Mel Gibson's new movie, Monster Summer, continues the actor's unfortunate Rotten Tomatoes streak. Directed by David Henrie, known for starring in How I Met Your Mother and Wizards of Waverly Place, his new film follows a group of kids who, when a strange force threatens to ruin their summer fun, join forces with a retired police detective to embark on an adventure to save their island from a monstrous threat. The movie stars Mel Gibson, Mason Thames, Noah Cottrell, Nora Zehetner, Patrick Renna, Lorraine Bracco, and Kevin James.
With the movie now playing in theaters, reviews have been published and its Rotten Tomatoes score has been revealed. Monster Summer sits at 50% on Rotten Tomatoes with 10 reviews from critics, though the score could fluctuate as more are published. Even so, the score continues an unfortunate streak for Mel Gibson, whose movies have been mostly Rotten over the past four years,...
With the movie now playing in theaters, reviews have been published and its Rotten Tomatoes score has been revealed. Monster Summer sits at 50% on Rotten Tomatoes with 10 reviews from critics, though the score could fluctuate as more are published. Even so, the score continues an unfortunate streak for Mel Gibson, whose movies have been mostly Rotten over the past four years,...
- 10/4/2024
- by Adam Bentz
- ScreenRant
Mel Gibson may just be gleefully screwing with us, but in MovieWeb's interview for his delightful new film Monster Summer, he addressed his recent trip to Malta for location-scouting, which was widely reported to be for his upcoming sequel to The Passion of the Christ. If he is psyching us out, it's a rather detailed and delightful diversion. When asked about his trip to Malta (where he met Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela) and what direction his sequel to the religious drama was taking, Gibson responded by saying:
"Sure, well, there's that, but there's also I'm also working on a TV limited series about the Siege of Malta, which is an incredible story, and there's only one place to film that, I mean, in Malta. Because that's where it happened, at these fortresses where 700 knights defended Malta against an onslaught from the Turkish and Suleiman sent 40,000 men and ships and,...
"Sure, well, there's that, but there's also I'm also working on a TV limited series about the Siege of Malta, which is an incredible story, and there's only one place to film that, I mean, in Malta. Because that's where it happened, at these fortresses where 700 knights defended Malta against an onslaught from the Turkish and Suleiman sent 40,000 men and ships and,...
- 9/27/2024
- by Matt Mahler
- MovieWeb
According to a new article in The Wrap, Walt Disney Imagineering, the engineering team behind the company's theme parks, is currently considering tearing down the Muppet*Vision 3D attraction at Walt Disney World. For those unfamiliar, Muppet*Vision 3D is a theatrical 3D experience that initially debuted at the Disney-mgm Studios (now known as Disney's Hollywood Studios) in Florida. The show falls in line with other "4-d" experiences commonly found at theme parks wherein a 3D short is presented alongside live-action animatronics, smoke effects, bubbles, shaking theater seats, and other in-room "ride" elements. In Muppet*Vision, Kermit the Frog introduces the show, and audiences witness the Muppets gearing up for a big performance. A rogue computer program called Waldo, however, sabotages the night, and wacky destruction ensues. The entire show runs 15 minutes.
Muppet*Vision 3D first opened in May 1991, and was famously the final Muppets-related project worked on by Muppets...
Muppet*Vision 3D first opened in May 1991, and was famously the final Muppets-related project worked on by Muppets...
- 8/13/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
In 2016, Charlie Hunnam starred in the underrated yet critically acclaimed film The Lost City of Z. The film, which is inspired by a true story, will be leaving Netflix this month.
The Lost City of Z premiered in 2016 to an underwhelming response. Charlie Hunnam co-starred with Sienna Miller, Tom Holland, and Robert Pattinson, and the film was inspired by the British explorer Percy Fawcett's real-life adventures. Currently streaming on Netflix, The Lost City of Z's time on the platform is ticking, as it's set to leave on July 15.
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The Lost City of Z follows Fawcett's journey into the Amazon in the 20th century in search of a lost ancient city which he called "Z.
The Lost City of Z premiered in 2016 to an underwhelming response. Charlie Hunnam co-starred with Sienna Miller, Tom Holland, and Robert Pattinson, and the film was inspired by the British explorer Percy Fawcett's real-life adventures. Currently streaming on Netflix, The Lost City of Z's time on the platform is ticking, as it's set to leave on July 15.
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The Lost City of Z follows Fawcett's journey into the Amazon in the 20th century in search of a lost ancient city which he called "Z.
- 7/5/2024
- by Monica Coman
- CBR
Lucy Fry (the Wolf Creek TV series), Madeline Brewer (The Handmaid’s Tale), Sheryl Lee (Twin Peaks), and comedian Matt Rife (Natural Selection) lead the cast of the psychological horror film I Live Here Now, which recently made its way through production with first-time feature director Julie Pacino at the helm. Utopia represents the worldwide rights to the project, and Screen Daily reports that they’ll be launching distribution sales at the European Film Market, which will be held during the 74th Berlin International Film Festival later this month.
I Live Here Now sees Fry taking on the role of a woman who finds herself trapped in a remote hotel where the violent echoes of her past come alive, blurring the lines between her darkest nightmares and the waking world.
In addition to Wolf Creek, Fry’s credits include Vampire Academy, Mr. Church, 11.22.63, The Darkness, Bright, Night Teeth, She’s Missing,...
I Live Here Now sees Fry taking on the role of a woman who finds herself trapped in a remote hotel where the violent echoes of her past come alive, blurring the lines between her darkest nightmares and the waking world.
In addition to Wolf Creek, Fry’s credits include Vampire Academy, Mr. Church, 11.22.63, The Darkness, Bright, Night Teeth, She’s Missing,...
- 2/2/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson is set to return to the director's chair for his next project. Deadline reports that the Apocalypto helmer will direct Flight Risk, a new action movie with Mark Wahlberg attached to play the lead role. It is the first time Gibson has directed a film since 2016's Hacksaw Ridge, which garnered him a nomination for Best Director at the Academy Awards. He previously won the Oscar for helming 1996's Braveheart, and it's also worth noting that his 2004 film The Passion of the Christ was a tremendous hit at theaters and still holds the record as the highest-grossing R-rated movie in the history of the domestic box office.
Flight Risk comes from Lionsgate, the company behind Hacksaw Ridge, and they'll be shopping the project soon at the Cannes market. It will see a reunion of Gibson and Wahlberg, who both starred in last year's Father Stu.
Flight Risk comes from Lionsgate, the company behind Hacksaw Ridge, and they'll be shopping the project soon at the Cannes market. It will see a reunion of Gibson and Wahlberg, who both starred in last year's Father Stu.
- 5/13/2023
- by Jeremy Dick
- MovieWeb
Lionsgate has nabbed global distribution for “Flight Risk,” an action-thriller starring Mark Wahlberg and directed by Mel Gibson. This will mark the first film Gibson has directed since his blockbuster ($175 million on a $40 million budget) and Oscar-nominated “Hacksaw Ridge” in 2016. The mini-major will be launching the project, featuring Wahlberg as a pilot transporting a dangerous criminal for trial, at Cannes.
“We love the undeniable electric pairing of Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg,” Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chair Joe Drake said. “These world-class talents combining for this dynamic, character-driven film will make ‘Flight Risk’ one of the most suspense-filled, must-see events of the year.”
Wahlberg and Gibson have starred in a few projects together, including “Daddy’s Home 2” and last year’s faith-based “Father Stu.” Considering the number of high-concept or true-story action movies Wahlberg has made with director Peter Berg over the last decade, it is a mild surprise that Gibson will be in charge.
“We love the undeniable electric pairing of Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg,” Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chair Joe Drake said. “These world-class talents combining for this dynamic, character-driven film will make ‘Flight Risk’ one of the most suspense-filled, must-see events of the year.”
Wahlberg and Gibson have starred in a few projects together, including “Daddy’s Home 2” and last year’s faith-based “Father Stu.” Considering the number of high-concept or true-story action movies Wahlberg has made with director Peter Berg over the last decade, it is a mild surprise that Gibson will be in charge.
