Exclusive: Michel Gondry’s Partizan and Rtg Features have tapped Christopher Makoto Yogi (I Was a Simple Man) to direct Merv and the Miracles, a feature-length doc that explores the legendary college basketball game between Chaminade and number-one ranked Virginia in 1982.
The film, currently in the early stages of production, is being co-produced and co-financed by Partizan and Rtg Features, with Julie Fong (Dave Chappelle’s Block Party), Brian Yang (Linsanity), and Justin R. Ching (Ritual) producing.
During the opening weekend of the 43rd annual Hawai’i Film Festival, Artistic Director Anderson Le will give attendees an early first look at the film during a panel conversation with Yogi, who is himself an Hiff alum. Pic will be one of two Hawaiian indies spotlighted during the 90-minute program taking place on Saturday, October 14th at Entrepreneurs Sandbox in Honolulu.
Merv and the Miracles picks up on December 23, 1982 with Coach Merv...
The film, currently in the early stages of production, is being co-produced and co-financed by Partizan and Rtg Features, with Julie Fong (Dave Chappelle’s Block Party), Brian Yang (Linsanity), and Justin R. Ching (Ritual) producing.
During the opening weekend of the 43rd annual Hawai’i Film Festival, Artistic Director Anderson Le will give attendees an early first look at the film during a panel conversation with Yogi, who is himself an Hiff alum. Pic will be one of two Hawaiian indies spotlighted during the 90-minute program taking place on Saturday, October 14th at Entrepreneurs Sandbox in Honolulu.
Merv and the Miracles picks up on December 23, 1982 with Coach Merv...
- 9/21/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Sundance Selects has picked up North American rights to Michel Gondry’s Is The Man Who Is Tall Happy? ahead of the world premiere screening as closing night at the 2013 Doc NYC Festival on November 21.
Georges Bermann, Gondry, Raffi Adlan and Julie Fong produced the film about the life of celebrated and controversial philosopher, linguist, anti-war activist and political firebrand Noam Chomsky.
Sundance Selects negotiated the deal with Wme Independent on behalf of the filmmakers.
Georges Bermann, Gondry, Raffi Adlan and Julie Fong produced the film about the life of celebrated and controversial philosopher, linguist, anti-war activist and political firebrand Noam Chomsky.
Sundance Selects negotiated the deal with Wme Independent on behalf of the filmmakers.
- 10/18/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Michel Gondry's Doc NYC Closer, an Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky, Goes to Sundance Selects
Sundance Selects is acquiring North American rights to Michel Gondry’s animated conversation with philosopher and linguist Noam Chomsky "Is the Man Who is Tall Happy?" before it closes the Doc NYC festival. This animated documentary on the life and work of the controversial MIT philosophy and linguistics professor and political activist is directed by Gondry ("Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "The Science of Sleep") and produced by Georges Bermann, Gondry, Raffi Adlan and Julie Fong. In the film Gondry conducts long complicated talks with Chomsky accompanied by Gondry's own illustrations. An early teaser trailer is here. Gondry described the long-in-the-works film before an MIT preview last February (via the Animated Matters): "My conversations with Professor Chomsky were lively, sometime complex, always very human. Through my illustrations, we follow the winding path of my halting and incomplete understanding. Noam is often patient, sometime less so....
- 10/18/2013
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
- #82. Be Kind RewindDirector/Writer: Michel GondryProducers: Georges Bermann (The Science of Sleep), Julie Fong (Block Party)Distributor: New Line Cinema The Gist: The wacky premise sees Jack Black star as a loveable loser stuck in a life that's too small for his big dreams. But when he unintentionally erases all the tapes in a video store where his best friend works, he devises a plan to satisfy the store's few loyal customers by re-creating and re-filming every movie they decide to rent.Fact: This is technically Gondry's second film starring Mose Def - he was one of the artists jamming it up in Block Party. See It: Gondry is the Georges Méliès of the Y2K and despite that this has a solid chance at becoming Gondry's biggest box office take especially with the references to favorites such as The Lion King, Rush Hour, Ghostbusters, When We Were Kings,
- 1/28/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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