Photos from the set of James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown dropped on April 9 showing Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan and Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo.
Fanning will portray Dylan’s early-’60s love interest in the biopic, rumored to be inspired by Dylan’s late ex Suze Rotolo.
The film centers on the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 as a young Dylan shakes up his act on the folk music scene by going electric and siring rock as the voice of a generation-defining one of the most transformative moments in 20th century music.
Edward Norton and Monica Barbaro also star in the pic written by Mangold and Jay Cocks.
Scroll through the gallery to take a look at photos from the set.
Fanning will portray Dylan’s early-’60s love interest in the biopic, rumored to be inspired by Dylan’s late ex Suze Rotolo.
The film centers on the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 as a young Dylan shakes up his act on the folk music scene by going electric and siring rock as the voice of a generation-defining one of the most transformative moments in 20th century music.
Edward Norton and Monica Barbaro also star in the pic written by Mangold and Jay Cocks.
Scroll through the gallery to take a look at photos from the set.
- 5/28/2024
- by Robert Lang
- Deadline Film + TV
Paparazzi snaps from the set of James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown have been flooding the web the past week, but the filmmaker has now shared his own behind-the-scenes look from the musical biopic.
In an official snap shared this morning, Timothée Chalamet can be seen fully suited up as Bob Dylan headed toward the Chelsea Hotel and favored hang-out El Quijote restaurant-bar. Chalamet is in the folk singers’ customary suede jacket, boots, and sunglasses.
Mangold shared the image specs in a caption alongside the pic: Photo by Jm w/ Leica SL3 Summicron-sl Apo 50mm 2.8 1/160 Iso 12500.
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Mangold’s A Complete Unknown is set up at Searchlight. Pic is set in the influential New York music scene of the early ’60s and follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts — his songs...
In an official snap shared this morning, Timothée Chalamet can be seen fully suited up as Bob Dylan headed toward the Chelsea Hotel and favored hang-out El Quijote restaurant-bar. Chalamet is in the folk singers’ customary suede jacket, boots, and sunglasses.
Mangold shared the image specs in a caption alongside the pic: Photo by Jm w/ Leica SL3 Summicron-sl Apo 50mm 2.8 1/160 Iso 12500.
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Mangold’s A Complete Unknown is set up at Searchlight. Pic is set in the influential New York music scene of the early ’60s and follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts — his songs...
- 3/27/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Searchlight has set five more for major roles in its Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, directed by James Mangold and starring Timothée Chalamet: Boyd Holbrook (The Bikeriders), Scoot McNairy (Argo), Dan Fogler (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), Will Harrison (Daisy Jones & The Six) and Charlie Tahan (Ozark).
Character details are under wraps. Pic is now in production in New Jersey.
Other new additions include P.J. Byrne (Babylon), Eli Brown (Gossip Girl), Nick Pupo (Halt and Catch Fire), Big Bill Morganfield, Laura Kariuki, Eric Berryman (Atlanta), David Alan Basche (Egg), Joe Tippett (Monarch) and James Austin Johnson (Saturday Night Live).
Set in the influential New York music scene of the early ’60s, A Complete Unknown follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts — his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation...
Character details are under wraps. Pic is now in production in New Jersey.
Other new additions include P.J. Byrne (Babylon), Eli Brown (Gossip Girl), Nick Pupo (Halt and Catch Fire), Big Bill Morganfield, Laura Kariuki, Eric Berryman (Atlanta), David Alan Basche (Egg), Joe Tippett (Monarch) and James Austin Johnson (Saturday Night Live).
Set in the influential New York music scene of the early ’60s, A Complete Unknown follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts — his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation...
- 3/25/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
A scheduling problem knocks Benedict Cumberbatch out of A Complete Unknown – with Edward Norton stepping in instead.
James Mangold is coming off the back of Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny, and has signed up to direct a future Star Wars movie as well. But slotted between the two is a project he’s been interested in for some time: a biopic of Bob Dylan, that he’s looking to press ahead with this year.
Timothee Chalamet – still riding high off the back in the title role of Wonka – has been cast in the role of Bob Dylan, and he’s still on board the movie. But one person who’s made an exit before filming has begun is Benedict Cumberbatch.
Scheduling problems have counted Cumberbatch out of the movie, in which he was set to play Pete Seeger. No matter, as it turns out: Edward Norton has been...
James Mangold is coming off the back of Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny, and has signed up to direct a future Star Wars movie as well. But slotted between the two is a project he’s been interested in for some time: a biopic of Bob Dylan, that he’s looking to press ahead with this year.
Timothee Chalamet – still riding high off the back in the title role of Wonka – has been cast in the role of Bob Dylan, and he’s still on board the movie. But one person who’s made an exit before filming has begun is Benedict Cumberbatch.
Scheduling problems have counted Cumberbatch out of the movie, in which he was set to play Pete Seeger. No matter, as it turns out: Edward Norton has been...
- 1/26/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
Edward Norton has been cast as legendary folk musician Pete Seeger in James Mangold’s upcoming Bob Dylan biopic.
Titled A Complete Unknown, the film stars Timothée Chalamet as a young Dylan in 1965, after he first begins performing with an electric guitar. Norton is stepping in for a departing Benedict Cumberbatch, who had to leave the film due to scheduling issues.
The script was penned by Gangs of New York screenwriter Jay Cocks, with Mangold handling revisions. A Complete Unknown also stars Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez and Elle Fanning as Dylan’s early ’60s love interest, university student and artist Sylvie Russo.
A Complete Unknown is set to begin production in New York City this summer. There currently isn’t a release date.
Norton most recently starred in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City and appeared in two episodes of Apple TV’s miniseries Extrapolations.
Edward Norton to Play Pete...
Titled A Complete Unknown, the film stars Timothée Chalamet as a young Dylan in 1965, after he first begins performing with an electric guitar. Norton is stepping in for a departing Benedict Cumberbatch, who had to leave the film due to scheduling issues.
The script was penned by Gangs of New York screenwriter Jay Cocks, with Mangold handling revisions. A Complete Unknown also stars Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez and Elle Fanning as Dylan’s early ’60s love interest, university student and artist Sylvie Russo.
A Complete Unknown is set to begin production in New York City this summer. There currently isn’t a release date.
Norton most recently starred in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City and appeared in two episodes of Apple TV’s miniseries Extrapolations.
Edward Norton to Play Pete...
- 1/25/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Edward Norton has been cast as legendary folk musician Pete Seeger in James Mangold’s upcoming Bob Dylan biopic.
Titled A Complete Unknown, the film stars Timothée Chalamet as a young Dylan in 1965, after he first begins performing with an electric guitar. Norton is stepping in for a departing Benedict Cumberbatch, who had to leave the film due to scheduling issues.
The script was penned by Gangs of New York screenwriter Jay Cocks, with Mangold handling revisions. A Complete Unknown also stars Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez and Elle Fanning as Dylan’s early ’60s love interest, university student and artist Sylvie Russo.
A Complete Unknown is set to begin production in New York City this summer. There currently isn’t a release date.
Norton most recently starred in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City and appeared in two episodes of Apple TV’s miniseries Extrapolations.
Edward Norton to Play Pete...
Titled A Complete Unknown, the film stars Timothée Chalamet as a young Dylan in 1965, after he first begins performing with an electric guitar. Norton is stepping in for a departing Benedict Cumberbatch, who had to leave the film due to scheduling issues.
The script was penned by Gangs of New York screenwriter Jay Cocks, with Mangold handling revisions. A Complete Unknown also stars Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez and Elle Fanning as Dylan’s early ’60s love interest, university student and artist Sylvie Russo.