- 5/12/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Jessica Burstein, the veteran photographer who helped capture the Law & Order franchise, has died following a battle with lung cancer. She was 76.
She died April 11 at her home in Manhattan, her sister Patricia Burstein told The New York Times.
Born on April 7, 1947, in Mineola, New York, Burstein grew up in nearby Lawrence. After she graduated from NYU in 1968, she worked for commercial photographer Bert Stern for several years. Then, in 1974, she was believed to be the first woman to work as a staff photographer at NBC.
It wasn’t until the early ’90s that Burstein met Dick Wolf, the creator of Law & Order. He ended up hiring her to photograph the weekly crime scenes for the original series and eventually became its photographer from 1994-2010, when the show was canceled. (It was revived in 2022.) She also photographed the spinoffs, including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit until 2007 and...
She died April 11 at her home in Manhattan, her sister Patricia Burstein told The New York Times.
Born on April 7, 1947, in Mineola, New York, Burstein grew up in nearby Lawrence. After she graduated from NYU in 1968, she worked for commercial photographer Bert Stern for several years. Then, in 1974, she was believed to be the first woman to work as a staff photographer at NBC.
It wasn’t until the early ’90s that Burstein met Dick Wolf, the creator of Law & Order. He ended up hiring her to photograph the weekly crime scenes for the original series and eventually became its photographer from 1994-2010, when the show was canceled. (It was revived in 2022.) She also photographed the spinoffs, including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit until 2007 and...
- 4/22/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On the latest “SNL,” the “Weekend Update” segment ended on a goofier and funnier than usual note when Colin Jost said they had run out of material but still had a couple of minutes left to fill.
Instead of Jost and his co-host Michael Che coming up jokes to fill the void, they brought out the show’s resident impressions master James Austin Johnson to fill that time with a series of random impressions.
And, they were pretty funny.
First, Johnson did an impression of Adam Driver as Kylo Ren from “Star Wars” on the show “Girls”
“Anna, do you know how difficult it is to be on the dark side of the force. No you don’t because you are a Child!”
Next, Johnson channeled his inner Batman, as the super hero of Gotham City read “Where is Waldo?”
“Where is he?!?” Austin said while pretending to hold a book.
Instead of Jost and his co-host Michael Che coming up jokes to fill the void, they brought out the show’s resident impressions master James Austin Johnson to fill that time with a series of random impressions.
And, they were pretty funny.
First, Johnson did an impression of Adam Driver as Kylo Ren from “Star Wars” on the show “Girls”
“Anna, do you know how difficult it is to be on the dark side of the force. No you don’t because you are a Child!”
Next, Johnson channeled his inner Batman, as the super hero of Gotham City read “Where is Waldo?”
“Where is he?!?” Austin said while pretending to hold a book.
- 3/12/2023
- by Joshua Vinson
- The Wrap
This post contains spoilers for "Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quatumania."
"Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quatumania" has finally hit theaters, and Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has begun. Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) has been resting on his laurels after saving the world with the help of a rat and a few other Avengers ... at least according to his daughter Cassie (Kathryn Newton), who wants him to use his powers to help the world. Sure, he's written a book (which you can actually purchase this September), but now all she sees is her dad doing book signings and getting free coffee in exchange for preserving existence.
Cassie hasn't been idle, however. While her dad is relaxing and his partner Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) is using Pym particles to help improve conditions in the world, Cassie has sent a signal down to the Quantum Realm, something she does in front of Scott,...
"Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quatumania" has finally hit theaters, and Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has begun. Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) has been resting on his laurels after saving the world with the help of a rat and a few other Avengers ... at least according to his daughter Cassie (Kathryn Newton), who wants him to use his powers to help the world. Sure, he's written a book (which you can actually purchase this September), but now all she sees is her dad doing book signings and getting free coffee in exchange for preserving existence.
Cassie hasn't been idle, however. While her dad is relaxing and his partner Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) is using Pym particles to help improve conditions in the world, Cassie has sent a signal down to the Quantum Realm, something she does in front of Scott,...
- 2/16/2023
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
Festival runs through January 29.
A.V. Rockwell’s A Thousand And One took the 2023 Sundance U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic prize and Charlotte Regan’s UK entry Scrapper earned the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the 2023 Sundance awards ceremony on Friday.
Audience award winners included Maryam Keshavarz’s The Persian Version in U.S. Dramatic Competition, Madeleine Gavin’s Beyond Utopia in U.S. Documentary, Mstylav Chernov’s 20 Days In Mariupol in World Cinema Documentary, and Noora Niasari’s Shayda in World Cinema Dramatic.
Sundance Institute CEO Joana Vicente said the selection “demonstrated a sense of...
A.V. Rockwell’s A Thousand And One took the 2023 Sundance U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic prize and Charlotte Regan’s UK entry Scrapper earned the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the 2023 Sundance awards ceremony on Friday.
Audience award winners included Maryam Keshavarz’s The Persian Version in U.S. Dramatic Competition, Madeleine Gavin’s Beyond Utopia in U.S. Documentary, Mstylav Chernov’s 20 Days In Mariupol in World Cinema Documentary, and Noora Niasari’s Shayda in World Cinema Dramatic.
Sundance Institute CEO Joana Vicente said the selection “demonstrated a sense of...
- 1/27/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
A Thousand and One took the jury prize in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, with Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project taking the top prize in the U.S. Documentary Competition section.
A Thousand and One is directed by A.V. Rockwell and follows a mother who kidnaps her six-year-old son Terry from the foster care system, a secret that threatens their way of life as Terry gets older. The Focus Features title stars Teyana Taylor, Josiah Cross and Will Catlett.
“When I was writing this film, I was thinking about mother and son relationships. I was thinking about Black women and Black men relationships. I was thinking about marginalized people and their relationship to their homes,” said Rockwell, accepting the award. “Thank you to everyone for seeing all of those groups and for seeing me.” A tearful Jeremy O. Harris, who was a part of the dramatic jury,...
A Thousand and One is directed by A.V. Rockwell and follows a mother who kidnaps her six-year-old son Terry from the foster care system, a secret that threatens their way of life as Terry gets older. The Focus Features title stars Teyana Taylor, Josiah Cross and Will Catlett.
“When I was writing this film, I was thinking about mother and son relationships. I was thinking about Black women and Black men relationships. I was thinking about marginalized people and their relationship to their homes,” said Rockwell, accepting the award. “Thank you to everyone for seeing all of those groups and for seeing me.” A tearful Jeremy O. Harris, who was a part of the dramatic jury,...
- 1/27/2023
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Sundance Film Festival has unveiled its Jury and Audience Award winners for 2023.
The day’s big winners included Maryam Keshavarz’s The Persian Version, which claimed both the Audience Award and Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award in U.S. Dramatic Competition, as well as A.V. Rockwell’s A Thousand and One for Focus Features, which took the Grand Jury Prize in the same section.
Other titles taking top awards included Festival Favorite Radical from filmmaker Christopher Zalla and 3Pas Studios; Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project from Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, which took the Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary; Madeleine Gavin’s Beyond Utopia, which nabbed the U.S. Documentary Audience Award; and D. Smith’s Kokomo City, which dominated the Next section as it claimed both the Innovator and Audience Award.
Written, directed and produced by Keshavarz for Archer Grey, The Persian Version watches...
The day’s big winners included Maryam Keshavarz’s The Persian Version, which claimed both the Audience Award and Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award in U.S. Dramatic Competition, as well as A.V. Rockwell’s A Thousand and One for Focus Features, which took the Grand Jury Prize in the same section.
Other titles taking top awards included Festival Favorite Radical from filmmaker Christopher Zalla and 3Pas Studios; Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project from Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, which took the Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary; Madeleine Gavin’s Beyond Utopia, which nabbed the U.S. Documentary Audience Award; and D. Smith’s Kokomo City, which dominated the Next section as it claimed both the Innovator and Audience Award.
Written, directed and produced by Keshavarz for Archer Grey, The Persian Version watches...
