Michelle Williams is being celebrated for her latest role – narrating the audiobook version of Britney Spears‘ memoir “The Woman In Me“!
The 43-year-old actress voices the audio version of the singer’s book, and while many were hoping she would be nominated for a Grammy, that did not happen.
However, Michelle has become a finalist in the nominations for the upcoming 2024 Audie Awards, put on by the Audio Publishers Association.
Find out more inside…
At the awards show, which recognizes “distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment,” Michelle is up for Best Non-Fiction Narrator.
“The Woman In Me” is also being honored as part of the APA Choice honorees, alongside “Fourth Wing,” “Never Finished,” “Spare” and “The Covenant of Water,” as they are recognized for captivating listeners “but also became cultural phenomenons.”
Other Audie Awards nominees include Ethan Hawke for narrating “The Eyes and the Impossible” by Dave Eggers, Meryl Streep...
The 43-year-old actress voices the audio version of the singer’s book, and while many were hoping she would be nominated for a Grammy, that did not happen.
However, Michelle has become a finalist in the nominations for the upcoming 2024 Audie Awards, put on by the Audio Publishers Association.
Find out more inside…
At the awards show, which recognizes “distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment,” Michelle is up for Best Non-Fiction Narrator.
“The Woman In Me” is also being honored as part of the APA Choice honorees, alongside “Fourth Wing,” “Never Finished,” “Spare” and “The Covenant of Water,” as they are recognized for captivating listeners “but also became cultural phenomenons.”
Other Audie Awards nominees include Ethan Hawke for narrating “The Eyes and the Impossible” by Dave Eggers, Meryl Streep...
- 1/31/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Exclusive: With interest in the great 20th Century American writer Thornton Wilder about to get one of its periodic surges – a major Broadway revival of Our Town is coming this year, and Hello, Dolly!, the musical based on Wilder’s 1954 play The Matchmaker, will open on London’s West End this summer in a revival starring The Crown‘s Imelda Staunton – the estate guarding the author’s works has named its first non-family Literary Executor in 28 years to oversee all of its intellectual properties.
Jeremy McCarter, the former New York Magazine drama critic and co-author with Lin-Manuel Miranda of the bestselling behind-the-scenes non-fiction book Hamilton: The Revolution, has been named Literary Executor of the Wilder Family LLC. He assumes the role this month from Thornton Wilder’s nephew Tappan Wilder, who has held the post since 1995.
Tappan Wilder announced McCarter’s appointment to Deadline today. McCarter will serve as a...
Jeremy McCarter, the former New York Magazine drama critic and co-author with Lin-Manuel Miranda of the bestselling behind-the-scenes non-fiction book Hamilton: The Revolution, has been named Literary Executor of the Wilder Family LLC. He assumes the role this month from Thornton Wilder’s nephew Tappan Wilder, who has held the post since 1995.
Tappan Wilder announced McCarter’s appointment to Deadline today. McCarter will serve as a...
- 1/8/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Queen Camilla is entering the podcast space like other royals before her. The 76-year-old British royal is debuting “The Queen’s Reading Room” podcast in 2024 as a companion to her Reading Room charity and book club. What to expect on the podcast, from guests and topics to the premiere date and where to listen, ahead.
Queen Camilla announced her ‘Reading Room’ podcast on Dec. 15
On Dec. 15, 2023, Queen Camilla announced her newest venture, podcasting. She’s launching a new podcast series through her Reading Room charity, which started as an Instagram book club in 2021 with recommendations from the queen as well as guest curators. (Camilla’s a well-known fan of curling up with a good book.)
Queen Camilla’s co-hosting the podcast alongside the charity’s CEO, Vicki Perrin. Together, they’ll talk to authors and celebrity guests. (More on those later.)
According to podcast’s description accompanying its trailer, “Authors...
Queen Camilla announced her ‘Reading Room’ podcast on Dec. 15
On Dec. 15, 2023, Queen Camilla announced her newest venture, podcasting. She’s launching a new podcast series through her Reading Room charity, which started as an Instagram book club in 2021 with recommendations from the queen as well as guest curators. (Camilla’s a well-known fan of curling up with a good book.)
Queen Camilla’s co-hosting the podcast alongside the charity’s CEO, Vicki Perrin. Together, they’ll talk to authors and celebrity guests. (More on those later.)
According to podcast’s description accompanying its trailer, “Authors...
- 12/23/2023
- by Mandi Kerr
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
‘The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store’ (Publisher: Riverhead Books)
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride tops Amazon Book Editors’ list of the Best Books of 2023. Responding to the honor, McBride said, “Every moment in history is full of sadness and tests. But love is the killer of mankind’s worst diseases. It lives without boundaries. It goes everywhere. You can find it everywhere. Even in a grocery store. I’m so glad you found it in this one.”
Amazon’s book editors selected The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead as the top children’s book and Rebecca Ross’ Divine Rivals as the best young adult book of the year. For readers into romance, Amazon suggests Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score, and for those looking for help in the kitchen, the top cookbook, food, and wine pick is Erin French’s Big Heart Little Stove.
“Between dragon-filled...
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride tops Amazon Book Editors’ list of the Best Books of 2023. Responding to the honor, McBride said, “Every moment in history is full of sadness and tests. But love is the killer of mankind’s worst diseases. It lives without boundaries. It goes everywhere. You can find it everywhere. Even in a grocery store. I’m so glad you found it in this one.”