A Complete Unknown is set to begin production in New York City this summer. There currently isn’t a release date.
Norton most recently starred in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City and appeared in two episodes of Apple TV’s miniseries Extrapolations.
Edward Norton to Play Pete...
- 1/25/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Film News
James Mangold’s Bob Dylan film, A Complete Unknown, is switching bandmates as Edward Norton replaces Benedict Cumberbatch as the American folk singer and social activist Pete Seeger. Cumberbatch must exit the project because of scheduling issues. The biography stars Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan, with Monica Barbaro playing Joan Baez, Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo, Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash, and Nick Offerman as Alan Lomax.
James Mangold directs from a script written by Jay Cocks (Gangs of New York), with Mangold making revisions. A Complete Unknown focuses on a young Bob Dylan (Chalamet) who rocks the music world in 1965 by performing with an electric guitar for the first time, alerting people to a new sound for his signature brand. Meanwhile, Sylvie Russo (Fanning) enters the story as a university student, artist, and Dylan’s early-’60s love interest. Production for A Complete Unknown is gearing up for a New York production.
James Mangold directs from a script written by Jay Cocks (Gangs of New York), with Mangold making revisions. A Complete Unknown focuses on a young Bob Dylan (Chalamet) who rocks the music world in 1965 by performing with an electric guitar for the first time, alerting people to a new sound for his signature brand. Meanwhile, Sylvie Russo (Fanning) enters the story as a university student, artist, and Dylan’s early-’60s love interest. Production for A Complete Unknown is gearing up for a New York production.
- 1/25/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: With Benedict Cumberbatch departing Searchlight Pictures and James Mangold’s Bob Dylan movie A Complete Unknown following scheduling issues, his replacement has been found, with Edward Norton tapped to play Pete Seeger. He now joins an ensemble that features Timothée Chalamet as Dylan and Elle Fanning on board to play Sylvie Russo. Mangold will direct.
The film is heading into production in New York this March and centers on a young Dylan (Chalamet) who shakes up the music world in 1965 when he pivots to performing with an electric guitar for the first time. Fanning will play the role of Dylan’s early-’60s love interest, a university student and artist.
Jay Cocks (Gangs of New York) wrote the script, with Mangold handling revisions.
Range’s Fred Berger, Veritas Entertainment Group’s Peter Jaysen, Bob Bookman, and Alan Gasmer, The Picture Company’s Alex Heineman, Jeff Rosen and Mangold are...
The film is heading into production in New York this March and centers on a young Dylan (Chalamet) who shakes up the music world in 1965 when he pivots to performing with an electric guitar for the first time. Fanning will play the role of Dylan’s early-’60s love interest, a university student and artist.
Jay Cocks (Gangs of New York) wrote the script, with Mangold handling revisions.
Range’s Fred Berger, Veritas Entertainment Group’s Peter Jaysen, Bob Bookman, and Alan Gasmer, The Picture Company’s Alex Heineman, Jeff Rosen and Mangold are...
- 1/25/2024
- by Justin Kroll and Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Some movies can be so iconic that they accidentally end up damaging their own genre in the long run. For instance, we’re all aware of how cyberpunk has been living in the shadow of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner since 1984, with it being nearly impossible to tell a story about a futuristic dystopia without bringing out the flying cars and neon signage. Fortunately, there are exceptions to this rule, and one of my personal favorites happens to be Kathryn Bigelow’s 1995 sci-fi thriller Strange Days.
A genre-bending murder mystery that takes place in the “distant” future of 1999, this special little film has aged spectacularly well despite its pre-millennial DNA, tackling pertinent issues like race relations and police corruption while also telling a surprisingly engaging love story. This is precisely why I think revisiting this retro-futuristic New Year’s extravaganza is the perfect way to start off 2024 with a bang.
A genre-bending murder mystery that takes place in the “distant” future of 1999, this special little film has aged spectacularly well despite its pre-millennial DNA, tackling pertinent issues like race relations and police corruption while also telling a surprisingly engaging love story. This is precisely why I think revisiting this retro-futuristic New Year’s extravaganza is the perfect way to start off 2024 with a bang.
- 1/22/2024
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
“Poor Things,” “Oppenheimer,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “American Fiction,” “All of Us Strangers,” and “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” all received Best Adapted Screenplay bids from the Critics Choice Awards thus giving their Oscar hopes in this category a timely boost. Some of them were lauded even further at the Golden Globes, which nominated “Poor Things,” “Oppenheimer,” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” alongside “Barbie,” “Past Lives,” and “Anatomy of Fall” in a combined Best Screenplay category.
So, those are the preferences of those two awards groups. But what about the tastes of the academy? Well, below is a chart detailing the last 10 Oscar winners for Best Adapted Screenplay. We’re going to break this down to see what the academy likes and try to apply the findings to this year’s race.
As you can see, novels are the academy’s favorite source material, accounting for...
So, those are the preferences of those two awards groups. But what about the tastes of the academy? Well, below is a chart detailing the last 10 Oscar winners for Best Adapted Screenplay. We’re going to break this down to see what the academy likes and try to apply the findings to this year’s race.
As you can see, novels are the academy’s favorite source material, accounting for...
- 12/27/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Thanks to enthusiastic buyers at the 2000 American Film Market, Martin Scorsese was finally able to begin filming Gangs of New York, a project that had been germinating for nearly 30 years. Based on Herbert Asbury’s 1927 book The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld, the film, with its detailed re-creations of 19th century Manhattan, follows an Irish immigrant, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, who confronts his father’s murderer, the ruthless gang leader Bill the Butcher, portrayed by Daniel Day-Lewis.
With a screenplay by Time magazine film critic Jay Cocks — which would eventually be reworked by Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan — the project was originally announced in 1977, but at the time Scorsese instead opted to direct 1980’s Raging Bull. Over the years, as budget estimates rose from $30 million to around $100 million, the project drifted from Universal to Disney. Unable to secure a green light, Scorsese also offered it to Warners,...
With a screenplay by Time magazine film critic Jay Cocks — which would eventually be reworked by Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan — the project was originally announced in 1977, but at the time Scorsese instead opted to direct 1980’s Raging Bull. Over the years, as budget estimates rose from $30 million to around $100 million, the project drifted from Universal to Disney. Unable to secure a green light, Scorsese also offered it to Warners,...
- 11/2/2023
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Director Martin Scorsese has made no secret about growing up in what he calls “a closed society.” Early years spent looking out the window of a Little Italy apartment into scenes of mid-20th century Manhattan—and at the kids he couldn’t play with due to asthma 0r the streetwise guys who would inform future gangster pictures—made him the storyteller he is today. His passion for cinema and for the Catholic Church, his two sanctuaries as a sickly child, were informed by this distinctly New York and working class Italian-American background.
His father Charles Scorsese teaching him how to carry oneself in that closed society, such as going to a neighborhood restaurant, influenced the scenes of Robert De Niro hanging out with Harvey Keitel in Mean Streets (1973), or Joe Pesci turning cold with Ray Liotta in Goodfellas (1990). Yet too often moviegoers, and even some film critics, are quick...
His father Charles Scorsese teaching him how to carry oneself in that closed society, such as going to a neighborhood restaurant, influenced the scenes of Robert De Niro hanging out with Harvey Keitel in Mean Streets (1973), or Joe Pesci turning cold with Ray Liotta in Goodfellas (1990). Yet too often moviegoers, and even some film critics, are quick...