- 1/27/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 star Zoe Saldaña shares a surprising and somewhat creepy detail about how Gamora is brought to life in some of the film's big action sequences. James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is set to conclude the stories of Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), Drax (Dave Bautista), Rocket (Bradley Cooper), Mantis (Pom Klementieff), Nebula (Karen Gillan), Groot (Vin Diesel), and Gamora after the superhero team was first introduced into the MCU back in 2014. Gamora died during the events of Avengers: Infinity War but the earlier version of the character who was brought back in Avengers: Endgame is expected to feature prominently in the upcoming MCU film.
In a recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, star Zoe Saldaña explains that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 has a unique way of filming Gamora in certain big action sequences. After Fallon brings...
In a recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, star Zoe Saldaña explains that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 has a unique way of filming Gamora in certain big action sequences. After Fallon brings...
- 11/29/2022
- by Ryan Northrup
- ScreenRant
The Austin Film Festival (Aff) has announced the 2022 Film Competition Jury and Audience Award winners alongside the Screenplay Competition winners. In the festival, writers are recognized for their contribution to film, television, theatre and new media. The competitions received over 5,000 film submissions and over 10,000 script submissions.
Film Jury Awards
Narrative Feature: Welcome, Violeta!, written by Fernando Fraiha & Inés Bortagaray, directed by Fernando Fraiha
Documentary Feature: With this Light, directed by Nicole Bernardi-Reis & Laura Bermúdez
Comedy Vanguard Feature: The Library Boys, written/directed by Zane Borg
Dark Matters Feature: The Domestic, written/directed by Brad Katzen
Narrative Short: One for Sorrow, Two for Joy, written/directed by Ana Yang
Student Short: Sammy, Without Strings, written by Will Henderson, III & Ralph Parker, III, directed by Ralph Parker, III
Documentary Short: Gina, directed by Kathryn Prescott
Animated Short: Rosemary A.D. (After Dad), directed by Ethan Barrett
Produced Digital Series: Serjan Bratan, written by Alisher Utev & Sergei Litovchenko,...
Film Jury Awards
Narrative Feature: Welcome, Violeta!, written by Fernando Fraiha & Inés Bortagaray, directed by Fernando Fraiha
Documentary Feature: With this Light, directed by Nicole Bernardi-Reis & Laura Bermúdez
Comedy Vanguard Feature: The Library Boys, written/directed by Zane Borg
Dark Matters Feature: The Domestic, written/directed by Brad Katzen
Narrative Short: One for Sorrow, Two for Joy, written/directed by Ana Yang
Student Short: Sammy, Without Strings, written by Will Henderson, III & Ralph Parker, III, directed by Ralph Parker, III
Documentary Short: Gina, directed by Kathryn Prescott
Animated Short: Rosemary A.D. (After Dad), directed by Ethan Barrett
Produced Digital Series: Serjan Bratan, written by Alisher Utev & Sergei Litovchenko,...
- 11/7/2022
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
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Bo Brundin, the Swedish actor best known for his turn as a demoralized German World War I pilot opposite Robert Redford in the aerial adventure film The Great Waldo Pepper, has died. He was 85.
Brundin died Sunday in his hometown of Uppsala in Sweden, a spokesperson for Paar Productions told The Hollywood Reporter. The company worked with the actor on one of his last projects, the 2011 short film Starlight, in which he played God.
Brundin appeared in an early stage production of Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal — his role would be taken by Max Von Sydow in the classic 1957 feature — and he had a small role as a political prisoner in The Day the Clown Cried (1972), the infamous never-released film from Jerry Lewis.
Brundin, who played lots of Germans and Russians during his career, also appeared on the big screen in the...
Bo Brundin, the Swedish actor best known for his turn as a demoralized German World War I pilot opposite Robert Redford in the aerial adventure film The Great Waldo Pepper, has died. He was 85.
Brundin died Sunday in his hometown of Uppsala in Sweden, a spokesperson for Paar Productions told The Hollywood Reporter. The company worked with the actor on one of his last projects, the 2011 short film Starlight, in which he played God.
Brundin appeared in an early stage production of Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal — his role would be taken by Max Von Sydow in the classic 1957 feature — and he had a small role as a political prisoner in The Day the Clown Cried (1972), the infamous never-released film from Jerry Lewis.
Brundin, who played lots of Germans and Russians during his career, also appeared on the big screen in the...
- 9/10/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Gibson plays an alcoholic actor accused of violence against women in a comedy-crime thriller that would have been a lot more fun without him
The seemingly unstoppable rehabilitation of Mel Gibson continues with this Hollywood-set comedy-crime thriller in which Gibson is practically trolling us by playing Alastair Pinch, a close-to-the-bone version of himself a few years back. Pinch is an alcoholic actor accused of violence against women, although in the film his character is arrested for killing his wife, whereas in real life Gibson pleaded no contest to a battery charge. And yet, we’re supposed to think he’s charming and adorable because he can quote chunks of Hamlet and plays sweetly with his kindergarten-aged daughter (Sophie Fatu). At least this semi-satirical fiction, adapted by Howard Michael Gould from his own novel and efficiently directed by Brit Tim Kirkby, recognises that forgiveness is always around the corner for film...
The seemingly unstoppable rehabilitation of Mel Gibson continues with this Hollywood-set comedy-crime thriller in which Gibson is practically trolling us by playing Alastair Pinch, a close-to-the-bone version of himself a few years back. Pinch is an alcoholic actor accused of violence against women, although in the film his character is arrested for killing his wife, whereas in real life Gibson pleaded no contest to a battery charge. And yet, we’re supposed to think he’s charming and adorable because he can quote chunks of Hamlet and plays sweetly with his kindergarten-aged daughter (Sophie Fatu). At least this semi-satirical fiction, adapted by Howard Michael Gould from his own novel and efficiently directed by Brit Tim Kirkby, recognises that forgiveness is always around the corner for film...
- 6/7/2022
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Tim Kirkby’s feature is due to begin shooting next year in the US and UK.
Maisie Williams and Freddie Highmore are set to star in Tim Kirkby’s Sinner V. Saints with London-based WestEnd Films launching international sales in Cannes.
The comedy is set to begin shooting in the US and UK next year.
It is based on the true story of former beauty queen Joyce Mckinney who made headlines after she kidnapped a Mormon missionary in an attempt to stop the church from stealing away her sexual obsession.
Mark Williams and Andriana Williams, head of Zero Gravity’s Inspire Division,...
Maisie Williams and Freddie Highmore are set to star in Tim Kirkby’s Sinner V. Saints with London-based WestEnd Films launching international sales in Cannes.
The comedy is set to begin shooting in the US and UK next year.
It is based on the true story of former beauty queen Joyce Mckinney who made headlines after she kidnapped a Mormon missionary in an attempt to stop the church from stealing away her sexual obsession.
Mark Williams and Andriana Williams, head of Zero Gravity’s Inspire Division,...
- 5/9/2022
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
New Release Wall
It’s possible that “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) might have somehow been an even bigger box-office sensation had it not been released during a global pandemic, but all things considered, it still did pretty well for itself. Monetary success aside, this is a rousing and thrilling superhero tale that manages to feel self-contained as it compulsorily sets the stage for a whole bunch of upcoming MCU plot twists. The 4K and Blu-ray versions include a smattering of extras, including bloopers, panel discussions with the guest villains, and behind-the-scenes featurettes.
Also available:
“C’mon C’mon” (Lionsgate): Mike Mills’ disarmingly lovely look at family ties offers Joaquin Phoenix one of the more subdued and humane characters he’s ever played.
“Death on the Nile” (20th Century Studios): Toast Kenneth Branagh’s second Agatha Christie adaptation with enough champagne to fill the… oh, you know.
It’s possible that “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) might have somehow been an even bigger box-office sensation had it not been released during a global pandemic, but all things considered, it still did pretty well for itself. Monetary success aside, this is a rousing and thrilling superhero tale that manages to feel self-contained as it compulsorily sets the stage for a whole bunch of upcoming MCU plot twists. The 4K and Blu-ray versions include a smattering of extras, including bloopers, panel discussions with the guest villains, and behind-the-scenes featurettes.
