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Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden, Academy Award nominee Virginia Madsen, Paris Jackson and Skeet Ulrich are among the latest to join the ensemble cast of Catherine Hardwicke’s “Street Smart.”

Skylar Astin, Sally Struthers and Tyson Ritter have also signed on to the feature, which centers on a group of unhoused young adults in Venice, Calif., and the eccentric characters they interact with.

They join previously announced stars Isabelle Fuhrman, Yara Shahidi, Michael Cimino, Daniel Zovatto, Kaitlyn Kemp, Miles McKenna, Sylvester Powell, Harvey Guillén and pro skateboarder Isiah Hilt. Colleen Camp, Rio Mangini, Bevin Bru and JJ Green board the project in supporting roles.

Hardwicke co-wrote the drama with New York Times best-selling author and screenwriter Nic Sheff, which is said to offer a “gripping” look into the lives of the lively group who “come together with humor and a bit of Robin Hood-style larceny, forging unbreakable bonds and...

Exclusive: Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows) has been cast in the Catherine Hardwicke-directed movie Street Smart.

The drama feature heralds Hardwicke’s return to her storytelling roots from such past work as Lords of Dogtown and Thirteen, while revisiting her exploration of found-family dynamics in Twilight. She co-wrote Street Smart with New York Times bestselling author and screenwriter Nic Sheff (13 Reasons Why).

Hardwicke and producers Natalie Marciano and Jamie R. Thompson began principal photography at the end of January in Los Angeles.

Street Smart offers a gripping look into the lives of a lively group of unhoused young adults in the iconic beach town of Venice, CA. They come together with humor and a bit of Robin Hood-style larceny, forging unbreakable bonds and redefining what it means to be a family.

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Filmmaker Catherine Hardwicke is underway in Los Angeles on Street Smart, an indie drama said to mark a return to the gritty, immersive storytelling of her films Lords of Dogtown and Thirteen. Cast for the ensemble piece includes Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan), Yara Shahidi (Sitting in Bars with Cake), Michael Cimino (Never Have I Ever), Daniel Zovatto (Woman of the Hour), Sylvester Powell (All American: Homecoming), Kaitlyn Kemp (The Razor’s Edge), Miles McKenna (Goosebumps), and pro skateboarder Isiah Hilt.

Co-written by Hardwicke and 13 Reasons Why‘s Nic Sheff, Street Smart offers a look into the lives of a lively group of unhoused young adults in the iconic beach town, who come together with humor and a bit of Robin Hood-style larceny, forging unbreakable bonds and redefining what it means to be a family.

Poster Child Pictures’ Natalie Marciano is producing alongside...

Catherine Hardwicke is returning to her Dogtown roots for her latest directorial effort, “Street Smart,” which centers on a group of unhoused young adults in the iconic Southern California beach town of Venice.

Hardwicke co-wrote the drama with New York Times best-selling author and screenwriter Nic Sheff, which is said to offer a “gripping” look into the lives of the lively group who “come together with humor and a bit of Robin Hood-style larceny, forging unbreakable bonds and redefining what it means to be a family.”

The stellar ensemble cast includes Isabelle Fuhrman, Yara Shahidi, Michael Cimino, Daniel Zovatto, Kaitlyn Kemp, Miles McKenna and pro skateboarder Isiah Hilt.

“In the wake of the recent tragedies that have profoundly impacted Los Angeles and the Hollywood community, we feel incredibly fortunate to be working in L.A.,” Hardwicke said in a statement announcing the production start. (Principal photography began on Jan. 27 in Los Angeles.

Exclusive: Jonathan Rhys Meyers and MyAnna Buring have signed on to star alongside Alec Baldwin in the hijacked airplane action-thriller 97 Minutes, from director Timo Vuorensola (Iron Sky), which has entered production at Black Hangar Studios in the UK.

97 Minutes centers on a hijacked 767 that will crash in that amount of time when its fuel runs out. Against the strong will of Nsa Deputy Toyin, Nsa Director Hawkins (Baldwin) prepares to have the plane shot down before it does any catastrophic damage on the ground, leaving the fate of the innocent passengers in the hands of Tyler, one of the alleged hijackers on board who is an undercover Interpol agent – or is he?

Meyers and Buring are playing passengers on the transatlantic flight, with Jo Martin (Doctor Who), Michael Sirow (Infamous), Pavan Grover,...

Updated: The Seven Arts Entertainment CEO, his wife Susan and lawyer Michael Arata have been found guilty of conspiracy to wire fraud in Louisiana to the tune of $1.1m.