- 9/27/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
As recorded by the American Film Institute, Martin Scorsese discovered Herbert Asbury's 1927 book "The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld" as early as 1970, back when he was a mere upstart who had only made one feature. It wouldn't be until later in the decade that Scorsese would be able to buy the film rights to the book having acquired some clout from "Taxi Driver" and "Mean Streets." As early as 1977, there were ads in local magazines that had announced a "Gangs of New York" movie with Scorsese slated to direct. It wouldn't be until 1991, however, that a budget could be settled on with producer Alberto Grimaldi getting $30 million from Universal. Universal, six years later, handed the rights to Disney. Scorsese would be allowed to make "Gangs of New York," but only if he and his co-screenwriter Jay Cocks added a love story element to their script.
- 9/26/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The hot ticket at Cannes — Martin Scorsese’s three-and-a-half hour opus “Killers of the Flower Moon,” adapted by the director and Eric Roth from David Grann’s 2017 non-fiction bestseller — screened ahead of its Saturday festival premiere in New York and Los Angeles to give critics a head start on writing their reviews. It’s clear why Apple chose not to play the film in Competition: it’s earning a range of reactions.
Sumptuously produced, the $200-million western crime saga transports the viewer to ’20s Oklahoma, where vast oil fields have brought immense wealth to the Osage Nation. While Grann’s book focuses on the procedural aspects of solving the so-called Reign of Terror that led to dozens of mysterious Osage deaths, Scorsese and Roth create a three-hander centered on the uncle and nephew played by Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio (Scorsese regulars united for the first time with their...
Sumptuously produced, the $200-million western crime saga transports the viewer to ’20s Oklahoma, where vast oil fields have brought immense wealth to the Osage Nation. While Grann’s book focuses on the procedural aspects of solving the so-called Reign of Terror that led to dozens of mysterious Osage deaths, Scorsese and Roth create a three-hander centered on the uncle and nephew played by Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio (Scorsese regulars united for the first time with their...
- 5/20/2023
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
James Mangold's Bob Dylan movie has found its Pete Seeger: "Power of the Dog" star Benedict Cumberbatch is set to play the late folk legend in "A Complete Unknown," according to Deadline (via Rolling Stone). Mangold revealed the casting decision at the Cannes Film Festival this weekend, where his latest movie, "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny," just premiered.
If you'd forgotten Mangold was making a Dylan movie, that might be because the first casting news came back in early 2020, when the film was titled "Going Electric." Timothée Chalamet is set to play the soulful musical star at a young age, with Mangold directing and Jay Cocks ("Gangs of New York") penning the script. Chalamet is also set to provide vocals for the performance, which isn't always a sure bet in musical biopics these days -- but he'll be showing off his pipes in "Wonka" first.
Cumberbatch will play Seeger,...
If you'd forgotten Mangold was making a Dylan movie, that might be because the first casting news came back in early 2020, when the film was titled "Going Electric." Timothée Chalamet is set to play the soulful musical star at a young age, with Mangold directing and Jay Cocks ("Gangs of New York") penning the script. Chalamet is also set to provide vocals for the performance, which isn't always a sure bet in musical biopics these days -- but he'll be showing off his pipes in "Wonka" first.
Cumberbatch will play Seeger,...
- 5/20/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Benedict Cumberbatch will portray folk legend Pete Seeger alongside Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan in the upcoming biopic A Complete Unknown.
James Mangold revealed Cumberbatch’s casting at the Cannes Film Festival, where the director’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny premiered earlier this week, Deadline reports.
The Dylan biopic — previously titled Going Electric before swapping with the “Like a Rolling Stone” lyric — will begin production this August, with Top Gun: Maverick’s Monica Barbaro playing Joan Baez and Elle Fanning also cast in an unspecified role.
“It...
James Mangold revealed Cumberbatch’s casting at the Cannes Film Festival, where the director’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny premiered earlier this week, Deadline reports.
The Dylan biopic — previously titled Going Electric before swapping with the “Like a Rolling Stone” lyric — will begin production this August, with Top Gun: Maverick’s Monica Barbaro playing Joan Baez and Elle Fanning also cast in an unspecified role.
“It...
- 5/20/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Benedict Cumberbatch will play legendary folk musician Pete Seeger in the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic.
The film, titled Complete Unknown, is directed by James Mangold and stars Timothée Chalamet as Dylan.
In an interview with Deadline, Mangold confirmed Cumberbatch’s casting as Seeger. Seeger had a significant impact on Dylan’s musical upbringing. As a young aspiring folk musician, Dylan drew inspiration from Seeger’s music and activism. In turn, Seeger was an early backer of Dylan, helping to facilitate his debut album with Columbia Record. He also invited Dylan to play at Newport Folk Festival (where Seeger served as a board member).
Complete Unknown will reportedly chronicle’s Dylan’s career beginnings upon his arrival to New York City. Chalamet will do his own singing, and Monica Barbaro has been cast to portray Joan Baez.
Production is scheduled to start this summer in New York with a script by...
The film, titled Complete Unknown, is directed by James Mangold and stars Timothée Chalamet as Dylan.
In an interview with Deadline, Mangold confirmed Cumberbatch’s casting as Seeger. Seeger had a significant impact on Dylan’s musical upbringing. As a young aspiring folk musician, Dylan drew inspiration from Seeger’s music and activism. In turn, Seeger was an early backer of Dylan, helping to facilitate his debut album with Columbia Record. He also invited Dylan to play at Newport Folk Festival (where Seeger served as a board member).
Complete Unknown will reportedly chronicle’s Dylan’s career beginnings upon his arrival to New York City. Chalamet will do his own singing, and Monica Barbaro has been cast to portray Joan Baez.
Production is scheduled to start this summer in New York with a script by...
- 5/20/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Film News
Benedict Cumberbatch will play legendary folk musician Pete Seeger in the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic.
The film, titled Complete Unknown, is directed by James Mangold and stars Timothée Chalamet as Dylan.
In an interview with Deadline, Mangold confirmed Cumberbatch’s casting as Seeger. Seeger had a significant impact on Dylan’s musical upbringing. As a young aspiring folk musician, Dylan drew inspiration from Seeger’s music and activism. In turn, Seeger was an early backer of Dylan, helping to facilitate his debut album with Columbia Record. He also invited Dylan to play at Newport Folk Festival (where Seeger served as a board member).
Complete Unknown will reportedly chronicle’s Dylan’s career beginnings upon his arrival to New York City. Chalamet will do his own singing, and Monica Barbaro has been cast to portray Joan Baez.
Production is scheduled to start this summer in New York with a script by...
The film, titled Complete Unknown, is directed by James Mangold and stars Timothée Chalamet as Dylan.
In an interview with Deadline, Mangold confirmed Cumberbatch’s casting as Seeger. Seeger had a significant impact on Dylan’s musical upbringing. As a young aspiring folk musician, Dylan drew inspiration from Seeger’s music and activism. In turn, Seeger was an early backer of Dylan, helping to facilitate his debut album with Columbia Record. He also invited Dylan to play at Newport Folk Festival (where Seeger served as a board member).
Complete Unknown will reportedly chronicle’s Dylan’s career beginnings upon his arrival to New York City. Chalamet will do his own singing, and Monica Barbaro has been cast to portray Joan Baez.
Production is scheduled to start this summer in New York with a script by...
