IFC Films announced that Ghostlight, acquired by the studio out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival where it made its world premiere, will open in New York City and Chicago on Friday, June 14, 2024 before expanding nationwide the following week.
The film is co-directed by Chicagoans Alex Thompson and Kelly O’Sullivan and written by O’Sullivan, and stars real-life family Keith Kupferer, Tara Mallen, and Katherine Mallen Kupferer, as well as Dolly De Leon (Triangle of Sadness).
The film follows Dan, a melancholic construction worker who finds himself drifting from his wife and daughter, he discovers community and purpose in a local theater’s production of Romeo and Juliet. As the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life, he and his family are forced to confront a personal loss.
“We are beyond excited to be bringing this project that is so near and dear to our hearts to the big screen this summer,...
The film is co-directed by Chicagoans Alex Thompson and Kelly O’Sullivan and written by O’Sullivan, and stars real-life family Keith Kupferer, Tara Mallen, and Katherine Mallen Kupferer, as well as Dolly De Leon (Triangle of Sadness).
The film follows Dan, a melancholic construction worker who finds himself drifting from his wife and daughter, he discovers community and purpose in a local theater’s production of Romeo and Juliet. As the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life, he and his family are forced to confront a personal loss.
“We are beyond excited to be bringing this project that is so near and dear to our hearts to the big screen this summer,...
- 4/18/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Visit Films has added Sundance premiere Ghostlight, Latin music biopic Jenni and New York-set comedy Late Bloomers to its slate for next week’s European Film Market.
Visit will represent international sales rights for Ghostlight, directed by Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson. Keith Kupferer, Tara Mullen, Katherine Mallen Kupfererv and Dolly de Leon star in the story of a construction worker who joins a local theater production of Romeo and Juliet.
IFC Films and Sapan Studio recently acquired North American rights to the film, which is produced by Ian Keiser, Alex Wilson, Pierce Cravens, Eddie Linker, Chelsea Krant and Alex Thompson.
Visit will represent international sales rights for Ghostlight, directed by Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson. Keith Kupferer, Tara Mullen, Katherine Mallen Kupfererv and Dolly de Leon star in the story of a construction worker who joins a local theater production of Romeo and Juliet.
IFC Films and Sapan Studio recently acquired North American rights to the film, which is produced by Ian Keiser, Alex Wilson, Pierce Cravens, Eddie Linker, Chelsea Krant and Alex Thompson.
- 2/9/2024
- ScreenDaily
Namir Smallwood and Sidney Flanigan will star in “Rounding,” a new dramatic thriller from “Saint Frances” director Alex Thompson. “Rounding” follows a driven young medical resident (Smallwood) who transfers to a rural hospital for a fresh start. There, the demons of his past start to catch up to him when he becomes consumed by the case of a young asthma patient (Flanigan). The film was shot in secret in Chicago and just wrapped production.
Smallwood is an ensemble member at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. He has also appeared in the television shows “Rust” and “Chicago Fire.” This is his feature film debut. Flanigan had critics raving with her work in “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” a drama about a young woman’s efforts to obtain an abortion. She was nominated for an Independent Spirit nomination for best female lead and won prizes from the Boston Society of Film Critics and the New York Film Critics Circle.
Smallwood is an ensemble member at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. He has also appeared in the television shows “Rust” and “Chicago Fire.” This is his feature film debut. Flanigan had critics raving with her work in “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” a drama about a young woman’s efforts to obtain an abortion. She was nominated for an Independent Spirit nomination for best female lead and won prizes from the Boston Society of Film Critics and the New York Film Critics Circle.
- 3/5/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, SXSW winner “Saint Frances” gets a home, Kyle Chandler gets cast, Jeannine Tang gets promoted, and the La Film School honors its graduates.
Acquisition
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired U.S. rights to SXSW winner “Saint Frances,” written by and starring Kelly O’Sullivan.
The film premiered at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival and won the Audience Award in the narrative feature competition as well as a special jury recognition for breakthrough voice.