Amazon’s book editors selected The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead as the top children’s book and Rebecca Ross’ Divine Rivals as the best young adult book of the year. For readers into romance, Amazon suggests Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score, and for those looking for help in the kitchen, the top cookbook, food, and wine pick is Erin French’s Big Heart Little Stove.
“Between dragon-filled...
- 11/15/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Movies and end of the world TV shows galore, streaming for free? Yes, it’s true. Around since 2004, here’s what makes Crackle pop. What is it? One of the oldest streaming services, this former Sony property launched in 2004 and is currently owned by Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment. A broad range of movies and TV shows—more than 5,000!—are on offer. How much does it cost? It’s totally free! However, you do have to watch ads (did we mention it’s free?), and it’s only available in the United States. What’s in the library? The streamer’s eclectic assortment of films features all the usual genres. Some highlights: the moving 2018 drama Bel Canto, based on Ann Patchett’s award-winning novel; the 2013 airplane thriller Non-Stop; tons of galloping Westerns old and new, like 1939’s Stagecoach starring John Wayne or 1991’s tenderhearted My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys...
- 10/8/2023
- TV Insider
In what marks the most ambitious film from Peru’s leading producer Tondero and, most likely, Peruvian cinema in recent times, Pedro Almodóvar’s El Deseo, Infinity Hill (“Argentina 1985”) and Tondero have joined forces to co-produce a drama based on the hostage crisis that took place at the Japanese embassy in Lima in 1996.
El Deseo executive producer Esther Garcia and Infinity Hill co-founder/chief creative officer Axel Kuschevatzky were in Lima to attend Tondero’s 15th anniversary festivities and for Garcia to receive a tribute from the ongoing 27th Lima Film Festival, which runs Aug. 10-18.
The still-untitled project has been co-written by Spain’s Alicia Luna and Peru’s Santiago Roncagliolio, Patricia Romero and Lima Film Fest artistic director Josué Mendez who together spent some four years delving into the facts behind the crisis that drew massive international attention at the time.
The incident spawned several works in literature and film.
El Deseo executive producer Esther Garcia and Infinity Hill co-founder/chief creative officer Axel Kuschevatzky were in Lima to attend Tondero’s 15th anniversary festivities and for Garcia to receive a tribute from the ongoing 27th Lima Film Festival, which runs Aug. 10-18.
The still-untitled project has been co-written by Spain’s Alicia Luna and Peru’s Santiago Roncagliolio, Patricia Romero and Lima Film Fest artistic director Josué Mendez who together spent some four years delving into the facts behind the crisis that drew massive international attention at the time.
The incident spawned several works in literature and film.
- 8/13/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
“Vice President Harris, Second Gentleman, former president Selina Meyer, welcome to the White House,” President Joe Biden said Tuesday, opening a ceremony for the 2021 National Medals of Arts and the National Humanities Medals recipients.
Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus was among “23 extraordinary Americans,” as Biden described them, awarded honors today in a star-studded East Room gathering. Praising “my friend President Julia Louis-Dreyfus” as “one of the most decorated comedic actors of our time,” Biden made a point of noting that “she embraces life’s absurdity with absolute wit.”
“I’m going to talk to Julia later about whether she liked being VP or President better,” Biden quipped.
Of course, even with the 2019 conclusion of the Emmy-winning Veep, Biden and Louis-Dreyfus/Meyer have a long history on and off the screen. Along with the actor’s appearance at the virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention, it is a relationship perhaps best exemplified by a...
Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus was among “23 extraordinary Americans,” as Biden described them, awarded honors today in a star-studded East Room gathering. Praising “my friend President Julia Louis-Dreyfus” as “one of the most decorated comedic actors of our time,” Biden made a point of noting that “she embraces life’s absurdity with absolute wit.”
“I’m going to talk to Julia later about whether she liked being VP or President better,” Biden quipped.
Of course, even with the 2019 conclusion of the Emmy-winning Veep, Biden and Louis-Dreyfus/Meyer have a long history on and off the screen. Along with the actor’s appearance at the virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention, it is a relationship perhaps best exemplified by a...
- 3/21/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Bruce Springsteen and Mindy Kaling will be among those honoured at the 2021 National Humanities Medals and the National Medal of Arts ceremony on Tuesday (21 March).
Similar to an MBE, the National Medal of Arts is the nation’s highest award for advancing the arts in America.
Springsteen and Kaling are among a dozen individuals and groups including Gladys Knight and Julia Louis-Dreyfus that Biden has chosen to honour with arts medals during the White House ceremony. First lady Jill Biden will also participate.
The medal, inaugurated in 1997, “honours individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the humanities and broadened our citizens’ engagement with history, literature, languages, philosophy, and other humanities subjects,” according to the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The ceremony was among the many White House events postponed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
At the same event, Biden will award 2021 National Humanities Medals to a group including authors Amy Tan,...
Similar to an MBE, the National Medal of Arts is the nation’s highest award for advancing the arts in America.
Springsteen and Kaling are among a dozen individuals and groups including Gladys Knight and Julia Louis-Dreyfus that Biden has chosen to honour with arts medals during the White House ceremony. First lady Jill Biden will also participate.