- 5/20/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Elle Fanning has joined the cast of 'A Complete Unknown'.The 25-year-old star has landed a role in the Bob Dylan biopic alongside Timothee Chalamet and Monica Barbaro.The film is being directed by James Mangold and will star the 'Dune' actor as Dylan with Elle portraying the 'Blowin' in the Wind' singer's early 1960s love interest, the university student and artist Sylvie Russo.'A Complete Unknown' focuses on a transformative moment for Dylan as he shook up his folk music act by going electric at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. The move proved divisive amongst his fans and the music scene but put Dylan on the path to recording some of his greatest songs and albums.Monica will play folk singer and activist Joan Baez, who performed 'Blowin' in the Wind' at the festival.Mangold has written the script along with Jay Cocks and production on the...
- 5/16/2023
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
Exclusive: Elle Fanning (The Great) is set to star alongside Timothée Chalamet and Monica Barbaro in A Complete Unknown, the Bob Dylan biopic that two-time Oscar nominee James Mangold is directing for Searchlight Pictures.
The film heading into production in New York this summer watches as a young Dylan (Chalamet) shakes up the music world in 1965, as he pivots to performing with an electric guitar for the first time. Fanning will play the role of Dylan’s early ’60s love interest, university student and artist Sylvie Russo.
Jay Cocks (Gangs of New York) wrote the script, with Mangold handling revisions. Dylan’s longtime manager Jeff Rosen will produce alongside Veritas Entertainment Group’s Bob Bookman, Alan Gasmer and Peter Jaysen, Automatik’s Fred Berger, The Picture Company’s Alex Heineman, and Mangold. Exec producers include Dylan, as well as Automatik’s Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Andrew Rona.
Recognized thus far in...
The film heading into production in New York this summer watches as a young Dylan (Chalamet) shakes up the music world in 1965, as he pivots to performing with an electric guitar for the first time. Fanning will play the role of Dylan’s early ’60s love interest, university student and artist Sylvie Russo.
Jay Cocks (Gangs of New York) wrote the script, with Mangold handling revisions. Dylan’s longtime manager Jeff Rosen will produce alongside Veritas Entertainment Group’s Bob Bookman, Alan Gasmer and Peter Jaysen, Automatik’s Fred Berger, The Picture Company’s Alex Heineman, and Mangold. Exec producers include Dylan, as well as Automatik’s Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Andrew Rona.
Recognized thus far in...
- 5/15/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Monica Barbaro is set to play Joan Baez in the Bob Dylan biopic 'A Complete Unknown'.The 32-year-old star is in final negotiations to join James Mangold's movie that features Timothee Chalamet as the 'Like a Rolling Stone' singer.Mangold has written the script along with Jay Cocks and production on the film is set to start this summer in New York.'A Complete Unknown' focuses on a transformative moment for Dylan as he shook up his folk music act by going electric at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. The move proved divisive among his fans and the music scene but put Dylan on the path to recording some of his greatest songs and albums.Folk singer and activist Baez performed 'Blowin' in the Wind' at the music festival.Monica featured in the blockbuster 'Top Gun: Maverick' and is also set to play a leading role...
- 4/28/2023
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
The upcoming Bob Dylan biopic starring Timothée Chalamet, currently titled A Complete Unknown, has reportedly found its Joan Baez in Top Gun: Maverick’s Monica Barbaro.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actress has reached final discussions to join the James Mangold-directed feature, which will focus on the revered singer-songwriter from his rise in the 1960’s New York folk scene to his groundbreaking and divisive “electric” set at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. Barbaro as Baez will likely have a sizable role as Dylan’s female folk counterpart, collaborator, and duet partner during his early career.
There’s been no word on whether or not Barbaro will use her own voice to portray the singer on-stage, as will be the case for Chalamet. In addition, the Dune star began to take guitar lessons when he was initially cast in 2020.
Production is scheduled to start this summer in New York...
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actress has reached final discussions to join the James Mangold-directed feature, which will focus on the revered singer-songwriter from his rise in the 1960’s New York folk scene to his groundbreaking and divisive “electric” set at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. Barbaro as Baez will likely have a sizable role as Dylan’s female folk counterpart, collaborator, and duet partner during his early career.
There’s been no word on whether or not Barbaro will use her own voice to portray the singer on-stage, as will be the case for Chalamet. In addition, the Dune star began to take guitar lessons when he was initially cast in 2020.
Production is scheduled to start this summer in New York...
- 4/28/2023
- by Bryan Kress
- Consequence - Film News
Monica Barbaro, who was part of Tom Cruise’s flight team in Top Gun: Maverick, is in final negotiations to join Timothée Chalamet in Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown.
James Mangold is directing the drama for Searchlight Pictures, with production to begin this summer in New York.
With a script by Jay Cocks (Gangs of New York) and Mangold, Unknown focuses on a transformative moment for Dylan, the legendary singer-songwriter who made his mark during the civil rights and counter-culture upheaval of the 1960s.
Set at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, the story sees a young Dylan, played by Chalamet, shaking up his act on the folk music scene by going electric. The move divided his fans and the music scene but set him on the path to record some of this greatest albums and songs.
Barbaro will portray Joan Baez, the folk singer and activist who performed “Blowin...
James Mangold is directing the drama for Searchlight Pictures, with production to begin this summer in New York.
With a script by Jay Cocks (Gangs of New York) and Mangold, Unknown focuses on a transformative moment for Dylan, the legendary singer-songwriter who made his mark during the civil rights and counter-culture upheaval of the 1960s.
Set at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, the story sees a young Dylan, played by Chalamet, shaking up his act on the folk music scene by going electric. The move divided his fans and the music scene but set him on the path to record some of this greatest albums and songs.
Barbaro will portray Joan Baez, the folk singer and activist who performed “Blowin...
- 4/27/2023
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Three years after it was revealed that Timothée Chalamet would star in a Bob Dylan biopic, director James Mangold has offered an update on the long-in-the-works A Complete Unknown.
Despite just being named as the director of an upcoming Star Wars film, Mangold told Collider at the Star Wars Celebration this week that the Dylan biopic — previously titled Going Electric before swapping with the “Like a Rolling Stone” lyric — will take precedence and begin production this August.
“It’s such an amazing time in American culture and the story of a young,...
Despite just being named as the director of an upcoming Star Wars film, Mangold told Collider at the Star Wars Celebration this week that the Dylan biopic — previously titled Going Electric before swapping with the “Like a Rolling Stone” lyric — will take precedence and begin production this August.
“It’s such an amazing time in American culture and the story of a young,...
- 4/8/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Timothée Chalamet is soon going to find out how it feels to perform songs as the inimitable Bob Dylan.
James Mangold, who is set to direct the actor in the forthcoming Dylan biopic entitled A Complete Unknown, spoke to Collider at London’s Star Wars Celebration in an interview published Friday. During the chat, Mangold was asked whether Chalamet will sing for the film and replied with an emphatic, “Of course!”
Mangold — the director behind Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, hitting theaters in June — explained what appealed to him about Searchlight Pictures’ Dylan film. The project is based on author Elijah Wald’s 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric and has a script from Jay Cocks.
“It’s such an amazing time in American culture and the story of a young, 19-year-old Bob Dylan coming to New York with like two dollars in his pocket and becoming a worldwide sensation...
James Mangold, who is set to direct the actor in the forthcoming Dylan biopic entitled A Complete Unknown, spoke to Collider at London’s Star Wars Celebration in an interview published Friday. During the chat, Mangold was asked whether Chalamet will sing for the film and replied with an emphatic, “Of course!”
Mangold — the director behind Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, hitting theaters in June — explained what appealed to him about Searchlight Pictures’ Dylan film. The project is based on author Elijah Wald’s 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric and has a script from Jay Cocks.