Also available:
“C’mon C’mon” (Lionsgate): Mike Mills’ disarmingly lovely look at family ties offers Joaquin Phoenix one of the more subdued and humane characters he’s ever played.
“Death on the Nile” (20th Century Studios): Toast Kenneth Branagh’s second Agatha Christie adaptation with enough champagne to fill the… oh, you know.
- 4/5/2022
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Last Looks Review — Last Looks (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by Tim Kirkby and starring Charlie Hunnam, Mel Gibson, Lucy Fry, Rupert Friend, Morena Baccarin, Jacob Scipio, Clancy Brown, David Pasquesi, Sophie Fatu, Robin Givens, Xen Sams, Cc Castillo, Method Man, Dominic Monaghan, Deacon Randle, Paul Ben-Victor, Josh McDermitt and Michael Otis. Director [...]
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- 2/21/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
‘Last Looks’ Review: It’s Weird Beard Time for Charlie Hunnam and Mel Gibson in Shaggy L.A. Whodunit
It takes some nerve casting a scandal-embattled star like Mel Gibson as a colorful TV celebrity suspected of killing his wife. Those who’ve stood by Gibson despite multiple attempts by the actor to sabotage his own career will likely admire the chutzpah of “Last Looks,” even if his flamboyantly named (and mustachioed) Alastair Pinch — a borderline-blotto, Colonel Sanders-looking Southern judge on a show called “Johnnie’s Bench” — is just a side character (the main suspect) in an overcrowded Hollywood detective story that’s got gimmicks to burn.
The ringmaster of this three-ring circus is one Charlie Waldo, a disgraced former LAPD golden boy with even wilder facial hair than Pinch. It’s like a pandemic beard, minus the pandemic.
A few years earlier, Waldo went off the grid after realizing he couldn’t undo the wrongful conviction that launched his career. Where’s Waldo now? Living in self-imposed exile — or “extraction,...
The ringmaster of this three-ring circus is one Charlie Waldo, a disgraced former LAPD golden boy with even wilder facial hair than Pinch. It’s like a pandemic beard, minus the pandemic.
A few years earlier, Waldo went off the grid after realizing he couldn’t undo the wrongful conviction that launched his career. Where’s Waldo now? Living in self-imposed exile — or “extraction,...
- 2/4/2022
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
FilmBookCast Ep. 170 — FilmBookCast is the official podcast of FilmBook. FilmBookCast is an entertainment news podcast on the latest movie and television show news. Each week, FilmBook contributor Chris Banks discusses that breaking Hollywood news. In FilmBookCast Ep. 170, Chris looks at movie previews including: Uncharted, The Batman, & Last Looks. TV Previews include [...]
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Continue reading: FilmBookCast Ep. 170 – Being The Ricardos Review, Netflix Takes Over Masters Of The Universe, We Go To Bel-air, & More...
- 1/30/2022
- by Chris Banks
- Film-Book
Apple has Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic winner for second consecutive year.
Nanny and The Exiles have won the Sundance 2022 US grand jury prizes and Utama and All That Breathes corresponding world cinema honours while Navalny was voted the audience favourite as the festival announced winners on Friday (Jan 28).
Nikyatu Jusu’s supernatural tale of an undocumented Senegalese nanny working in the US claimed the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and The Exiles from Ben Klein and Violet Columbus earned the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary and follows documentarian Christine Choy and she reunites with exiled dissidents from the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Nanny and The Exiles have won the Sundance 2022 US grand jury prizes and Utama and All That Breathes corresponding world cinema honours while Navalny was voted the audience favourite as the festival announced winners on Friday (Jan 28).
Nikyatu Jusu’s supernatural tale of an undocumented Senegalese nanny working in the US claimed the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and The Exiles from Ben Klein and Violet Columbus earned the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary and follows documentarian Christine Choy and she reunites with exiled dissidents from the Tiananmen Square massacre.
- 1/28/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The virtual Sundance Film Festival concluded with a virtual awards show — no host this year, just a series of statements and videos parceled out across two hours by Twitter. It was a strangely anti-climactic way of wrapping a low-key festival, while giving winners a chance to prep polite, crew-inclusive acceptance speeches.
Among the audience prizes, U.S. Dramatic winner “Cha Cha Real Smooth” represents the biggest sale of the festival so far, scooped up by Apple for $15 million — 1,000 times the budget of writer-director-star Cooper Raiff’s shoestring-budgeted debut, “Shithouse.”
The Festival Favorite award went to “Navalny.” This prize, selected by audiences from across all sections of the festival, recognizes a late addition to the lineup (“Navalny” was not announced until this past Monday), protected on account of its political sensitivity, as the documentary tracks Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny while he was recovering from an assassination attempt in Berlin. Accepting the honor,...
Among the audience prizes, U.S. Dramatic winner “Cha Cha Real Smooth” represents the biggest sale of the festival so far, scooped up by Apple for $15 million — 1,000 times the budget of writer-director-star Cooper Raiff’s shoestring-budgeted debut, “Shithouse.”
The Festival Favorite award went to “Navalny.” This prize, selected by audiences from across all sections of the festival, recognizes a late addition to the lineup (“Navalny” was not announced until this past Monday), protected on account of its political sensitivity, as the documentary tracks Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny while he was recovering from an assassination attempt in Berlin. Accepting the honor,...
- 1/28/2022
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
I don’t know if all of the Waldo stories are consistent. I don’t know if they can be consistent, or if Deitch would want them to be.
I kind of hope they aren’t, actually. Memory is flawed, history is misunderstood, the past is a mystery. And demon-creatures shouldn’t be completely knowable, able to be nailed down to a specific timeline.
Alias the Cat! is a Waldo story: it’s almost twenty years old now, but close to the last major Waldo story to date. It followed A Shroud for Waldo and The Boulevard of Broken Dreams (probably the centerpiece of the Waldo universe) and was in turn added onto by The Search for Smilin’ Ed. Deitch’s most recent book, Reincarnation Stories, is a similar style but doesn’t include Waldo as far as I remember.
What does any of that mean?
Well, Deitch presents himself as an autobiographical cartoonist,...
I kind of hope they aren’t, actually. Memory is flawed, history is misunderstood, the past is a mystery. And demon-creatures shouldn’t be completely knowable, able to be nailed down to a specific timeline.
Alias the Cat! is a Waldo story: it’s almost twenty years old now, but close to the last major Waldo story to date. It followed A Shroud for Waldo and The Boulevard of Broken Dreams (probably the centerpiece of the Waldo universe) and was in turn added onto by The Search for Smilin’ Ed. Deitch’s most recent book, Reincarnation Stories, is a similar style but doesn’t include Waldo as far as I remember.
What does any of that mean?
Well, Deitch presents himself as an autobiographical cartoonist,...
- 1/27/2022
- by Andrew Wheeler
- Comicmix.com
If you like 1970’s Hollywood detective tales with flawed characters and film noir showing the seedy side of Los Angeles, then this new film is for you.
Get ready for an entertaining ‘whodunnit’ movie. Coming to theaters and On Demand and Digital February 4 is the upcoming action-comedy, Last Looks, an Rlje Films release.
Starring Charlie Hunnam, Morena Baccarin, Lucy Fry, Dominic Monaghan, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Clancy Brown with Rupert Friend and Mel Gibson, watch the trailer now.
Charlie Waldo (Charlie Hunnam) is an ex-LAPD superstar who left the force and now lives a life of simplicity and solitude deep in the woods. Alistair Pinch (Mel Gibson) is an eccentric actor who spends his days drunk on the set of his TV show. When Pinch’s wife is found dead, he is the prime suspect and Waldo is convinced to come out of retirement to investigate what happened. The...
Get ready for an entertaining ‘whodunnit’ movie. Coming to theaters and On Demand and Digital February 4 is the upcoming action-comedy, Last Looks, an Rlje Films release.