The medal, inaugurated in 1997, “honours individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the humanities and broadened our citizens’ engagement with history, literature, languages, philosophy, and other humanities subjects,” according to the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The ceremony was among the many White House events postponed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
At the same event, Biden will award 2021 National Humanities Medals to a group including authors Amy Tan,...
- 3/21/2023
- by Tom Murray
- The Independent - TV
Bruce Springsteen and Mindy Kaling will be among those honoured at the 2021 National Humanities Medals and the National Medal of Arts ceremony on Tuesday (21 March).
Similar to an MBE, the National Medal of Arts is the nation’s highest award for advancing the arts in America.
Springsteen and Kaling are among a dozen individuals and groups including Gladys Knight and Julia Louis-Dreyfus that Biden has chosen to honour with arts medals during the White House ceremony. First lady Jill Biden will also participate.
The medal, inaugurated in 1997, “honours individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the humanities and broadened our citizens’ engagement with history, literature, languages, philosophy, and other humanities subjects,” according to the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The ceremony was among the many White House events postponed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
At the same event, Biden will award 2021 National Humanities Medals to a group including authors Amy Tan,...
Similar to an MBE, the National Medal of Arts is the nation’s highest award for advancing the arts in America.
Springsteen and Kaling are among a dozen individuals and groups including Gladys Knight and Julia Louis-Dreyfus that Biden has chosen to honour with arts medals during the White House ceremony. First lady Jill Biden will also participate.
The medal, inaugurated in 1997, “honours individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the humanities and broadened our citizens’ engagement with history, literature, languages, philosophy, and other humanities subjects,” according to the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The ceremony was among the many White House events postponed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
At the same event, Biden will award 2021 National Humanities Medals to a group including authors Amy Tan,...
- 3/21/2023
- by Tom Murray
- The Independent - Music
Bruce Springsteen and Mindy Kaling will be among those honoured at the 2021 National Humanities Medals and the National Medal of Arts ceremony on Tuesday (21 March).
Similar to an MBE, the National Medal of Arts is the nation’s highest award for advancing the arts in America.
Springsteen and Kaling are among a dozen individuals and groups including Gladys Knight and Julia Louis-Dreyfus that Biden has chosen to honour with arts medals during the White House ceremony. First lady Jill Biden will also participate.
The medal, inaugurated in 1997, “honours individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the humanities and broadened our citizens’ engagement with history, literature, languages, philosophy, and other humanities subjects,” according to the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The ceremony was among the many White House events postponed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
At the same event, Biden will award 2021 National Humanities Medals to a group including authors Amy Tan,...
Similar to an MBE, the National Medal of Arts is the nation’s highest award for advancing the arts in America.
Springsteen and Kaling are among a dozen individuals and groups including Gladys Knight and Julia Louis-Dreyfus that Biden has chosen to honour with arts medals during the White House ceremony. First lady Jill Biden will also participate.
The medal, inaugurated in 1997, “honours individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the humanities and broadened our citizens’ engagement with history, literature, languages, philosophy, and other humanities subjects,” according to the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The ceremony was among the many White House events postponed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
At the same event, Biden will award 2021 National Humanities Medals to a group including authors Amy Tan,...
- 3/21/2023
- by Tom Murray
- The Independent - Film
The White House said President Joe Biden will present the 2021 National Medals of Arts in conjunction with the 2021 National Humanities Medals on Tuesday during a ceremony in the East Room.
The list for the National Medal of Arts recipients includes Bruce Springsteen, José Feliciano, Gladys Knight, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mindy Kaling, Antonio Martorell-Cardona, Judith Francisca Baca, Fred Eychaner, Joan Shigekawa and Vera Wang, along with organizations the Billie Holiday Theatre and the International Association of Blacks in Dance.
The honor, the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the U.S. government, goes to individuals or groups who “…are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support and availability of the arts in the United States.” The Nea reviews the nominations each year and provides recommendations to the President, who selects the recipients.
The National Humanities Medals for 2021 will go to Just Mercy...
The list for the National Medal of Arts recipients includes Bruce Springsteen, José Feliciano, Gladys Knight, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mindy Kaling, Antonio Martorell-Cardona, Judith Francisca Baca, Fred Eychaner, Joan Shigekawa and Vera Wang, along with organizations the Billie Holiday Theatre and the International Association of Blacks in Dance.
The honor, the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the U.S. government, goes to individuals or groups who “…are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support and availability of the arts in the United States.” The Nea reviews the nominations each year and provides recommendations to the President, who selects the recipients.
The National Humanities Medals for 2021 will go to Just Mercy...
- 3/21/2023
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
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Ewan McGregor (Star Wars franchise, Halston, Trainspotting) will lead the cast of upcoming Paramount+ U.K. drama series A Gentleman in Moscow, an adaptation of Amor Towles’ best-selling novel, which is set to commence production later this year and will debut in the U.S. on Showtime and on Paramount+ internationally.
The show, produced by eOne in association with Vis, the international studio unit of Paramount Global, will see McGregor play Count Alexander Rostov “who, in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, finds that his gilded past places him on the wrong side of history,” according to a plot description. “Spared immediate execution, he is banished by a Soviet tribunal to an attic room in the opulent Hotel Metropol, threatened with death if he ever sets foot outside again. As the years pass and some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history...