“It’s such an amazing time in American culture and the story of a young, 19-year-old Bob Dylan coming to New York with like two dollars in his pocket and becoming a worldwide sensation...
- 4/8/2023
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Daniel Day-Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer are powerfully matched as guilty lovers in an Edith Wharton adaptation that bears comparison with Hollywood’s golden age classics
Gorgeously rich and fluent, visually breathtaking and exquisitely refined, Martin Scorsese’s adaptation (with screenwriter Jay Cocks) of the 1920 novel by Edith Wharton is now re-released for its 30th anniversary and looks even more magnificent than ever. It is a tragedy of manners set in New York society’s own belle époque of the 1870s, an age, not of innocence, but concealed guilt.
Newland Archer, played with amazing suavity by Daniel Day-Lewis, is a handsome, wealthy lawyer, about to make a socially brilliant marriage to the delicate, guileless and yet somehow knowing May (Winona Ryder). But as a lawyer and now family friend, Archer agrees to help May’s cousin Countess Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer in the role of a lifetime), an exotically beautiful and...
Gorgeously rich and fluent, visually breathtaking and exquisitely refined, Martin Scorsese’s adaptation (with screenwriter Jay Cocks) of the 1920 novel by Edith Wharton is now re-released for its 30th anniversary and looks even more magnificent than ever. It is a tragedy of manners set in New York society’s own belle époque of the 1870s, an age, not of innocence, but concealed guilt.
Newland Archer, played with amazing suavity by Daniel Day-Lewis, is a handsome, wealthy lawyer, about to make a socially brilliant marriage to the delicate, guileless and yet somehow knowing May (Winona Ryder). But as a lawyer and now family friend, Archer agrees to help May’s cousin Countess Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer in the role of a lifetime), an exotically beautiful and...
- 3/15/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
"Strange Days" is a film that promises a heck of a lot. In 1995, it was touted as a tech-y, grungy neo-noir set nearly five years in the future. Its apocalyptic setting — as well as the fictional tech that immerses characters into the memories of others — only gains relevance as time goes on. "Strange Days" predicted so many features of our present-day dystopia: the rise of social media (and the parasocial addictions that come with it), tech voyeurism, the perpetuity of police brutality, body cam exploitation, and smartphone journalism. At the same time, it accurately dramatizes the Y2K hysteria that would come to a head in the late '90s.
It's impressive enough that the Kathryn Bigelow-directed film precludes most of the above by at least five years, but it's made all the more interesting with the knowledge that James Cameron — who developed the story and co-wrote the screenplay...
It's impressive enough that the Kathryn Bigelow-directed film precludes most of the above by at least five years, but it's made all the more interesting with the knowledge that James Cameron — who developed the story and co-wrote the screenplay...
- 1/16/2023
- by Lyvie Scott
- Slash Film
Dystopian science fiction movies often reveal as much about the time they were made as the future they are predicting, although few films have the poles set as closely together as Kathryn Bigelow's "Strange Days." Controversial at the time for its disturbing depiction of sexual violence and racial injustice, the dark neo-noir was released in 1995, slap-bang between its incendiary vision of a society teetering on the brink of chaos at the turn of the millennium and the incident that provided a catalyst to get it to the screen, namely the brutal beating of Rodney King by LAPD officers in 1991.
Reaction from critics was mixed, often praising its atmosphere and technical prowess while questioning Bigelow's judgment and motives, and audiences didn't really know what to do with it. As a result, it bombed at the box office, making back just 8 million against its 42 million budget (via Box Office Mojo).
It's an overused phrase,...
Reaction from critics was mixed, often praising its atmosphere and technical prowess while questioning Bigelow's judgment and motives, and audiences didn't really know what to do with it. As a result, it bombed at the box office, making back just 8 million against its 42 million budget (via Box Office Mojo).
It's an overused phrase,...
- 1/8/2023
- by Lee Adams
- Slash Film
New Year’s Day and New Year’s Eve are not exactly known for having movies made about them, at least compared to the volumes of movies made about Christmas. However, there are some movies about that transition time and some of them are great to watch during that short period after Christmas and before life returns to the usual humdrum of work and responsibilities. Here are a few of our favorites:
Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! (1986)
Seemingly, every major holiday has a Charlie Brown special. Well, almost. New Year’s is not to be left out and got its own Charlie Brown special in 1986. While most folks will think of Charlie Brown as a Christmas cartoon or a Halloween one, this special is actually quite good. In the story, Charlie Brown doesn’t want to celebrate, he wants to be left alone so he can read “War and Peace”, however,...
Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! (1986)
Seemingly, every major holiday has a Charlie Brown special. Well, almost. New Year’s is not to be left out and got its own Charlie Brown special in 1986. While most folks will think of Charlie Brown as a Christmas cartoon or a Halloween one, this special is actually quite good. In the story, Charlie Brown doesn’t want to celebrate, he wants to be left alone so he can read “War and Peace”, however,...
- 12/31/2022
- by Emilie Black
- JoBlo.com
Science fiction writer Philip K. Dick wrote numerous novels and short stories that question the nature of reality and human perception by focusing on characters in capitalistic, dystopian futures. His 1968 novel, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" is one of those works — it follows a bounty hunter named Rick Deckard who is assigned to "retire" six androids who escaped to off-world colonies. Ridley Scott eventually adapted this novel for the big screen with 1982's "Blade Runner," which retained some of the book's themes despite veering away from much of the plot in Dick's original work.
The book-to-screen journey for "Electric Sheep" was a long one, laden with studio refusals and rotating scripts because the book's premise was either heavily altered or too ambitious to be realized on screen. Scott also wasn't the only filmmaker who tried to adapt the story — years before his efforts, a young Martin Scorsese was heavily interested in optioning Dick's novel.
The book-to-screen journey for "Electric Sheep" was a long one, laden with studio refusals and rotating scripts because the book's premise was either heavily altered or too ambitious to be realized on screen. Scott also wasn't the only filmmaker who tried to adapt the story — years before his efforts, a young Martin Scorsese was heavily interested in optioning Dick's novel.
- 12/23/2022
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
British director Mike Hodges, known for directing “Get Carter,” “Croupier” and “Flash Gordon,” died in Dorset, England on Dec. 17. He was 90.
His death was announced by Mike Kaplan, longtime friend and producer of “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead.”
Hodges’ crime dramas came at the beginning of his career — “Get Carter” (1971) and “Pulp” (1972) — and the end — “Croupier” (1999) and “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead” (2003). In addition to his crime dramas he was known for his campy, stylized take on “Flash Gordon.”
Andrew Sarris wrote in the Observer in 2000, “Director Mike Hodges has become one of the most under-appreciated and virtually unknown masters of the medium over the last 30 years” and “Mr. Hodges has been hailed by everyone from Martin Scorsese to Pauline Kael as a stylist of the first order.”
Hodges adapted “Get Carter” — one of the greatest British gangster movies of all time — himself from a novel by Ted Lewis.
His death was announced by Mike Kaplan, longtime friend and producer of “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead.”
Hodges’ crime dramas came at the beginning of his career — “Get Carter” (1971) and “Pulp” (1972) — and the end — “Croupier” (1999) and “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead” (2003). In addition to his crime dramas he was known for his campy, stylized take on “Flash Gordon.”
Andrew Sarris wrote in the Observer in 2000, “Director Mike Hodges has become one of the most under-appreciated and virtually unknown masters of the medium over the last 30 years” and “Mr. Hodges has been hailed by everyone from Martin Scorsese to Pauline Kael as a stylist of the first order.”
