugh a lot in Friends and Cougar Town, but the actress takes a more serious turn in the new indie drama Mothers And Daughters. And only E! News has this exclusive sneak peek at a scene that shows Cox having an emotional exchange with Christina Ricci, a young lawyer who has just found out who her real mother is. Hit play in the video above to see Cox's teary-eyed performance. Mothers And Daughters is an ensemble piece about a photographer (Selma Blair) who encounters a series of intertwining stories about motherhood. Directed by Paul Duddridge, the film co-stars Sharon Stone, Mira Sorvino, Paul Wesley, Ashanti, Quinton Aaron and Gilles Marini as well as Susan...
- 5/3/2016
- E! Online
How many movies based around Mother's Day do you need this year? Wait, actually, how many emotionally phony and cloying movies based around Mother's Day do you need this year? The correct answer is: two. If Garry Marshall's starry dramedy "Mother's Day" wasn't enough, here comes "Mothers And Daughters." Read More: Watch: New Trailer For 'Mother's Day' Celebrates The Most Important Job In The World Starring Susan Sarandon, Selma Blair, Sharon Stone, Courtney Cox, Christina Ricci, and Mira Sorvino, and directed by Paul Duddridge and Nigel Levy, the story centers on photographer Rigby Gray who captures uplifting stories of motherhood, inspiring a decision even she wouldn't expect. I bet I can guess what it is. "Mothers And Daughters" opens on May 6th. Watch below. ...
- 4/8/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The Lioness
Ellen Page is attached to star in the Rosalind Ross-penned indie drama "Lioness". The true story tale follows Lance Corporal Leslie Martz, a U.S. Marine and lesbian who was stationed in Haditha, Iraq. No director is attached at this stage.
Martz was sent to Afghanistan as a leader of a Female Engagement Team and tasked with the dual mandate of gaining the trust of Afghan women by equipping them with necessary skills for independence but also secretly extracting information from them about their Taliban husbands. [Source: THR]
Mother's Day
Courteney Cox and Roselyn Sanchez have joined the cast of Paul Duddridge and Nigel Levy's drama "Mothers Day" which is currently shooting in Los Angeles. Susan Sarandon, Eva Amurri Martino, Sharon Stone, Christina Ricci and Paul Wesley also star.
The story is focused on a rock photographer who is riding a career high when an unlikely and unexpected...
Ellen Page is attached to star in the Rosalind Ross-penned indie drama "Lioness". The true story tale follows Lance Corporal Leslie Martz, a U.S. Marine and lesbian who was stationed in Haditha, Iraq. No director is attached at this stage.
Martz was sent to Afghanistan as a leader of a Female Engagement Team and tasked with the dual mandate of gaining the trust of Afghan women by equipping them with necessary skills for independence but also secretly extracting information from them about their Taliban husbands. [Source: THR]
Mother's Day
Courteney Cox and Roselyn Sanchez have joined the cast of Paul Duddridge and Nigel Levy's drama "Mothers Day" which is currently shooting in Los Angeles. Susan Sarandon, Eva Amurri Martino, Sharon Stone, Christina Ricci and Paul Wesley also star.
The story is focused on a rock photographer who is riding a career high when an unlikely and unexpected...
- 7/8/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Courteney Cox and “Devious Maids” star Roselyn Sanchez have joined the cast of Paul Duddridge’s indie drama “Mothers Day,” it was announced Wednesday by producers Danielle James and Amy Williams, both of whom are working moms. Susan Sarandon and her daughter Eva Amurri Martino also star alongside Sharon Stone, Christina Ricci and “The Vampire Diaries” hunk Paul Wesley. Duddridge is making his feature directorial debut, while Nigel Levy is co-directing the film. Paige Cameron wrote the script based on a concept by Duddridge. Also Read: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis to Reteam for Garry Marshall Comedy 'Mother's Day' “Mothers Day...
- 7/8/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
The actress will play a Us Marine in the drama inspired by the real-life female soldiers who deployed alongside Special Forces under the Lioness Program.
James Dahl is producing Lioness from a screenplay by Rosalind Ross about a female operative on an anti-Taliban mission in Afghanistan.