Ewan McGregor (Star Wars franchise, Halston, Trainspotting) will lead the cast of upcoming Paramount+ U.K. drama series A Gentleman in Moscow, an adaptation of Amor Towles’ best-selling novel, which is set to commence production later this year and will debut in the U.S. on Showtime and on Paramount+ internationally.
The show, produced by eOne in association with Vis, the international studio unit of Paramount Global, will see McGregor play Count Alexander Rostov “who, in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, finds that his gilded past places him on the wrong side of history,” according to a plot description. “Spared immediate execution, he is banished by a Soviet tribunal to an attic room in the opulent Hotel Metropol, threatened with death if he ever sets foot outside again. As the years pass and some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history...
- 8/25/2022
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In today’s TV news roundup, BET sets a Tyler Perry special about the Covid-19 vaccine, and Netflix releases trailers for “Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel” and “Ginny & Georgia.”
Dates
Peacock will premiere “Archibald’s Next Big Thing Is Here” on Feb. 18 with all six episodes dropping at once. The show, which centers on Archibald Strutter, a chicken who “yes-and’s” his way through life but has adventures that rarely go as planned, hails from DreamWorks Animation. Created by Tony Hale, the voice cast features Hale, Adam Pally, Jordan Fisher, Chelsea Kane, Casey Wilson, Kari Wahlgren and Rosamund Pike. Watch a trailer below.
BET will air “Covid-19 Vaccine and the Black Community: A Tyler Perry Special” on Jan. 28 at 9 p.m. With a goal to address the public’s concerns about the Covid-19 vaccine, Perry met with Dr. Carlos del Rio and Dr. Kimberly Dyan Manning...
Dates
Peacock will premiere “Archibald’s Next Big Thing Is Here” on Feb. 18 with all six episodes dropping at once. The show, which centers on Archibald Strutter, a chicken who “yes-and’s” his way through life but has adventures that rarely go as planned, hails from DreamWorks Animation. Created by Tony Hale, the voice cast features Hale, Adam Pally, Jordan Fisher, Chelsea Kane, Casey Wilson, Kari Wahlgren and Rosamund Pike. Watch a trailer below.
BET will air “Covid-19 Vaccine and the Black Community: A Tyler Perry Special” on Jan. 28 at 9 p.m. With a goal to address the public’s concerns about the Covid-19 vaccine, Perry met with Dr. Carlos del Rio and Dr. Kimberly Dyan Manning...
- 1/27/2021
- by Haley Bosselman
- Variety Film + TV
So, How Was Your 2020? is a series in which our favorite entertainers answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their year. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December.
Dierks Bentley and his family were vacationing in Colorado when the pandemic began and Tennessee schools went remote, so they spent several weeks after that getting outdoors on mountain trails and riding their bikes. In the midst of it, Bentley was helping promote the debut album by Hot Country Knights, a faux Nineties country group...
Dierks Bentley and his family were vacationing in Colorado when the pandemic began and Tennessee schools went remote, so they spent several weeks after that getting outdoors on mountain trails and riding their bikes. In the midst of it, Bentley was helping promote the debut album by Hot Country Knights, a faux Nineties country group...
- 12/29/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
A star-studded cast including Sir Patrick Stewart, Samuel L. Jackson, Lucy Liu, Zachary Quinto, Michael C. Hall, Tony Shalhoub, Matt Bomer, Billy Porter, Judith Light and more will lend their voices to the audiobook edition of Fight Of The Century, a brand-new anthology curated by award-winning authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman in collaboration with the American Civil Liberties Union to mark its 100-year anniversary.
Fight Of The Century takes you inside the landmark trials and the stories that have shaped modern life through original essays by 40 of the most influential writers at work today, including Jennifer Egan, Marlon James, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Salman Rushdie, and Jesmyn Ward. Some of the most prominent cases involving the Aclu — Brown v. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade, Miranda v. Arizona — need little introduction. Others you may never even have heard of, yet their outcomes quietly defined the world we live in now.
Fight Of The Century takes you inside the landmark trials and the stories that have shaped modern life through original essays by 40 of the most influential writers at work today, including Jennifer Egan, Marlon James, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Salman Rushdie, and Jesmyn Ward. Some of the most prominent cases involving the Aclu — Brown v. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade, Miranda v. Arizona — need little introduction. Others you may never even have heard of, yet their outcomes quietly defined the world we live in now.
- 1/22/2020
- Look to the Stars
Exclusive: Lady Macbeth director William Oldroyd and How To Talk To Girls At Parties screenwriter Philippa Goslett have signed on to eOne and King Bee Productions’ TV adaptation of Ann Patchett’s novel State of Wonder.
Novelist Maile Meloy, who has written books including Liars and Saints and The Apothecary, has also signed up to the drama project to serve as a consultant.
Goslett is coming off the back of Rooney Mara-fronted Mary Magdalene, while it is the first high-profile TV project for Oldroyd, who scored a number of BAFTA noms for his debut feature, the Florence Pugh-fronted Lady Macbeth.
The Designated Survivor studio and Emily Mortimer and Alessandro Nivola’s indie have locked in the creative team after securing the rights to the project, in a competitive situation, last year. They are developing it as an event series.
In State of Wonder, Dr Marina Singh journeys into the...