Starring Charlie Hunnam, Morena Baccarin, Lucy Fry, Dominic Monaghan, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Clancy Brown with Rupert Friend and Mel Gibson, watch the trailer now.
Charlie Waldo (Charlie Hunnam) is an ex-LAPD superstar who left the force and now lives a life of simplicity and solitude deep in the woods. Alistair Pinch (Mel Gibson) is an eccentric actor who spends his days drunk on the set of his TV show. When Pinch’s wife is found dead, he is the prime suspect and Waldo is convinced to come out of retirement to investigate what happened. The...
- 1/15/2022
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“Last Looks” isn’t your average whodunnit movie. Instead of spending two hours checking murder suspects off the list, it focuses on just one suspect. When that suspect is an eccentric Mel Gibson (“Lethal Weapon”), the audience knows they’re in for a good time. Based on a book by the same name by Howard Michael Gould, the movie follows two superstars in very different fields and chronicles what happens when their paths cross with one another.
Continue reading ‘Last Looks’ Trailer: Charlie Hunnam & Mel Gibson Face Off In A New L.A Neo-Noir Mystery at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Last Looks’ Trailer: Charlie Hunnam & Mel Gibson Face Off In A New L.A Neo-Noir Mystery at The Playlist.
- 1/14/2022
- by Brynne Ramella
- The Playlist
Exclusive: Rlje Films has acquired North American rights to Last Looks, an action comedy toplined by Charlie Hunnam and Mel Gibson. Morena Baccarin, Rupert Friend, Dominic Monaghan, Lucy Fry and Cliff “Method Man” Smith also star in the pic, directed by Tim Kirkby (Brockmire) and originally titled Waldo after the lead character in Howard Michael Gould’s L.A. detective novel series on which the film is based.
Rlje Films is planning a February release day-and-date in theaters and on VOD.
Adapted by Gould (Mr. 3000) and named after the first book in his three-book series, Last Looks introduces to the big screen Charlie Waldo (Hunnam), an ex-LAPD superstar who left the force and now lives a life of simplicity and solitude deep in the woods. Alistair Pinch (Gibson) is an eccentric actor who spends his days drunk on the set of his TV show. When Pinch’s wife is found dead,...
Rlje Films is planning a February release day-and-date in theaters and on VOD.
Adapted by Gould (Mr. 3000) and named after the first book in his three-book series, Last Looks introduces to the big screen Charlie Waldo (Hunnam), an ex-LAPD superstar who left the force and now lives a life of simplicity and solitude deep in the woods. Alistair Pinch (Gibson) is an eccentric actor who spends his days drunk on the set of his TV show. When Pinch’s wife is found dead,...
- 12/28/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: As production wraps in Puerto Rico, Tony Goldwyn and Paul Ben-Victor have joined Gerard Butler in Lionsgate’s action thriller The Plane, we’ve heard.
They join previously announced cast Mike Colter, Daniella Pineda, Kelly Gale, Yoson An, Remi Adeleke, Haleigh Hekking, Lilly Krug, Joey Slotnick and Oliver Trevena.
Goldwyn will play Scarsdale, an ex-Special Forces officer who is now a corporate crisis manager and fixer. Ben-Victor will play Hampton, owner of the airline.
The Plane, directed by Jean-François Richet, follows commercial pilot Brodie Torrance (Butler) who, after a heroic job of successfully landing his storm-damaged aircraft in hostile territory, finds himself threatened by militant pirates who are planning to take the plane and its passengers hostage. As the world’s authorities and media search for the disappeared aircraft, Brodie must rise to the occasion and keep his passengers safe long enough for help to arrive.
The pic was adapted by Charles Cumming,...
They join previously announced cast Mike Colter, Daniella Pineda, Kelly Gale, Yoson An, Remi Adeleke, Haleigh Hekking, Lilly Krug, Joey Slotnick and Oliver Trevena.
Goldwyn will play Scarsdale, an ex-Special Forces officer who is now a corporate crisis manager and fixer. Ben-Victor will play Hampton, owner of the airline.
The Plane, directed by Jean-François Richet, follows commercial pilot Brodie Torrance (Butler) who, after a heroic job of successfully landing his storm-damaged aircraft in hostile territory, finds himself threatened by militant pirates who are planning to take the plane and its passengers hostage. As the world’s authorities and media search for the disappeared aircraft, Brodie must rise to the occasion and keep his passengers safe long enough for help to arrive.
The pic was adapted by Charles Cumming,...
- 10/11/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Edson Oda’s debut feature Nine Days, is, quite simply, miraculous. This spiritual-fiction (“spi-fi”—coined by supporting lead Benedict Wong) film follows Will (Winston Duke in a god-tier performance), a metaphysical gatekeeper who tests five anthropomorphic souls for the ultimate privilege: to be born as a human. Think Willy Wonka with “gift of life” as the golden ticket, where each soul strives to prove their right to existence. Creatively ingenious, emotionally resonant, and philosophically haunting, Nine Days is at once personal and universal—and it won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance 2020. You can read my initial reaction to it here.…...
- 8/31/2021
- by Dylan Kai Dempsey
- IONCINEMA.com
Exclusive: We’ve just learned that Lionsgate has closed a deal for Clancy Brown to star opposite Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rina Sawayama, Shamier Anderson, Lance Reddick, and Ian McShane in John Wick: Chapter 4.
Director Chad Stahelski beamed, “I have been a fan of Clancy Brown’s since I can remember. To have him be a part of this project is an honor. He will make a perfect addition to the World of John Wick!”
John Wick: Chapter 4 is written by Shay Hatten and Michael Finch and produced by Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, and Stahelski and executive produced by Reeves and Louise Rosner. Production is already underway in France, Germany, and Japan.
Brown can next be seen in the Showtime series revival Dexter New Blood, which launches Nov. 7, and in the feature film Last Looks opposite Morena Baccarin, Mel Gibson, and Charlie Hunnam. He recently starred in...
Director Chad Stahelski beamed, “I have been a fan of Clancy Brown’s since I can remember. To have him be a part of this project is an honor. He will make a perfect addition to the World of John Wick!”
John Wick: Chapter 4 is written by Shay Hatten and Michael Finch and produced by Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, and Stahelski and executive produced by Reeves and Louise Rosner. Production is already underway in France, Germany, and Japan.
Brown can next be seen in the Showtime series revival Dexter New Blood, which launches Nov. 7, and in the feature film Last Looks opposite Morena Baccarin, Mel Gibson, and Charlie Hunnam. He recently starred in...
- 8/9/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The worst Nes games of all time are a truly special breed of bad video games. Say what you will about the downsides of the modern video game industry (and there is certainly a lot to say), but there is, in most cases, a baseline standard of quality ensured by better, cheaper technology, experience, and more controlled distribution channels. You may get the occasional indie game that is basically a scam, but when it comes to major releases…well, even Cyberpunk 2077 was pretty good in a lot of ways.
That wasn’t the case during the Nes era. At a time when console gaming was basically the digital wild west, it was incredibly difficult to tell good games from bad ones, and developers often exploited that fact to get us to buy titles that refuse to leave the deepest, darkest parts of our nostalgia all these years later.
That’s the thing about these games.
That wasn’t the case during the Nes era. At a time when console gaming was basically the digital wild west, it was incredibly difficult to tell good games from bad ones, and developers often exploited that fact to get us to buy titles that refuse to leave the deepest, darkest parts of our nostalgia all these years later.
That’s the thing about these games.
- 7/24/2021
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
Lord of The Rings and Lost actor Dominic Monaghan will star in Peter Ocko’s AMC series Moonhaven. He is the first actor to be cast in the upcoming utopia drama.
Created, produced and written by Ocko, Moonhaven is about a utopian colony on the Moon that may hold the keys to preserving life on Earth, which has become increasingly perilous. The series, produced by AMC Studios, is set to debut on AMC and AMC+ next year.
Moonhaven follows Bella Sway, a lunar cargo pilot and smuggler 100 years in the future who finds herself accused of a crime and marooned on Moonhaven, a utopian community set on a 500 square mile Garden of Eden built on the Moon to find solutions to the problems that will soon end civilization on Mother Earth. A skeptic in Paradise, Bella is sucked into a conspiracy to gain control of the artificial intelligence responsible for...