Oscilloscope will release the film in theaters before a roll out to digital platforms. O’Sullivan plays a flailing 34-year-old who lands a much-needed job nannying six-year-old Frances (played by Ramona Edith-Williams), but an unwanted pregnancy introduces an unexpected complication.
The film was produced by James Choi, Pierce Cravens, Ian Keiser, Eddie Linker, and Raphael Nash. Ryan Kampe of Visit Films negotiated the sale on behalf of the filmmakers.
Casting
Kyle Chandler will...
Acquisition
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired U.S. rights to SXSW winner “Saint Frances,” written by and starring Kelly O’Sullivan.
The film premiered at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival and won the Audience Award in the narrative feature competition as well as a special jury recognition for breakthrough voice.
Oscilloscope will release the film in theaters before a roll out to digital platforms. O’Sullivan plays a flailing 34-year-old who lands a much-needed job nannying six-year-old Frances (played by Ramona Edith-Williams), but an unwanted pregnancy introduces an unexpected complication.
The film was produced by James Choi, Pierce Cravens, Ian Keiser, Eddie Linker, and Raphael Nash. Ryan Kampe of Visit Films negotiated the sale on behalf of the filmmakers.
Casting
Kyle Chandler will...
- 8/15/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired U.S. rights to Alex Thompson’s Saint Frances, written by and starring Kelly O’Sullivan. A 2019 SXSW Film Festival premiere, the film there won the Audience Award in the Narrative Feature Competition and a Special Jury Recognition for Breakthrough Voice.
Oscilloscope will release the film in theaters before a rollout to digital platforms.
The film follows flailing 34-year-old Bridget (O’Sullivan) who finally catches a break when she lands a much-needed job nannying six-year-old Frances (Ramona Edith-Williams) and meets an actual nice guy. But an unwanted pregnancy and abortion introduce an unexpected complication.
“I’ve admired Oscilloscope’s good taste and rebellious spirit my entire adult life,” said filmmaker Thompson of the acquisition. Saint Frances is a summer movie, but with sunscreen and blood in equal measure. No one but O-Scope’s gonna pull that off. The whole team is thrilled; it’s bound to be a radical,...
Oscilloscope will release the film in theaters before a rollout to digital platforms.
The film follows flailing 34-year-old Bridget (O’Sullivan) who finally catches a break when she lands a much-needed job nannying six-year-old Frances (Ramona Edith-Williams) and meets an actual nice guy. But an unwanted pregnancy and abortion introduce an unexpected complication.
“I’ve admired Oscilloscope’s good taste and rebellious spirit my entire adult life,” said filmmaker Thompson of the acquisition. Saint Frances is a summer movie, but with sunscreen and blood in equal measure. No one but O-Scope’s gonna pull that off. The whole team is thrilled; it’s bound to be a radical,...
- 8/14/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Newsweek Magazine intends to start Newsweek Studios, a film and distribution company that will focus on newsworthy and documentary content from filmmakers around the world. Pierce Cravens, a producer and actor, will lead the operation and has been named president.
“We’re interested in acquiring and developing projects from emerging and established filmmakers. Our mandate includes short form and long form projects on subjects about international issues, technology, business, culture and politics,” Cravens said via email. He cited examples such as “Period. End of Sentenced,” the short-form documentary about women in India working to improve feminine hygiene that was picked up by Netflix, or “Running With Beto,” a 2019 documentary film that followed former Texas Representative Beto O’Rourke in his campaign for the U.S. Senate that aired on HBO.
Cravens has produced ventures that have been sold to Netflix, Showtime and Amazon. He recently produced “Saint Frances” and is currently...
“We’re interested in acquiring and developing projects from emerging and established filmmakers. Our mandate includes short form and long form projects on subjects about international issues, technology, business, culture and politics,” Cravens said via email. He cited examples such as “Period. End of Sentenced,” the short-form documentary about women in India working to improve feminine hygiene that was picked up by Netflix, or “Running With Beto,” a 2019 documentary film that followed former Texas Representative Beto O’Rourke in his campaign for the U.S. Senate that aired on HBO.