Novelist Maile Meloy, who has written books including Liars and Saints and The Apothecary, has also signed up to the drama project to serve as a consultant.
Goslett is coming off the back of Rooney Mara-fronted Mary Magdalene, while it is the first high-profile TV project for Oldroyd, who scored a number of BAFTA noms for his debut feature, the Florence Pugh-fronted Lady Macbeth.
The Designated Survivor studio and Emily Mortimer and Alessandro Nivola’s indie have locked in the creative team after securing the rights to the project, in a competitive situation, last year. They are developing it as an event series.
In State of Wonder, Dr Marina Singh journeys into the...
- 6/27/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Director Paul Weitz has had something of an eclectic directorial and writing career since he came to prominence back in the ’90s with the massively successful American Pie original. In an alternate timeline this success would have seen him tackle wave after wave of teen comedies involving drugs, sex, alcohol and crusty pies. Thankfully for him (and us) it hasn’t quite panned out that way and in recent times he has gone on to do some impressive works – most notably 2015’s Grandma and Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle, the latter of which is perhaps what led him to Bel Canto, a strange hybrid of a film that is both never boring but never quite as moving as it seems.
Julianne Moore stars as world-renowned opera singer Roxanne Coss who is on a world tour when a businessman in South America asks her to perform at a private party.
Julianne Moore stars as world-renowned opera singer Roxanne Coss who is on a world tour when a businessman in South America asks her to perform at a private party.
- 4/26/2019
- by Scott Davis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Moore hits the high notes opposite Ken Watanabe in this soapy adaptation of Ann Patchett’s bestselling novel
Julianne Moore could put a toothpaste advert into awards contention with the inner turmoil she conveys with her magnificent eyes. She certainly lifts her scenes in this slushy, heavy on the romance adaptation of Ann Pratchett’s novel about a world-famous opera singer falling in love with a Japanese billionaire during a hostage crisis. If the book is a work of elegant literary fiction, here we have the movie equivalent of a bumper airport paperback: always watchable and often soapy, with a handful of unintentional giggly bits.
Moore is Roxanne Coss, an American lyric soprano paid silly money by the government of a nameless Latin American country to perform at a soiree to impress electronics boss Mr Hosokawa (Ken Watanabe). When leftist guerrillas waving machine guns storm the party, their target is the country’s president,...
Julianne Moore could put a toothpaste advert into awards contention with the inner turmoil she conveys with her magnificent eyes. She certainly lifts her scenes in this slushy, heavy on the romance adaptation of Ann Pratchett’s novel about a world-famous opera singer falling in love with a Japanese billionaire during a hostage crisis. If the book is a work of elegant literary fiction, here we have the movie equivalent of a bumper airport paperback: always watchable and often soapy, with a handful of unintentional giggly bits.
Moore is Roxanne Coss, an American lyric soprano paid silly money by the government of a nameless Latin American country to perform at a soiree to impress electronics boss Mr Hosokawa (Ken Watanabe). When leftist guerrillas waving machine guns storm the party, their target is the country’s president,...
- 4/25/2019
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
The new trailer for Paul Weitz’s ‘Bel Canto’ has been released. The film is based on Ann Patchett’s award-winning, best-selling novel.
Based on the Japanese embassy hostage crisis of 1996–1997 in Lima, Peru, the novel followed the relationships among a group of young terrorists and their hostages, who are mostly high-profile executives and politicians, over several months. Many of the characters form unbreakable bonds of friendship, while some fall in love.
Directed by Weitz, Ken Watanabe stars as Julianne Moore’s love interest. Sebastian Koch, Christopher Lambert, Ryo Kase, Tenoch Huerta, and María Mercedes Coroy also star. The world-renowned opera singer Renee Fleming provides Moore’s singing voice.
Also in trailers – New teaser trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ will send shivers down your spine
The film is released in the UK April 26th
Bel Canto Synopsis
Based on the best-selling novel.
Based on the Japanese embassy hostage crisis of 1996–1997 in Lima, Peru, the novel followed the relationships among a group of young terrorists and their hostages, who are mostly high-profile executives and politicians, over several months. Many of the characters form unbreakable bonds of friendship, while some fall in love.
Directed by Weitz, Ken Watanabe stars as Julianne Moore’s love interest. Sebastian Koch, Christopher Lambert, Ryo Kase, Tenoch Huerta, and María Mercedes Coroy also star. The world-renowned opera singer Renee Fleming provides Moore’s singing voice.
Also in trailers – New teaser trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ will send shivers down your spine
The film is released in the UK April 26th
Bel Canto Synopsis
Based on the best-selling novel.
- 3/29/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Emily Mortimer is to reboot classic British series Rumpole of the Bailey – the legal drama originally created by her father John Mortimer.
The Newsroom and Mary Poppins Returns star is in the early stages of development with the remake, which will be produced by her own indie King Bee and eOne.
The series, which ran on ITV predecessor Thames Television between 1978 and 1992, starred Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an elderly barrister in London who defended a weird and wonderful mix of clients. It started as a radio play on the BBC before making the move to television.
The reboot was revealed at a Deadline-moderated Banff Connect event in London by Polly Williams, eOne’s head of scripted development in the UK. The Designated Survivor studio has a first-look deal with Mortimer’s company, which she runs with her husband Alessandro Nivola.
Williams told Deadline that Mortimer has “reimagined” the series...