Created, produced and written by Ocko, Moonhaven is about a utopian colony on the Moon that may hold the keys to preserving life on Earth, which has become increasingly perilous. The series, produced by AMC Studios, is set to debut on AMC and AMC+ next year.
Moonhaven follows Bella Sway, a lunar cargo pilot and smuggler 100 years in the future who finds herself accused of a crime and marooned on Moonhaven, a utopian community set on a 500 square mile Garden of Eden built on the Moon to find solutions to the problems that will soon end civilization on Mother Earth. A skeptic in Paradise, Bella is sucked into a conspiracy to gain control of the artificial intelligence responsible for...
- 7/8/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Robin Givens (Riverdale) has been tapped for a key role in the upcoming third season of the CW’s Batwoman.
Givens, a new series regular on the DC drama, will play Jada Jet. A powerful CEO for Jet Industries, Jada isn’t bossy: she’s the boss. Passionate and hard working, a woman who has worked her way through life’s ups and downs to climb her way to the top — all while being extremely protective over her impetuous son. A woman with a deep past that forced her to give up her first-born child, Jada is a woman with a good heart, but will do whatever it takes to protect her family.
In the June 27 Season 2 finale, Ryan Wilder (Javicia Leslie) has fully taken up the mantle as Batwoman with Kate Kane leaving Gotham in a search for her long-missing cousin Bruce Wayne (aka Batman). It also was...
Givens, a new series regular on the DC drama, will play Jada Jet. A powerful CEO for Jet Industries, Jada isn’t bossy: she’s the boss. Passionate and hard working, a woman who has worked her way through life’s ups and downs to climb her way to the top — all while being extremely protective over her impetuous son. A woman with a deep past that forced her to give up her first-born child, Jada is a woman with a good heart, but will do whatever it takes to protect her family.
In the June 27 Season 2 finale, Ryan Wilder (Javicia Leslie) has fully taken up the mantle as Batwoman with Kate Kane leaving Gotham in a search for her long-missing cousin Bruce Wayne (aka Batman). It also was...
- 7/6/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Principal photography is scheduled for 2022.
Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin and director Ric Roman Waugh are reprising their roles on a sequel to independent hit Greenland for Anton, Thunder Road, and G-base.
Chris Sparling wrote the screenplay to Greenland: Migration, in which the Garrity family must leave the safety of the Greenland bunker after surviving a comet strike and embark on a journey across the decimated frozen wasteland of Europe to find a new home.
Producing are Thunder Road Pictures’ Basil Iwanyk and Brendon Boyea, G-base’s Butler and Alan Siegel, and Anton’s Sébastien Raybaud and John Zois.
Anton is...
Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin and director Ric Roman Waugh are reprising their roles on a sequel to independent hit Greenland for Anton, Thunder Road, and G-base.
Chris Sparling wrote the screenplay to Greenland: Migration, in which the Garrity family must leave the safety of the Greenland bunker after surviving a comet strike and embark on a journey across the decimated frozen wasteland of Europe to find a new home.
Producing are Thunder Road Pictures’ Basil Iwanyk and Brendon Boyea, G-base’s Butler and Alan Siegel, and Anton’s Sébastien Raybaud and John Zois.
Anton is...
- 6/14/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Principal photography is scheduled for 2022.
Gerrard Butler, Morena Baccarin and director Ric Roman Waugh are reprising their roles on a sequel to independent hit Greenland for Anton, Thunder Road, and G-base.
Chris Sparling wrote the screenplay to Greenland: Migration, in which the Garrity family must leave the safety of the Greenland bunker after surviving a comet strike and embark on a journey across the decimated frozen wasteland of Europe to find a new home.
Producing are Thunder Road Pictures’ Basil Iwanyk and Brendon Boyea, G-base’s Butler and Alan Siegel, and Anton’s Sébastien Raybaud and John Zois.
Anton is...
Gerrard Butler, Morena Baccarin and director Ric Roman Waugh are reprising their roles on a sequel to independent hit Greenland for Anton, Thunder Road, and G-base.
Chris Sparling wrote the screenplay to Greenland: Migration, in which the Garrity family must leave the safety of the Greenland bunker after surviving a comet strike and embark on a journey across the decimated frozen wasteland of Europe to find a new home.
Producing are Thunder Road Pictures’ Basil Iwanyk and Brendon Boyea, G-base’s Butler and Alan Siegel, and Anton’s Sébastien Raybaud and John Zois.
Anton is...
- 6/14/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Kevin Smith is bringing He-Man back to TV this summer: Netflix’s animated series Masters of the Universe: Revelation, showrun by Smith and featuring Chris Wood (Supergirl) as the voice of He-Man, will debut with Part 1 (consisting of five episodes) on Friday, July 23.
“After a cataclysmic battle between He-Man and Skeletor (Mark Hamill), Eternia is fractured and the Guardians of Grayskull are scattered,” reads the official synopsis. “And after decades of secrets tore them apart, it’s up to Teela (Sarah Michelle Gellar) to reunite the broken band of heroes, and solve the mystery of the missing Sword of Power...
“After a cataclysmic battle between He-Man and Skeletor (Mark Hamill), Eternia is fractured and the Guardians of Grayskull are scattered,” reads the official synopsis. “And after decades of secrets tore them apart, it’s up to Teela (Sarah Michelle Gellar) to reunite the broken band of heroes, and solve the mystery of the missing Sword of Power...
- 5/13/2021
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Quibi is coming back from the dead next week… sort of.
On May 20, Roku will debut the first batch of Roku Originals — a collection of 30 shows originally produced for Quibi, the short-lived mobile entertainment startup led by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman. Roku paid substantially less than $100 million for the assets of the defunct company, including rights to more than 75 shows overall.
The shows span genres and formats, comprising scripted series, documentaries, alternative and reality programming. Among the first “Roku Originals” coming next week are Kevin Hart’s action series “Die Hart,” Emmy-winning drama “#FreeRayshawn” starring Laurence Fishburne and Jasmine Cephas Jones, the revival of Comedy Central’s “Reno 911!” and “Dummy,” starring Anna Kendrick as a woman who befriends her boyfriend’s sex doll.
The lineup also includes “Chrissy’s Court,” a “Judge Judy”-style show starring Chrissy Teigen; a reboot of MTV’s “Punk’d” hosted by Chance the Rapper...
On May 20, Roku will debut the first batch of Roku Originals — a collection of 30 shows originally produced for Quibi, the short-lived mobile entertainment startup led by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman. Roku paid substantially less than $100 million for the assets of the defunct company, including rights to more than 75 shows overall.
The shows span genres and formats, comprising scripted series, documentaries, alternative and reality programming. Among the first “Roku Originals” coming next week are Kevin Hart’s action series “Die Hart,” Emmy-winning drama “#FreeRayshawn” starring Laurence Fishburne and Jasmine Cephas Jones, the revival of Comedy Central’s “Reno 911!” and “Dummy,” starring Anna Kendrick as a woman who befriends her boyfriend’s sex doll.
The lineup also includes “Chrissy’s Court,” a “Judge Judy”-style show starring Chrissy Teigen; a reboot of MTV’s “Punk’d” hosted by Chance the Rapper...
- 5/13/2021
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
A raft of 30 original shows developed for — and briefly distributed by — now-defunct streaming startup Quibi are getting new life as Roku Originals, with a premiere date of May 20.
The shows, which include Emmy winner #FreeRayshawn as well as series starring Kevin Hart, Chrissy Teigen, Anna Kendrick, Chance the Rapper and more, will be available on the Roku Channel. (See the full list below.) The remaining titles from the full roster of 75 titles will go live on Roku by the end of 2021.
The free, ad-supported Roku Channel offers 190 live, linear channels and 40,000 movie and TV titles, to viewers beyond Roku’s sizable base of connected devices and smart TVs. Unlike the subscription model of Quibi, the originals will be available for free. Limited advertising will be shown in between the seven- to 10-minute episodes.