Cravens has produced ventures that have been sold to Netflix, Showtime and Amazon. He recently produced “Saint Frances” and is currently...
- 6/7/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Tribeca, SXSW award-winners 'Initials S.G.', 'Alice', 'Tito' on Visit Films Cannes slate (exclusive)
Ryan Kampe to show teaser footage fromupcoming adventure doc The Sanctity Of Space, punk rock doc White Riot.
Ryan Kampe’s Visit Films heads to the Croisette with a bumper sales slate led by Tribeca Film Festival Nora Ephron Award winner Initials S.G.
The roster includes Tribeca selection Crshd, SXSW winners Alice, Saint Frances and Tito, SXSW selection The Wall Of Mexico, and Sundance selection Adam.
Visit will screen Lucía Garibaldi’s Sundance World Cinema Dramatic Competition best award-winner The Sharks, about a girl’s sexual awakening in a small beach town. Kampe will also present teaser footage from...
Ryan Kampe’s Visit Films heads to the Croisette with a bumper sales slate led by Tribeca Film Festival Nora Ephron Award winner Initials S.G.
The roster includes Tribeca selection Crshd, SXSW winners Alice, Saint Frances and Tito, SXSW selection The Wall Of Mexico, and Sundance selection Adam.
Visit will screen Lucía Garibaldi’s Sundance World Cinema Dramatic Competition best award-winner The Sharks, about a girl’s sexual awakening in a small beach town. Kampe will also present teaser footage from...
- 5/13/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: San Andreas actress Alexandria Daddario will join Jenna Ushkowitz (Glee) and Laura Ashley Samuels (Modern Family) in the Penelope Lawson-directed indie 1 Night in San Diego.
The comedy is about BFFs who embark on a road trip to pursue a romantic connection, but their travels put their friendship to the ultimate test.
The project is produced by Pink Revolver Pictures, Metropolitan Entertainment, Pierce Cravens, Rowan Russell and Lawson. Pic reps Lawson’s feature directorial debut. Nic diPierro is co-producing. Cameras are currently rolling and will continue through the end of the month.
The cast also features Eric Nelsen (The Bay), Adam Rose (Veronica Mars), Mark Lawson (One Life to Live) and Kelsey Douglas.
Daddario next appears in Lost Girls and Love Hotels, and Katherine O’Brien’s Lost Transmissions with Simon Pegg and Juno Temple, and she’s executive producing and starring in the romantic comedy Can You Keep a Secret?...
The comedy is about BFFs who embark on a road trip to pursue a romantic connection, but their travels put their friendship to the ultimate test.
The project is produced by Pink Revolver Pictures, Metropolitan Entertainment, Pierce Cravens, Rowan Russell and Lawson. Pic reps Lawson’s feature directorial debut. Nic diPierro is co-producing. Cameras are currently rolling and will continue through the end of the month.
The cast also features Eric Nelsen (The Bay), Adam Rose (Veronica Mars), Mark Lawson (One Life to Live) and Kelsey Douglas.
Daddario next appears in Lost Girls and Love Hotels, and Katherine O’Brien’s Lost Transmissions with Simon Pegg and Juno Temple, and she’s executive producing and starring in the romantic comedy Can You Keep a Secret?...
- 2/11/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Plus: Oscar-nominated Rocky Star Burt Young joins comedy King Rat.
Shooting is about to wrap in Los Angeles on Matthew Currie Holmes’ directorial debut Traces starring Emmy-nominated Pablo Schreiber from Orange Is The New Black, Rick Springfield and Sosie Bacon. Ted Kroeber and Levin Lamb produce with Roger Goff the story about a one-hit wonder who rekindles his love for music when he produces a rising star’s album.