The Newsroom and Mary Poppins Returns star is in the early stages of development with the remake, which will be produced by her own indie King Bee and eOne.
The series, which ran on ITV predecessor Thames Television between 1978 and 1992, starred Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an elderly barrister in London who defended a weird and wonderful mix of clients. It started as a radio play on the BBC before making the move to television.
The reboot was revealed at a Deadline-moderated Banff Connect event in London by Polly Williams, eOne’s head of scripted development in the UK. The Designated Survivor studio has a first-look deal with Mortimer’s company, which she runs with her husband Alessandro Nivola.
Williams told Deadline that Mortimer has “reimagined” the series...
- 3/7/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Music Makes the People Come Together: Weitz Hits False Notes in Hostage Drama
If ever an aria could conjure the essence of camp, it would sound something like what’s on hand with Bel Canto, the latest film from Paul Weitz, adapting from Ann Patchett’s 2001 novel, a fictionalization of the 1996 Japanese embassy hostage crisis in Lima, Peru. Reuniting Weitz with his Being Flynn (review) cast mate Julianne Moore, who stars as an unlikely opera star at the center of this melodrama, a highly eccentric conglomeration of notable international actors congeal into a pool of derisive flourishes despite its narrative’s B-thriller potential.…...
If ever an aria could conjure the essence of camp, it would sound something like what’s on hand with Bel Canto, the latest film from Paul Weitz, adapting from Ann Patchett’s 2001 novel, a fictionalization of the 1996 Japanese embassy hostage crisis in Lima, Peru. Reuniting Weitz with his Being Flynn (review) cast mate Julianne Moore, who stars as an unlikely opera star at the center of this melodrama, a highly eccentric conglomeration of notable international actors congeal into a pool of derisive flourishes despite its narrative’s B-thriller potential.…...
- 9/20/2018
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
“Museo” (Vitagraph) led a slew of new specialized releases this week. The Mexican heist film starring Gael Garcia Bernal topped all other fresh titles. The fall season is already taking off with an astonishing 40 films opening theatrically this weekend, including at least six Sundance 2018 titles, two of which just played the Toronto International Film Festival.
And to confuse audiences even more, even more movies were available on home-viewing platforms as well as theaters, from the Nicolas Cage cult film “Mandy” to three films directed by established female directors. Netflix opened Nicole Holofcener’s suburban drama “The Land of Steady Habits” and Ricki Sundberg and Anne Sundberg’s timely documentary “Reversing Roe” on Friday after their Tiff premieres; and Amma Asante followed two Fox Searchlight releases with controversial Nazi Germany romance thriller “Where Hands Touch” (Vertical), which played in over 100 theaters with an estimated gross of under $70,000 while also streaming.
Dwarfing...
And to confuse audiences even more, even more movies were available on home-viewing platforms as well as theaters, from the Nicolas Cage cult film “Mandy” to three films directed by established female directors. Netflix opened Nicole Holofcener’s suburban drama “The Land of Steady Habits” and Ricki Sundberg and Anne Sundberg’s timely documentary “Reversing Roe” on Friday after their Tiff premieres; and Amma Asante followed two Fox Searchlight releases with controversial Nazi Germany romance thriller “Where Hands Touch” (Vertical), which played in over 100 theaters with an estimated gross of under $70,000 while also streaming.
Dwarfing...
- 9/16/2018
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Unification, even in the most volatile times, or between the least likely of people — say, hostages and their captors — isn't as implausible as it sounds. At least that was the consensus on the red carpet at Thursday night's premiere of Bel Canto in New York.
Adapted from Ann Patchett's acclaimed novel of the same name, Bel Canto follows a famous soprano (Julianne Moore) who travels to a South American dictatorship to perform for a Japanese industrialist (Ken Watanabe). However, mid-concert, she and everyone else at the party are taken hostage by a gang of armed rebels who ...
Adapted from Ann Patchett's acclaimed novel of the same name, Bel Canto follows a famous soprano (Julianne Moore) who travels to a South American dictatorship to perform for a Japanese industrialist (Ken Watanabe). However, mid-concert, she and everyone else at the party are taken hostage by a gang of armed rebels who ...
- 9/14/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Unification, even in the most volatile times, or between the least likely of people — say, hostages and their captors — isn't as implausible as it sounds. At least that was the consensus on the red carpet at Thursday night's premiere of Bel Canto in New York.
Adapted from Ann Patchett's acclaimed novel of the same name, Bel Canto follows a famous soprano (Julianne Moore) who travels to a South American dictatorship to perform for a Japanese industrialist (Ken Watanabe). However, mid-concert, she and everyone else at the party are taken hostage by a gang of armed rebels who ...
Adapted from Ann Patchett's acclaimed novel of the same name, Bel Canto follows a famous soprano (Julianne Moore) who travels to a South American dictatorship to perform for a Japanese industrialist (Ken Watanabe). However, mid-concert, she and everyone else at the party are taken hostage by a gang of armed rebels who ...
- 9/14/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The musical term bel canto refers to a lighter, smoother style of operatic singing, as opposed to the florid coloratura style for which Maria Callas was famous. From the Italian for “beautiful voice,” bel canto strips away ornamental staccato runs and trills in favor of a simpler, more graceful soprano. True to its name, the film “Bel Canto” strikes a delicate balance between forbidden romance and hostage thriller, eschewing clichés to reveal a tender love story that is as much about the human condition as the power of music.