On its quarterly earnings call last week, Roku said it now has 53.6 million active accounts, while the...
The shows, which include Emmy winner #FreeRayshawn as well as series starring Kevin Hart, Chrissy Teigen, Anna Kendrick, Chance the Rapper and more, will be available on the Roku Channel. (See the full list below.) The remaining titles from the full roster of 75 titles will go live on Roku by the end of 2021.
The free, ad-supported Roku Channel offers 190 live, linear channels and 40,000 movie and TV titles, to viewers beyond Roku’s sizable base of connected devices and smart TVs. Unlike the subscription model of Quibi, the originals will be available for free. Limited advertising will be shown in between the seven- to 10-minute episodes.
On its quarterly earnings call last week, Roku said it now has 53.6 million active accounts, while the...
- 5/13/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Paul Ben-Victor is set to join Harvey Keitel, Emile Hirsch and Ruby Rose in the George Gallo-directed mobster drama The Legitimate Wise Guy, which tells the true story of Tony Spilotro, a feared mob enforcer from the crime syndicate known as the Chicago Outfit. Ben-Victor will step into the role of Spilotro.
Based on an original screenplay by Nicholas Celozzi and Jim McGrath, the film chronicles Spilotro, who ran the Chicago Outfit which rose to power in the 1920s under the notorious Al Capone. Spilotro overlooked the outfit’s skimming operations in Las Vegas. While there, he met a young man aspiring to make it big in Hollywood as an actor. The mob boss mentors and lures him into his criminal world.
Celozzi serves as producer for Monaco Films alongside Richard Salvatore for March on Productions. Michael Sportelli of Monaco Films and Freddy Braidy serve as executive producers.
Based on an original screenplay by Nicholas Celozzi and Jim McGrath, the film chronicles Spilotro, who ran the Chicago Outfit which rose to power in the 1920s under the notorious Al Capone. Spilotro overlooked the outfit’s skimming operations in Las Vegas. While there, he met a young man aspiring to make it big in Hollywood as an actor. The mob boss mentors and lures him into his criminal world.
Celozzi serves as producer for Monaco Films alongside Richard Salvatore for March on Productions. Michael Sportelli of Monaco Films and Freddy Braidy serve as executive producers.
- 3/1/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The narrative feature “Coda” and the documentary “Summer of Soul” swept the top categories at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, winning the Grand Jury Prizes and also taking the audience awards in the U.S. dramatic and documentary competitions.
“Coda,” director Sian Heder’s coming-of-age story in which Emilia Jones plays the only hearing member of a deaf family, also won an award for its ensemble, many of them deaf actors who performed in ASL. Its wins come three days after the film set a record for the largest sale in Sundance history, a $25 million deal with Apple.
“Summer of Soul,” which like “Coda” screened on the festival’s opening night, is a documentary by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson built around long-unseen concert footage from the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, a six-weekend event that first-time director Questlove uses as a launching pad to explore race relations and Black culture in that tumultuous time.
“Coda,” director Sian Heder’s coming-of-age story in which Emilia Jones plays the only hearing member of a deaf family, also won an award for its ensemble, many of them deaf actors who performed in ASL. Its wins come three days after the film set a record for the largest sale in Sundance history, a $25 million deal with Apple.
“Summer of Soul,” which like “Coda” screened on the festival’s opening night, is a documentary by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson built around long-unseen concert footage from the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, a six-weekend event that first-time director Questlove uses as a launching pad to explore race relations and Black culture in that tumultuous time.
- 2/3/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The 2021 Sundance Film Festival concluded Tuesday night with a virtual awards ceremony, honoring “Coda” — a family drama centered on a high school student who is the child of deaf adults (hence the title) — with four prizes in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category: the grand jury prize, the directing prize, the audience award and a special jury prize for best ensemble.
It is the first film in Sundance history to win all three top prizes in the U.S. Dramatic category.
“I hope that this opens the door to people getting that audiences want to see these kinds of stories,” director Siân Heder said while accepting the audience award. “And I hope that this means that more stories that center deaf characters and characters with disabilities get put front and center because clearly people want to respond to that.”
“Coda” already broke records at Sundance when Apple Studios picked it...
It is the first film in Sundance history to win all three top prizes in the U.S. Dramatic category.
“I hope that this opens the door to people getting that audiences want to see these kinds of stories,” director Siân Heder said while accepting the audience award. “And I hope that this means that more stories that center deaf characters and characters with disabilities get put front and center because clearly people want to respond to that.”
“Coda” already broke records at Sundance when Apple Studios picked it...
- 2/3/2021
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
A picture is worth a thousand Berns. And in this case, more like 100,000 memes.
Two weeks before the inauguration, Brendan Smialowski, a former sports photojournalist from Connecticut who documents politics for wire service Agence France-Presse, had been outside the Capitol when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the building. On Wednesday, Smialowski was in the cold outside of the Capitol, documenting the celebration of a new administration for President Joe Biden.
With a zoom lens and Nikon Dslr in hand, Smialowski went out to capture the mood and moments of the day.
Two weeks before the inauguration, Brendan Smialowski, a former sports photojournalist from Connecticut who documents politics for wire service Agence France-Presse, had been outside the Capitol when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the building. On Wednesday, Smialowski was in the cold outside of the Capitol, documenting the celebration of a new administration for President Joe Biden.
With a zoom lens and Nikon Dslr in hand, Smialowski went out to capture the mood and moments of the day.
- 1/22/2021
- by Reed Dunlea
- Rollingstone.com
Ever since making his big-screen debut in the 1997 crime thriller One Eight Seven, popular Wu-Tang Clan member Method Man (aka Clifford Smith) has appeared in roughly 50 feature films and more than a dozen television shows. He can currently be seen in Netflix's Vampires Vs The Bronx as well as the Starz original series Power Book II: Ghost.
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In 2021, Method Man is poised to appear in James DeMonaco's coming-of-age tale Once Upon a Time in Staten Island, as well as the action-thriller, Last Looks.
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In 2021, Method Man is poised to appear in James DeMonaco's coming-of-age tale Once Upon a Time in Staten Island, as well as the action-thriller, Last Looks.
- 12/25/2020
- ScreenRant
In today’s TV news roundup, Adult Swim released the premiere date for the third season of “Dream Corp LLC,” and Quibi unveiled a trailer for its true crime series “Last Looks.”
Dates
The absurdist, psychedelic Adult Swim workplace comedy “Dream Corp LLC” will be back for a third season Oct. 25. The series centers on a run-down dream therapy facility that treats and occasionally cures patients weekly, a feat considering the place is led by the inattentive dream therapist Dr. Roberts (Jon Gries) and his less-than-adequate staff. Featuring live-action and rotoscope animation, with new work from visual effects company Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, Season 3 delves into the mysteries of the dilapidated building and welcomes new staff member Margot Daly (Sunita Mani). The season’s guest stars include Rupert Friend, Sam Richardson, Bobby Lee, Karan Soni, Thomas Middleditch, Mindy Sterling, Jimmi Simpson and Baron Vaugh as patients. Watch a teaser below.
Dates
The absurdist, psychedelic Adult Swim workplace comedy “Dream Corp LLC” will be back for a third season Oct. 25. The series centers on a run-down dream therapy facility that treats and occasionally cures patients weekly, a feat considering the place is led by the inattentive dream therapist Dr. Roberts (Jon Gries) and his less-than-adequate staff. Featuring live-action and rotoscope animation, with new work from visual effects company Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, Season 3 delves into the mysteries of the dilapidated building and welcomes new staff member Margot Daly (Sunita Mani). The season’s guest stars include Rupert Friend, Sam Richardson, Bobby Lee, Karan Soni, Thomas Middleditch, Mindy Sterling, Jimmi Simpson and Baron Vaugh as patients. Watch a teaser below.