Burt Young, who earned a best supporting actor Oscar nomination for Rocky, and Austin Pendleton have joined the cast of comedy King Rat. Lauren Ashley Carter, Maura Kidwell, Tyler Ross and newcomers Bradley Grant Smith and Julien Hester also star in Henry Johnston’s story about the friendship between a commencement speaker and a college senior. Alex Thompson is producing while Ian Keiser, Leigh Jones, Stefan Cima and Pierce Cravens serve as executive producers. Production is underway in Greencastle, Indiana.
Shooting is about to wrap in Los Angeles on Matthew Currie Holmes’ directorial debut Traces starring Emmy-nominated Pablo Schreiber from Orange Is The New Black, Rick Springfield and Sosie Bacon. Ted Kroeber and Levin Lamb produce with Roger Goff the story about a one-hit wonder who rekindles his love for music when he produces a rising star’s album.
Burt Young, who earned a best supporting actor Oscar nomination for Rocky, and Austin Pendleton have joined the cast of comedy King Rat. Lauren Ashley Carter, Maura Kidwell, Tyler Ross and newcomers Bradley Grant Smith and Julien Hester also star in Henry Johnston’s story about the friendship between a commencement speaker and a college senior. Alex Thompson is producing while Ian Keiser, Leigh Jones, Stefan Cima and Pierce Cravens serve as executive producers. Production is underway in Greencastle, Indiana.
- 11/13/2015
- by [email protected] (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
When E! network host Maria Menounos and her partner, producer-director Keven Underago, saw footage of This Isn.t Funny in post, they volunteered to join the team of producers. That tie-up could be an asset as the romantic comedy, the directing debut of Canberra-born, Us-based actor and filmmaker Paul Ashton, is launched on the Us festival circuit to help facilitate deals with distributors in the Us, Australia and the rest of the world. Starring Anthony Lapaglia, Gia Carides, Angie Milliken, Katie Page and Ashton, the film will have its world premiere on March 27 at the Cleveland International Film Festival, followed by the Dallas International Film Festival. Ashton, who co-wrote the screenplay with Page, plays Jamie, a perpetual traveller who brims with unfulfilled potential. Page is Eliot, a stand-up comic with a severe anxiety disorder. They fall for each other, romance blossoms then fractures, forcing them to examine their preconceptions about family and identity.
- 3/17/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Canberra-born Us-based actor and filmmaker Paul Ashton is directing his first feature, romantic comedy This Isn.t Funny, in Los Angeles. . There is a strong Aussie element as the cast includes Anthony Lapaglia, Gia Carides, Angie Milliken and Ashton. . Ashton wrote the screenplay with co-star Katie Page, loosely inspired by their own off-camera relationship, which poses the question: Can true love survive when you meet the right person at the wrong time? . The producers are Lije Sarki with Easy Open Productions' Ian Keiser and Leigh Jones. The executive producer is Metropolitan Entertainment.s Pierce Cravens. . Ashton plays Jamie, a perpetual traveller who brims with unfulfilled potential.. Page is Eliot, a stand-up comic with a severe anxiety disorder.. They fall for each other, romance blossoms then fractures, forcing them to examine their preconceptions about family and identity. . Lapaglia plays a co-worker of Jamie.s character and Milliken is his mother.
- 2/2/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The big brains behind tiny-costumed warrior Ronal The Barbarian have packed their bags and headed to New York City where they're currently recording the English language vocal dub for the film. And amidst actors lifted from the world of Glee and The Sopranos they've gone and landed themselves some very big hair.The Dubbing of the Danish 3D animation Ronal The Barbarian in production in New York and already its shaping up to be an eccentric mix of teen heart throbs and 80s rock stars.Ronal himself will be voiced by actor Pierce Cravens (Rising Stars), Ben Bledsoe (Glee) will take up the role as the rocking bard Alibert. Ashley Acarino (The Devils Own) as the sword-wielding Zandra, and Twisted Sister's Dee Snider adding the required...
- 8/15/2011
- Screen Anarchy
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