Julianne Moore (with Renée Fleming’s voice) is cast against type as an opera singer named Roxane Coss, who has begrudgingly traveled to an unnamed South American country to give a private concert for the president and a group of elites. Among the crowd is Katsumi Hosokawa (Ken Watanabe), a Japanese businessman whose love of opera (and Ms. Coss) is so...
Julianne Moore (with Renée Fleming’s voice) is cast against type as an opera singer named Roxane Coss, who has begrudgingly traveled to an unnamed South American country to give a private concert for the president and a group of elites. Among the crowd is Katsumi Hosokawa (Ken Watanabe), a Japanese businessman whose love of opera (and Ms. Coss) is so...
- 9/14/2018
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
There are numerous ways to get a book to screen: by gut instinct, by pre-emptive calculation, by sheer luck. But the best ones may be those done the right way for the right reason, out of pure passion. Case in point: “Bel Canto,” which hits theaters today.
The novel, by Ann Patchett, became a best-seller not long after it was published in 2001. It tells the harrowing tale of an opera star and others of different nationalities being held hostage in a mansion in an unnamed South American country. Even (or perhaps especially) after 9/11, people continued to read this tale of terrorism. What is rather amazing is that it has taken over 16 years to be adapted to the screen.
Not that someone wasn’t trying throughout those years. When producer Caroline Baron read the novel, she instinctively believed she was the one to turn it into a movie. She had produced...
The novel, by Ann Patchett, became a best-seller not long after it was published in 2001. It tells the harrowing tale of an opera star and others of different nationalities being held hostage in a mansion in an unnamed South American country. Even (or perhaps especially) after 9/11, people continued to read this tale of terrorism. What is rather amazing is that it has taken over 16 years to be adapted to the screen.
Not that someone wasn’t trying throughout those years. When producer Caroline Baron read the novel, she instinctively believed she was the one to turn it into a movie. She had produced...
- 9/14/2018
- by Mary Murphy and Michele Willens
- The Wrap
Chloë Sevigny Channels ‘Lizzie’; ‘American Chaos’, ‘Bel Canto’ Join Weekend – Specialty B.O. Preview
Following a late summer trickle of new Specialties, distributors are releasing a torrent of limited releases just as the Toronto Film Festival heads into its finale this weekend. Roadside Attractions/Saban Films have teamed on psychological thriller Lizzie with Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart based on the famous New England murder of the 1890s; the film opens in New York and L.A. before going to the top 50 markets next weekend. Producer-director Jim Stern launches his documentary American Chaos, spotlighting the 2016 presidential election, via Sony Pictures Classics. Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe star in Bel Canto, based on a novel of the same title by Ann Patchett. The general election also forms the backdrop to romance A Boy. A Girl. A Dream from Samuel Goldwyn Films, which hits five dozen theaters Friday. Sundance and SXSW favorite Science Fair begins its theatrical run via National Geographic Documentary Films. And Cranked Up Films,...
- 9/14/2018
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Weitz’s “Bel Canto” is a film that’s astounding, but for all the wrong reasons. It’s based on a celebrated novel by Ann Patchett. It stars Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe, two of the most magnetic actors working today. It’s a story that incorporates a hostage crisis, forbidden love, political revolution and all the glory of opera. And it makes almost no impression whatsoever.
“Bel Canto” takes place in an unspecified South American country, where a Japanese businessman named Katsumi Hosokawa (Watanabe) is being wooed with a fancy party, in the hopes that he will build new factories and boost the economy. He has no interest in investing, but he’s lured to the event anyway, because his favorite opera singer Roxanne Cross has been hired as the evening’s entertainment.
Roxanne doesn’t actually want to be there either, but before anyone can commiserate over...
“Bel Canto” takes place in an unspecified South American country, where a Japanese businessman named Katsumi Hosokawa (Watanabe) is being wooed with a fancy party, in the hopes that he will build new factories and boost the economy. He has no interest in investing, but he’s lured to the event anyway, because his favorite opera singer Roxanne Cross has been hired as the evening’s entertainment.
Roxanne doesn’t actually want to be there either, but before anyone can commiserate over...
- 9/14/2018
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
In a competitive situation, Entertainment One has acquired the television rights to bestselling author Ann Patchett’s novel State of Wonder to develop as an event series. Emily Mortimer and Alessandro Nivola’s King Bee Productions will produce the project with Lucy Donnelly.
Mortimer led the pursuit of the title for eOne, who will serve as the studio and handle international rights. Polly Williams and Jacqueline Sacerio will oversee the project for eOne. There are no current plans for Mortimer or Nivola to act in the series.
In State of Wonder, Dr Marina Singh journeys into the depths of the Amazon rain forest in search of her former mentor, veteran scientist Dr Annick Swenson, who has vanished while conducting research into the prolonged fertility of the women of an isolated Amazonian tribe. As Marina embarks upon this uncertain odyssey, she will be forced to surrender herself to the lush but...
Mortimer led the pursuit of the title for eOne, who will serve as the studio and handle international rights. Polly Williams and Jacqueline Sacerio will oversee the project for eOne. There are no current plans for Mortimer or Nivola to act in the series.