- 10/12/2020
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- Variety Film + TV
Despite production disruptions from the deadly 'Covid-19’ virus plague unleashed on an unsuspecting world, the TV industry is determined to get back on track, scheduling October 2020 premiere dates for new series and new seasons of returning shows including "Monsterland", "Pandora", "The Mandalorian" and a whole lot more:
October 1:
Gangs of London
The Salisbury Poisonings
A World of Calm (HBO Max, new unscripted series)
Oktoberfest Beer & Blood
The Split
October 2:
Undercover Boss
Emily in Paris (Netflix, new comedy series)
Monsterland
Warrior (Cinemax, Season 2)
Tiny World (Apple TV+, new documentary series)
October 3:
Lucky Dog
Innovation Nation
October 4:
Pandora
The Good Lord Bird (Showtime, new drama limited series; moved from August 9)
The Comedy Store
The Walking Dead: The World Beyond (AMC, new drama series)
Britannia (Epix, Season 2; U.S. premiere)
First Ladies
Girl Meets Farm
October 5:
Soulmates
Big Hero 6
Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan
Hea Strikes Back (TLC,...
October 1:
Gangs of London
The Salisbury Poisonings
A World of Calm (HBO Max, new unscripted series)
Oktoberfest Beer & Blood
The Split
October 2:
Undercover Boss
Emily in Paris (Netflix, new comedy series)
Monsterland
Warrior (Cinemax, Season 2)
Tiny World (Apple TV+, new documentary series)
October 3:
Lucky Dog
Innovation Nation
October 4:
Pandora
The Good Lord Bird (Showtime, new drama limited series; moved from August 9)
The Comedy Store
The Walking Dead: The World Beyond (AMC, new drama series)
Britannia (Epix, Season 2; U.S. premiere)
First Ladies
Girl Meets Farm
October 5:
Soulmates
Big Hero 6
Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan
Hea Strikes Back (TLC,...
- 9/30/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Exclusive: Academy Award-winning actor, director, producer and screenwriter Mel Gibson has signed with APA.
Gibson had been at CAA, but left after the exit of his primary agents Jack Whigham and Michael Cooper. They went to Range Media Partners. Gibson moved to APA to join president Jim Osborne, who started his career as one of iconic ICM agent Ed Limato’s protege assistants. Limato was Gibson’s agent forever. Gibson went with Limato to WME but parted company with the agency after Limato died, in the wake of controversial comments the actor/director made at a troubled period in his life. He spent several years regaining his footing when he was managed by former CAA honcho Rick Nicita. When Nicita retired, Gibson went to CAA.
Gibson has been busy. He currently stars in three upcoming feature films: the Tim Kirkby-directed action/thriller Last Looks opposite Morena Baccarin and Charlie Hunnam...
Gibson had been at CAA, but left after the exit of his primary agents Jack Whigham and Michael Cooper. They went to Range Media Partners. Gibson moved to APA to join president Jim Osborne, who started his career as one of iconic ICM agent Ed Limato’s protege assistants. Limato was Gibson’s agent forever. Gibson went with Limato to WME but parted company with the agency after Limato died, in the wake of controversial comments the actor/director made at a troubled period in his life. He spent several years regaining his footing when he was managed by former CAA honcho Rick Nicita. When Nicita retired, Gibson went to CAA.
Gibson has been busy. He currently stars in three upcoming feature films: the Tim Kirkby-directed action/thriller Last Looks opposite Morena Baccarin and Charlie Hunnam...
- 9/15/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, HBO has released a teaser for the second season of “His Dark Materials,” and Variety obtained an exclusive first look of ID’s “The 93 Victims of Samuel Little.”
Dates
Quibi announced the premiere dates for its entire fall lineup, which is as follows: “Singled Out” Season 2 (Sept. 7), a social media dating show hosted by Keke Palmer and Joel Kim Booster; “Wireless” (Sept. 14), a survival thriller from executive producer Stephen Soderbergh; “Murder Unboxed” (Sept. 21), an unscripted true crime show that unboxes evidence from real-life murder cases; “Benedict Men” (Sept. 28), a docuseries about the nationally-ranked basketball team at St. Benedict’s Preparatory School from executive producer Stephen Curry; “The Expecting” (Sept. 28), a horror series about a waitress that experiences disturbing side effects during pregnancy starring AnnaSophia Robb and Rory Culkin; “Natural Born Narco” (Oct. 5), a prequel to the telenovela “El Señor de los Cielos” in partnership with Telemundo; “Gloop World” (Oct.
Dates
Quibi announced the premiere dates for its entire fall lineup, which is as follows: “Singled Out” Season 2 (Sept. 7), a social media dating show hosted by Keke Palmer and Joel Kim Booster; “Wireless” (Sept. 14), a survival thriller from executive producer Stephen Soderbergh; “Murder Unboxed” (Sept. 21), an unscripted true crime show that unboxes evidence from real-life murder cases; “Benedict Men” (Sept. 28), a docuseries about the nationally-ranked basketball team at St. Benedict’s Preparatory School from executive producer Stephen Curry; “The Expecting” (Sept. 28), a horror series about a waitress that experiences disturbing side effects during pregnancy starring AnnaSophia Robb and Rory Culkin; “Natural Born Narco” (Oct. 5), a prequel to the telenovela “El Señor de los Cielos” in partnership with Telemundo; “Gloop World” (Oct.
- 8/28/2020
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
ITV Studios executive Bea Hegedus is joining Vice Media Group as senior VP and global head of distribution.
The newly created role comes as Vice looks to maximize its IP internationally, and build new U.S. and international partnerships. Formed in 2017, global production outfit Vice Studios has 130 projects in production and development across all genres and formats.
At Vice, Hegedus — who most recently served as VP of global scripted content at ITV Studios — will report into Vice Studios president Kate Ward. She will be tasked with forging global distribution partnerships focusing on linear, Ott, SVOD and AVOD strategies. Her distribution pipeline includes all Vice IP, including programming from Vice TV and the recently announced Vice World News.
The new distribution arm covers documentary, lifestyle and news programming, with a library of more than 900 hours of Vice programming such as “Dark Side of the Ring,” the Emmy award-winning “Vice News Tonight,...
The newly created role comes as Vice looks to maximize its IP internationally, and build new U.S. and international partnerships. Formed in 2017, global production outfit Vice Studios has 130 projects in production and development across all genres and formats.
At Vice, Hegedus — who most recently served as VP of global scripted content at ITV Studios — will report into Vice Studios president Kate Ward. She will be tasked with forging global distribution partnerships focusing on linear, Ott, SVOD and AVOD strategies. Her distribution pipeline includes all Vice IP, including programming from Vice TV and the recently announced Vice World News.
The new distribution arm covers documentary, lifestyle and news programming, with a library of more than 900 hours of Vice programming such as “Dark Side of the Ring,” the Emmy award-winning “Vice News Tonight,...
- 7/27/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
In 2016, Mel Gibson received a 10-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival where he premiered “Hacksaw Ridge,” which, propelled by a rapturous reception in Italy, went on to receive six Oscar nominations. That included a nod for Gibson for best director. The World War II drama was the first film Gibson had directed in more than a decade.
The hiatus was largely due to being virtually shut out from Hollywood, an expulsion prompted by the infamous Malibu DUI arrest in 2006 during which he unleashed an anti-Semitic rant. That was followed by leaked tapes in 2010 where Gibson screamed racist remarks, including using the n-word, at his then-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, the mother of one of his nine children. She later alleged Gibson was physically abusive. Even before his fall from grace, Gibson had routinely been in trouble for homophobic comments.
The messy headlines diminished Gibson’s star power and made him virtually un-hireable,...
The hiatus was largely due to being virtually shut out from Hollywood, an expulsion prompted by the infamous Malibu DUI arrest in 2006 during which he unleashed an anti-Semitic rant. That was followed by leaked tapes in 2010 where Gibson screamed racist remarks, including using the n-word, at his then-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, the mother of one of his nine children. She later alleged Gibson was physically abusive. Even before his fall from grace, Gibson had routinely been in trouble for homophobic comments.
The messy headlines diminished Gibson’s star power and made him virtually un-hireable,...
- 7/2/2020
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
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