Hodges adapted “Get Carter” — one of the greatest British gangster movies of all time — himself from a novel by Ted Lewis.
- 12/20/2022
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
In June 1977, a two-page ad was published in the Hollywood trade magazine, Daily Variety. The ad announced a film that was about to go into production: Gangs of New York, from the hot thirtysomething director of Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese. Based on a cult favourite book by Herbert Asbury, the film would be an epic tale about Five Points slum in 19th-century New York and the gangs who terrorised its streets. It would ultimately take 25 years to put Scorsese’s grand vision on the big screen. The film – starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Cameron Diaz – was finally released on 20 December 2002, after decades of delays, a vast reconstruction of Lower Manhattan in Rome, and a series of spats between Scorsese and his since disgraced producer, Harvey Weinstein.
Now, 20 years since its release, Gangs of New York is a curious entry in Scorsese’s body of work. It’s something of...
Now, 20 years since its release, Gangs of New York is a curious entry in Scorsese’s body of work. It’s something of...
- 12/18/2022
- by Tom Fordy
- The Independent - Film
When director Kathryn Bigelow's "Strange Days" hit theaters in 1995, the film was marketed as a cyberpunk tech-noir thriller set in the year 1999, right at the cusp of the millennium. Although "Strange Days" delivered significantly more than it promised, the film was a box-office dud and received incredibly mixed reviews from critics — a combination that nearly derailed Bigelow's career. Apart from directing, Bigelow honed in on the gritty socio political themes that run through the film, including a scathing commentary on racial violence and police brutality. However, the core premise of "Strange Days" was conceived by James Cameron, who had co-written the script with Jay Cocks and supervised the film's complex technical aspects.
Cameron, who is known for his exhaustive dedication to polishing the visual language of a film, personally oversaw the brilliant three-and-a-half-minute Pov opening shot that mimics a one-shot take. The technical prowess of the scene aside, which...
Cameron, who is known for his exhaustive dedication to polishing the visual language of a film, personally oversaw the brilliant three-and-a-half-minute Pov opening shot that mimics a one-shot take. The technical prowess of the scene aside, which...
- 12/8/2022
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
Martin Scorsese has a filmography containing so many projects that took years, if not decades, to get to the screen. One of the longest to gestate and most difficult to make was 2002's "Gangs of New York," based on a book by Herbert Asbury that Scorsese first read back in 1970. That's three decades before the film even became a reality to make, and then there was the knock-down, drag-out battle behind the scenes with producer Harvey Weinstein about the cut of the picture, delaying the release of the film an entire year. The film was highly anticipated and received 10 Oscar nominations, but you would be hard pressed to find a ton of film fans who rank "Gangs of New York" among the director's best. I, however, am one of those few. It has its issues, namely the incredibly miscast Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz, but the ambition, style, and craftsmanship...
- 10/13/2022
- by Mike Shutt
- Slash Film
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
The Batman (Matt Reeves)
Over the 80 years of his comic book, televised, and cinematic existence, Batman has always grappled with his secretive dual identity. Bruce Wayne hobnobs and toasts champagne with fellow philanthropic one-percenters during the day, while his Caped Crusader alter-ego attempts to clean up Gotham City and its never-ending crime problem at night, a particularly torturous method of dealing with childhood trauma. But in The Batman, director Matt Reeves’ moody and riveting addition to the canon, that binary is mostly absent. The cape and cowl isn’t so much a nocturnal costume as it is around-the-clock attire. – Jake K. (full review)
Where to Stream: HBO Max
Brut Force (Eve Symington)
Finding a unique location to place a neo-noir––a genre...
The Batman (Matt Reeves)
Over the 80 years of his comic book, televised, and cinematic existence, Batman has always grappled with his secretive dual identity. Bruce Wayne hobnobs and toasts champagne with fellow philanthropic one-percenters during the day, while his Caped Crusader alter-ego attempts to clean up Gotham City and its never-ending crime problem at night, a particularly torturous method of dealing with childhood trauma. But in The Batman, director Matt Reeves’ moody and riveting addition to the canon, that binary is mostly absent. The cape and cowl isn’t so much a nocturnal costume as it is around-the-clock attire. – Jake K. (full review)
Where to Stream: HBO Max
Brut Force (Eve Symington)
Finding a unique location to place a neo-noir––a genre...
- 4/22/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Something about movies like “Lawless” gets the blood pumping. Maybe it’s the high-stakes action, the larger-than-life characters, or the sense of danger that permeates every frame.
These crime drama movies always leave audiences eager to see what happens next. If you’re looking for more films like “Lawless,” here.
Best Movies About Redemption Of All Time
And while “Lawless” may be one of the best examples of this genre, there are plenty of other movies worth checking out.
There’s something for everyone who loves a good adrenaline rush, from crime dramas to war films.
About the Movie “Lawless”
The 2012 movie “Lawless” is a crime drama directed by John Hillcoat. The story takes place in 1931 and follows the Bondurant brothers – Forrest, Howard, and Jack – as they run a successful moonshine business in Franklin County, Virginia.
With the help of their friend Cricket, the brothers use their gas station and...
These crime drama movies always leave audiences eager to see what happens next. If you’re looking for more films like “Lawless,” here.
Best Movies About Redemption Of All Time
And while “Lawless” may be one of the best examples of this genre, there are plenty of other movies worth checking out.
There’s something for everyone who loves a good adrenaline rush, from crime dramas to war films.
About the Movie “Lawless”
The 2012 movie “Lawless” is a crime drama directed by John Hillcoat. The story takes place in 1931 and follows the Bondurant brothers – Forrest, Howard, and Jack – as they run a successful moonshine business in Franklin County, Virginia.
With the help of their friend Cricket, the brothers use their gas station and...
- 4/12/2022
- by Israr
- buddytv.com
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Martin Scorsese’s films have been resonating with audiences for decades, and he’s not done telling stories. Scorsese’s next project, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” chronicles the brutal murders of the Osage community — a Native American tribe from Osage County, Okla. who were slaughtered in the early 1900’s in what became known as the “Reign of Terror.”
The film was adapted from a nonfiction book by David Grann, and stars frequent Scorsese collaborators, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. The cast also includes Brendan Fraser, John Lithgow, Jesse Plemons, and Lily Gladstone.
For the Scorsese fans out there who love a good binge session, we rounded up a list of his...
Martin Scorsese’s films have been resonating with audiences for decades, and he’s not done telling stories. Scorsese’s next project, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” chronicles the brutal murders of the Osage community — a Native American tribe from Osage County, Okla. who were slaughtered in the early 1900’s in what became known as the “Reign of Terror.”
The film was adapted from a nonfiction book by David Grann, and stars frequent Scorsese collaborators, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. The cast also includes Brendan Fraser, John Lithgow, Jesse Plemons, and Lily Gladstone.
For the Scorsese fans out there who love a good binge session, we rounded up a list of his...
- 8/12/2021
- by Angel Saunders
- Indiewire
In today’s film news roundup, South African drama “A Chain of Voices” gets financing, Korean drama “Yourself and Yours” gets a home and “Hope Gap” is coming to digital a month early.
Movie Financing
The Fight to Fame group will finance “A Chain of Voices,” a feature film based on the novel of the same name by South African author André Brink. Cinema Libre Studio will produce the film along with with Moja Media, Variety has learned exclusively.