Page will next be seen opposite Julianne Moore and Michael Shannon in Freeheld, which Lionsgate will release on October 2. She is currently filming Tallulah opposite Allison Janney for Route One Entertainment and Ocean Blue Entertainment.
Dahl’s credits include The End Of The Tour starring Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Segal that A24 will release on July 31. Ross wrote El Rey Network’s Matador.
In other casting news, Courteney Cox and Roselyn Sanchez have joined Susan Sarandon, Sharon Stone, Christina Ricci, Paul Wesley and Eva Amurri Martino on Paul Duddridge’s drama Mothers Day. Danielle James and Amy Williams are producing the film, currently in production in Los Angeles.
James Dahl is producing Lioness from a screenplay by Rosalind Ross about a female operative on an anti-Taliban mission in Afghanistan.
Page will next be seen opposite Julianne Moore and Michael Shannon in Freeheld, which Lionsgate will release on October 2. She is currently filming Tallulah opposite Allison Janney for Route One Entertainment and Ocean Blue Entertainment.
Dahl’s credits include The End Of The Tour starring Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Segal that A24 will release on July 31. Ross wrote El Rey Network’s Matador.
In other casting news, Courteney Cox and Roselyn Sanchez have joined Susan Sarandon, Sharon Stone, Christina Ricci, Paul Wesley and Eva Amurri Martino on Paul Duddridge’s drama Mothers Day. Danielle James and Amy Williams are producing the film, currently in production in Los Angeles.
- 7/8/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Tbilisi, My City
Ron Perlman and Sarah Dumont will join Malcolm McDowell in the anthology feature "Tbilisi, My City". The film will be composed of twelve short films about the capital city of the republic of Georgia.
Perlman plays a nameless American motorcyclist who rides through Tbilisi’s remote areas with a woman named Freedom (Dumont). [Source: Deadline]
Category Six
Nathan Kress (TV's "iCarly") has been cast in Steven Quale's found-footage tornado project "Category Six" at New Line. The story centers on high schoolers trying to survive a Category 6 tornado.
Kress plays a brother in search of his missing sibling. Arlen Escarpeta and Alycia Debnam-Carey also star. [Source: Variety]
Hell and Back
Susan Sarandon will voice 'Barb the Angel' in the R-rated stop-motion animated comedy "Hell and Back" at ShadowMachine.
Nick Swardson and Tj Miller play buddies who have been accidentally dragged to Hell. Jennifer Coolidge, Maria Bamford, Mila Kunis, Bob Odenkirk, and Rob Riggle also voice roles.
Ron Perlman and Sarah Dumont will join Malcolm McDowell in the anthology feature "Tbilisi, My City". The film will be composed of twelve short films about the capital city of the republic of Georgia.
Perlman plays a nameless American motorcyclist who rides through Tbilisi’s remote areas with a woman named Freedom (Dumont). [Source: Deadline]
Category Six
Nathan Kress (TV's "iCarly") has been cast in Steven Quale's found-footage tornado project "Category Six" at New Line. The story centers on high schoolers trying to survive a Category 6 tornado.
Kress plays a brother in search of his missing sibling. Arlen Escarpeta and Alycia Debnam-Carey also star. [Source: Variety]
Hell and Back
Susan Sarandon will voice 'Barb the Angel' in the R-rated stop-motion animated comedy "Hell and Back" at ShadowMachine.
Nick Swardson and Tj Miller play buddies who have been accidentally dragged to Hell. Jennifer Coolidge, Maria Bamford, Mila Kunis, Bob Odenkirk, and Rob Riggle also voice roles.
- 7/3/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Mom's the word for Andie MacDowell. The actress is joining Susan Sarandon, Eva Amurri Martino and Christina Ricci in the indie film Mothers Day. Also joining the cast is MacDowell's real-life daughter, Rainey Qualley. The storyline explores 12 interweaving mother-daughter relationships taking place over the course of the same Mother's Day. The film is written and directed by Paul Duddridge and produced by Danielle James. MacDowell's recent credits include Paramount's Footloose remake. She is repped by Paradigm and manager Risa Shapiro of the Schiff Co. Qualley was named Miss Golden Globe last year and made her feature film debut
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- 7/2/2012
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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