Hoffman, the former CEO of Carolco Pictures, the powerhouse producer behind such films as Total Recall and Terminator 2, faces up to 405 years in prison after a New Orleans jury reached its verdict on Monday.

The three defendants were found guilty of submitting false documents in 2009 related to the renovation of a New Orleans mansion converted into a post-production facility.

Prosecutors said Hoffman and Arata did this to receive film tax credits although they never incurred expenditure in the first place and hid the fact via “circuitous bank transfers”.

Hoffman was also convicted on 21 related counts of mail and wire fraud

Arata was convicted on seven counts of wire fraud and four of giving false statements and faces a maximum term of 185 years.

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Seven Arts Entertainment CEO Peter Hoffman has failed in a bid to have a Louisiana federal judge throw out the government's fraud case against him. List The Hollywood Reporter Reveals Hollywood's 100 Favorite Films Hoffman was given $1.13 million to transform an old mansion at the edge of the French Quarter in New Orleans into a film post-production facility. Prosecutors say he and partner Michael Arata filed a "materially false and misleading" film infrastructure tax credit application "when, in truth and in fact, the expenditures had not been made as claimed." In response, Hoffman challenged the indictment

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Peter Hoffman pleaded not guilty today at his arraignment in Federal District Court in New Orleans on six felony counts of defrauding Louisiana’s film incentive program. A trial has been set for January. A hearing on the Seven Arts Entertainment founder’s motion to dismiss the charges is scheduled for July 16. Hoffman, his ex-wife, producer Susan Hoffman, and actor and film producer Michael Arata – whose wife is the deputy mayor of New Orleans – were indicted earlier this year in what federal prosecutors allege was a conspiracy to defraud the state of $1.13 million in Louisiana tax credits without […]...

The world of high-stakes poker provides the backdrop for "Deal", a latecomer to the card-playing movie game that brings nothing new or compelling to the table.

Directed and co-written by Gil Cates Jr., the dull production obviously sees itself as an updated "Cincinnati Kid" for the World Poker Tour set, but the end result and its characters have all the originality and dramatic depth of a TV telecast.

This MGM release might be ideally timed to ride in on the wave created by the sleeper hit "21," but potential audiences shouldn't have any problem recognizing they're being dealt an inferior hand.

Meet Alex Stillman (Bret Harrison), a cocky Yale University senior who wins an Internet Texas Hold'em poker tournament and has his sights set on the real deal.

As luck would have it, he catches the eye of Tommy Vinson (an oddly made-up Burt Reynolds), a faded poker legend who gave up the game 20 years ago to save his marriage.

Vinson takes Stillman under his tutelage and teaches him that it's ultimately more important to play your fellow players than the cards you hold in your hand.

But when a pretty girl (Shannon Elizabeth) inadvertently causes a rift between them, teacher and student face off as adversaries in the World Poker Tour, along with such real-life Tour figures as Chris Moneymaker, Isabelle Mercier and circuit regular Jennifer Tilly, playing a lightly fictionalized version of her competitive self.

In his efforts to lend his film that authenticity, right down to the TV camera angles and main event graphics, Cates has sacrificed the crucial cinematic element, and the script, co-written with Screen Gems marketing president Marc Weinstock, simply shuffles all the usual cliches.

There's more character development found on those face cards than the stock, surface attributes given to the roles handed to Young Gun Harrison, old pro Reynolds and hooker-with-the-heart-of-gold Elizabeth.

Also not helping matters is the deadly staging, which finds the two leads usually sitting around a lot, even when they're not playing the game.

Not surprisingly, the energy level follows suit.

DEAL

MGM

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures & Seven Arts Pictures present a Seven Arts/TAG Entertainment production

Credits:

Director: Gil Cates Jr.

Screenwriters: Gil Cates Jr., Marc Weinstock

Producers: Michael Arata, Marc Weinstock, Steven Austin

Executive producers: Scott Lazar, Nzinga Garvey, Richard Gabai, Michael Amato

Director of photography: Thomas Harting

Production designer: Frank Zito III

Music: Peter Rafelson

Costume designer: Liz Staub

Editors: Eric Strand, Jonathan Cates

Cast:

Alex Stillman: Bret Harrison

Tommy Vinson: Burt Reynolds

Charlie Adler: Charles Durning

Himself: Vincent Van Patten

Himself: Michael Sexton

Karen "Razor" Jones: Jennifer Tilly

Michelle: Shannon Elizabeth

Helen Vinson: Maria Mason

Mr. Stillman: Gary Grubbs

Running time -- 86 minutes

MPAA rating: PG-13...