The screenplay was written by Jay Cocks, who received Academy Award screenplay nominations for “The Age of Innocence” and “Gangs of New York.” A new entity, Cinema Libre Studio South Africa, will be formed between Cinema Libre Studio and Moja Media to produce this film and other content. Moja Media is represented by Marius Fransman, who has held various government positions in South Africa.
“A Chain of Voices,” published in 1982, depicts...
Movie Financing
The Fight to Fame group will finance “A Chain of Voices,” a feature film based on the novel of the same name by South African author André Brink. Cinema Libre Studio will produce the film along with with Moja Media, Variety has learned exclusively.
The screenplay was written by Jay Cocks, who received Academy Award screenplay nominations for “The Age of Innocence” and “Gangs of New York.” A new entity, Cinema Libre Studio South Africa, will be formed between Cinema Libre Studio and Moja Media to produce this film and other content. Moja Media is represented by Marius Fransman, who has held various government positions in South Africa.
“A Chain of Voices,” published in 1982, depicts...
- 4/28/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
As always, the crowded Adapted Screenplay category ranges over source material from novels and plays to magazine articles. And late-inning eligibility changes can move some originals to adapted, and vice versa.
New Zealand transplant Christine Leunens wrote the award-winning 2004 Vienna-set Hitler Youth novel “Caging Skies,” which was turned into a 2017 New Zealand hit play, and now, Taika Waititi’s black satire “Jojo Rabbit” (Fox Searchlight), which won the Toronto International Film Festival’s People’s Choice award. This light-hearted but serious fable stars Roman Griffin Davis as a lonely young Nazi enthusiast whose imaginary friend Hitler (Waititi) winds up fighting for dominance with a young Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) hidden by his activist mother (Scarlett Johansson) behind a wall in his house.
Oscar-nominated writer-director Greta Gerwig (“Lady Bird”) adapted “Little Women” (Sony), the Louisa May Alcott classic about a mother (Laura Dern) with limited means raising four daughters while her husband is away at war.
New Zealand transplant Christine Leunens wrote the award-winning 2004 Vienna-set Hitler Youth novel “Caging Skies,” which was turned into a 2017 New Zealand hit play, and now, Taika Waititi’s black satire “Jojo Rabbit” (Fox Searchlight), which won the Toronto International Film Festival’s People’s Choice award. This light-hearted but serious fable stars Roman Griffin Davis as a lonely young Nazi enthusiast whose imaginary friend Hitler (Waititi) winds up fighting for dominance with a young Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) hidden by his activist mother (Scarlett Johansson) behind a wall in his house.
Oscar-nominated writer-director Greta Gerwig (“Lady Bird”) adapted “Little Women” (Sony), the Louisa May Alcott classic about a mother (Laura Dern) with limited means raising four daughters while her husband is away at war.
- 1/13/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
As always, the crowded Adapted Screenplay category ranges over source material from novels and plays to magazine articles. And late-inning eligibility changes can move some originals to adapted, and vice versa.
New Zealand transplant Christine Leunens wrote the award-winning 2004 Vienna-set Hitler Youth novel “Caging Skies,” which was turned into a 2017 New Zealand hit play, and now, Taika Waititi’s black satire “Jojo Rabbit” (Fox Searchlight), which won the Toronto International Film Festival’s People’s Choice award. This light-hearted but serious fable stars Roman Griffin Davis as a lonely young Nazi enthusiast whose imaginary friend Hitler (Waititi) winds up fighting for dominance with a young Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) hidden by his activist mother (Scarlett Johansson) behind a wall in his house.
Oscar-nominated writer-director Greta Gerwig (“Lady Bird”) adapted “Little Women” (Sony), the Louisa May Alcott classic about a mother (Laura Dern) with limited means raising four daughters while her husband is away at war.
New Zealand transplant Christine Leunens wrote the award-winning 2004 Vienna-set Hitler Youth novel “Caging Skies,” which was turned into a 2017 New Zealand hit play, and now, Taika Waititi’s black satire “Jojo Rabbit” (Fox Searchlight), which won the Toronto International Film Festival’s People’s Choice award. This light-hearted but serious fable stars Roman Griffin Davis as a lonely young Nazi enthusiast whose imaginary friend Hitler (Waititi) winds up fighting for dominance with a young Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) hidden by his activist mother (Scarlett Johansson) behind a wall in his house.
Oscar-nominated writer-director Greta Gerwig (“Lady Bird”) adapted “Little Women” (Sony), the Louisa May Alcott classic about a mother (Laura Dern) with limited means raising four daughters while her husband is away at war.
- 1/13/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Tony Sokol Jan 7, 2020
Timothée Chalamet is in talks to play Bob Dylan in upcoming biopic from Walk the Line director James Mangold.
Folk music enthusiasts loved Bob Dylan when he played his acoustic set at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival. But reports said Dylan "electrified one half of his audience, and electrocuted the other" when he plugged in for his July 25, 1965 appearance. While the sound engineer of the show contradicts it, the press wrote Dylan was booed during the set. A filmmaker caught an audience member calling the singer "Judas" before Dylan instructed the band "play it fucking loud," and tore into "Like a Rolling Stone." The incident will be the basis of James Mangold's upcoming as-yet-untitled film. Timothée Chalamet is in talks to play Dylan, according to Deadline.
The feature will be based on Elijah Wald’s 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric. The screenplay was written by former Time and Newsweek film critic Jay Cocks,...
Timothée Chalamet is in talks to play Bob Dylan in upcoming biopic from Walk the Line director James Mangold.
Folk music enthusiasts loved Bob Dylan when he played his acoustic set at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival. But reports said Dylan "electrified one half of his audience, and electrocuted the other" when he plugged in for his July 25, 1965 appearance. While the sound engineer of the show contradicts it, the press wrote Dylan was booed during the set. A filmmaker caught an audience member calling the singer "Judas" before Dylan instructed the band "play it fucking loud," and tore into "Like a Rolling Stone." The incident will be the basis of James Mangold's upcoming as-yet-untitled film. Timothée Chalamet is in talks to play Dylan, according to Deadline.
The feature will be based on Elijah Wald’s 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric. The screenplay was written by former Time and Newsweek film critic Jay Cocks,...
- 1/7/2020
- Den of Geek
Coming off a year that included films from Greta Gerwig and David Michôd (as well as another that shall not be named), Timothée Chalamet is gearing up for a major 2020 with roles in two of the year’s most-anticipated films: Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch and Denis Villeneuve’s Dune. He’s now set for another major lead performance that will find him playing one of the most iconic artists of all-time.
Deadline reports that the Call Me by Your Name star will lead a new Bob Dylan film directed by James Mangold, who certainly has experience in the musical biopic genre after Walk the Line. Backed by Searchlight Pictures, the film–which is untitled but is being loosely referred to as Going Electric-would depict Dylan’s time when he ditched his acoustic guitar and, with some backlash from his fervent fans, went fully into rock ‘n’ roll, shocking...
Deadline reports that the Call Me by Your Name star will lead a new Bob Dylan film directed by James Mangold, who certainly has experience in the musical biopic genre after Walk the Line. Backed by Searchlight Pictures, the film–which is untitled but is being loosely referred to as Going Electric-would depict Dylan’s time when he ditched his acoustic guitar and, with some backlash from his fervent fans, went fully into rock ‘n’ roll, shocking...
- 1/7/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Searchlight Pictures has closed a deal with Ford V Ferrari helmer James Mangold to direct Going Electric. Timothee Chalamet is attached to play Bob Dylan during the period when he was poised to become folk music’s most seminal figure. When Dylan instead embraced rock n roll and traded his acoustic guitar for an amp and an electric guitar, it created a huge outcry. And it cemented the status of rock music. Dylan is working actively with Searchlight and Mangold on the film.
Negotiations are underway with Chalamet, who has gotten strong reviews for Little Women, and who next will make his London stage debut opposite Eileen Atkins in 4,000 Miles, the Old Vic production of Amy Herzog’s Pulitzer-nominated drama. The play bows April 16 and closes May 23rd. It is expected he will do Going Electric after that. Chalamet this year has the Wes Anderson-directed The French Dispatch...
Negotiations are underway with Chalamet, who has gotten strong reviews for Little Women, and who next will make his London stage debut opposite Eileen Atkins in 4,000 Miles, the Old Vic production of Amy Herzog’s Pulitzer-nominated drama. The play bows April 16 and closes May 23rd. It is expected he will do Going Electric after that. Chalamet this year has the Wes Anderson-directed The French Dispatch...
- 1/6/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Like a rolling stone, James Mangold is moving from one biopic to another.
After tackling the world of racing in Ford v Ferrari, the director is teaming with Timothee Chalamet for an untitled musical biopic centering on Bob Dylan.
The Fox Searchlight feature, based on the book Dylan Goes Electric by Elijah Wald, will track the legendary singer-songwriter's switch from folk to rock music. Jay Cocks penned the screenplay.
Dylan, who will executive produce, is working on the film with Mangold and Fox Searchlight, which has secured music rights.
Dylan’s longtime manager Jeff Rosen will produce with Mangold, Veritas ...
After tackling the world of racing in Ford v Ferrari, the director is teaming with Timothee Chalamet for an untitled musical biopic centering on Bob Dylan.
The Fox Searchlight feature, based on the book Dylan Goes Electric by Elijah Wald, will track the legendary singer-songwriter's switch from folk to rock music. Jay Cocks penned the screenplay.
Dylan, who will executive produce, is working on the film with Mangold and Fox Searchlight, which has secured music rights.
Dylan’s longtime manager Jeff Rosen will produce with Mangold, Veritas ...
Like a rolling stone, James Mangold is moving from one biopic to another.
After tackling the world of racing in Ford v Ferrari, the director is teaming with Timothee Chalamet for an untitled musical biopic centering on Bob Dylan.
The Fox Searchlight feature, based on the book Dylan Goes Electric by Elijah Wald, will track the legendary singer-songwriter's switch from folk to rock music. Jay Cocks penned the screenplay.
Dylan, who will executive produce, is working on the film with Mangold and Fox Searchlight, which has secured music rights.
Dylan’s longtime manager Jeff Rosen will produce with Mangold, Veritas ...
After tackling the world of racing in Ford v Ferrari, the director is teaming with Timothee Chalamet for an untitled musical biopic centering on Bob Dylan.
The Fox Searchlight feature, based on the book Dylan Goes Electric by Elijah Wald, will track the legendary singer-songwriter's switch from folk to rock music. Jay Cocks penned the screenplay.
Dylan, who will executive produce, is working on the film with Mangold and Fox Searchlight, which has secured music rights.
Dylan’s longtime manager Jeff Rosen will produce with Mangold, Veritas ...
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Back in 1970, a young Martin Scorsese directed a documentary called Street Scenes, which centers around two different protests against the Vietnam War. The documentary was said to have been lost, but it’s apparently been found and shared on YouTube.
For those of you film geeks who are interested in Scorsese as a filmmaker, and interested in seeing what he was doing as an NYU student, this is a must watch. He worked with other film students on the film and one of those students was Oliver Stone, who is one of the camera operators.
Here’s the synopsis for the doc:
In the late Spring of 1970, nationwide protests against the war in Vietnam focused in the Wall Street area of New York City and ultimately in a major anti-war demonstration in Washington, D.C. A group of New York University film students documented the demonstrations as they happened in both cities.
For those of you film geeks who are interested in Scorsese as a filmmaker, and interested in seeing what he was doing as an NYU student, this is a must watch. He worked with other film students on the film and one of those students was Oliver Stone, who is one of the camera operators.
Here’s the synopsis for the doc:
In the late Spring of 1970, nationwide protests against the war in Vietnam focused in the Wall Street area of New York City and ultimately in a major anti-war demonstration in Washington, D.C. A group of New York University film students documented the demonstrations as they happened in both cities.
- 10/1/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Nothing for Martin Scorsese completists makes a bigger mark than Street Scenes, a documentary on student strikes he’d developed with NYU students in 1970. Long a mysterious object left only to descriptions and stray comments, it seemed destined for permanent obscurity–a seeming impossibility in the case of its director, and yet. But sometimes a holy grail sits to YouTube with sub-800 views: a random search in advance of Friday’s The Irishman premiere yielded the discovery that some intrepid sort uploaded the film (his first Nyff selection!) last month. Sans one brief period where the VHS rip (seemingly copied to a DVD-r) turns to static, it’s a complete and unassumingly handsome copy. From where it came, I cannot even venture a guess.
The final result is, to these eyes, often astonishing. A direct-cinema approach to conflicts now relegated to retrospective documentaries, it feels more dangerous–on the brink...
The final result is, to these eyes, often astonishing. A direct-cinema approach to conflicts now relegated to retrospective documentaries, it feels more dangerous–on the brink...
- 9/24/2019
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Frontrunners are already forming in the Oscar race for Best Adapted Screenplay, according to early combined predictions at Gold Derby. While most films in contention have not yet been released, many were seen by film critics and industry insiders at the recent Toronto, Telluride and Venice Film Festivals. Hopping into the top 10 for the first time is “Toy Story 4” while “Downton Abbey” drops out. We’ve confirmed category placements with studios or campaigners, but — as awards season veterans know — such labels can change later.
Here are the current top 10 adapted screenplay picks according to racetrack odds based upon our users’ predictions as of Sept. 17:
1. “The Irishman” (opens Nov. 1): Oscar fave Steve Zaillian, who previously worked with director Martin Scorsese on 2002’s “Gangs of New York,” based his script on Charles Brandt‘s book, “I Heard You Paint Houses,” about Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro), a mob hitman with...
Here are the current top 10 adapted screenplay picks according to racetrack odds based upon our users’ predictions as of Sept. 17:
1. “The Irishman” (opens Nov. 1): Oscar fave Steve Zaillian, who previously worked with director Martin Scorsese on 2002’s “Gangs of New York,” based his script on Charles Brandt‘s book, “I Heard You Paint Houses,” about Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro), a mob hitman with...
- 9/17/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. Displayed below are a few of the city’s most reliable theaters and links to screenings of their weekend offerings — films you’re not likely to see in a theater again anytime soon, and many of which are, also, on 35mm. If you have a chance to attend any of these, we’re of the mind that it’s time extremely well-spent.
Bam
“On Memory” offers The Tree of Life, The Mirror, Uncle Boonmee, Last Year at Marienbad and more.
Wim Wenders’ Alice in the Cities screens with Wadjda in a two-for-one double feature.
Film at Lincoln Center
The J. Hoberman-curated “Make My Day: American Movies in the Age of Reagan” kicks off with RoboCop, The Last Temptation of Christ,...
Bam
“On Memory” offers The Tree of Life, The Mirror, Uncle Boonmee, Last Year at Marienbad and more.
Wim Wenders’ Alice in the Cities screens with Wadjda in a two-for-one double feature.
Film at Lincoln Center
The J. Hoberman-curated “Make My Day: American Movies in the Age of Reagan” kicks off with RoboCop, The Last Temptation of Christ,...
- 8/30/2019
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
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