In State of Wonder, Dr Marina Singh journeys into the depths of the Amazon rain forest in search of her former mentor, veteran scientist Dr Annick Swenson, who has vanished while conducting research into the prolonged fertility of the women of an isolated Amazonian tribe. As Marina embarks upon this uncertain odyssey, she will be forced to surrender herself to the lush but...
- 9/13/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
A brilliant, celebrated performer accepts a low-profile gig in unfamiliar environs, only to be trapped as the situation falls apart around her. But enough about Julianne Moore agreeing to star in “Bel Canto,” and let’s keep the focus on Paul Weitz’s po-faced hostage melodrama itself, which strands a world-renowned American soprano in the crossfire between an oppressive government and desperate insurgents in an unspecified South American nation. Ann Patchett’s much-lauded 2001 novel was optioned upon publication for its seemingly surefire cinematic fusion of high romantic and political stakes, yet until a sudden, bloody climax, this belated adaptation remains a blandly perfumed, low-peril affair.
With an enviable international ensemble — including Moore, Ken Watanabe and Sebastian Koch — all looking variously out of sorts, only an unseen Renee Fleming, who lends her gorgeously shaded vocals to the leading lady’s lips, emerges on song. Moore’s name will draw some interest...
With an enviable international ensemble — including Moore, Ken Watanabe and Sebastian Koch — all looking variously out of sorts, only an unseen Renee Fleming, who lends her gorgeously shaded vocals to the leading lady’s lips, emerges on song. Moore’s name will draw some interest...
- 9/13/2018
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Bel Canto Screen Gems Reviewed by: Harvey Karten Director: Paul Weitz Screenwriter: Paul Weitz, Anthony Weintraub, Ann Patchett, based on a novel by Ann Patchett Cast: Julianne Moore, Christopher Lambert, Ken Watanabe, Sebastian Koch Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 8/27/18 Opens: September 14, 2018 If there’s one word to describe the plot, that word is […]
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- 9/11/2018
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
The first trailer for Paul Weitz’s Bel Canto has been released. The film is based on the Ann Patchett’s award-winning, best-selling novel.
Based on the Japanese embassy hostage crisis of 1996–1997 in Lima, Peru, the novel followed the relationships among a group of young terrorists and their hostages, who are mostly high-profile executives and politicians, over several months. Many of the characters form unbreakable bonds of friendship, while some fall in love.
Directed by Weitz, Ken Watanabe stars as Moore’s love interest. Sebastian Koch, Christopher Lambert, Ryo Kase, Tenoch Huerta, and María Mercedes Coroy also star. The world-renowned opera singer Renee Fleming provides Moore’s singing voice.
Also in trailers – First full length trailer for Disney’s The Nutcracker And The Four Realms waltzes in
The film is released in Us cinemas on September 14th and is On Demand a week later.
Bel Canto Official Synopsis
Based on the best-selling novel.
Based on the Japanese embassy hostage crisis of 1996–1997 in Lima, Peru, the novel followed the relationships among a group of young terrorists and their hostages, who are mostly high-profile executives and politicians, over several months. Many of the characters form unbreakable bonds of friendship, while some fall in love.
Directed by Weitz, Ken Watanabe stars as Moore’s love interest. Sebastian Koch, Christopher Lambert, Ryo Kase, Tenoch Huerta, and María Mercedes Coroy also star. The world-renowned opera singer Renee Fleming provides Moore’s singing voice.
Also in trailers – First full length trailer for Disney’s The Nutcracker And The Four Realms waltzes in
The film is released in Us cinemas on September 14th and is On Demand a week later.
Bel Canto Official Synopsis
Based on the best-selling novel.
- 8/8/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"For him, your voice is opera." Screen Media Films has debuted the official trailer for an intense romantic drama titled Bel Canto, based on the best-selling novel of the same name written by Ann Patchett. Inspired by the events of the Japanese embassy hostage crisis (also called the Lima hostage crisis) of 1996-1997 in Lima, Peru, the novel has received several awards including the Orange Prize for Fiction and Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The intimate, tense love story is about a famous soprano, played by Julianne Moore, who gets entangled with a wealthy Japanese industrialist, played by Ken Watanabe. She travels down to the embassy in South America, and falls for him while being held hostage. Also starring Sebastian Koch, Christopher Lambert, Ryo Kase, Tenoch Huerta, and María Mercedes Coroy. Take a look below. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Paul Weitz's Bel Canto, direct from YouTube...
- 8/7/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In the Paul Weitz-directed Bel Canto, Julianne Moore plays a famous soprano who heads to South America to perform at a swanky birthday party for a wealthy Japanese industrialist (Ken Watanabe). But the fancy gathering is rudely interrupted when the house is taken over by a guerrilla rebel group demanding the release of their imprisoned comrades. Needless to say, they ruin the party and things take a turn for the worse.
Based on the novel by Ann Patchett, the story follows the lengthy standoff and as seen in the trailer above, hostages and captors form unlikely bonds as they overcome their differences and find their shared humanity. And of course, we get some singing from Moore. Actually, it’s not Moore doing the singing — it’s international opera star Renee Fleming. Either way, it’s beautiful.
The film , which was adapted by Weitz and Anthony Weintraub, also stars Sebastian Koch,...
Based on the novel by Ann Patchett, the story follows the lengthy standoff and as seen in the trailer above, hostages and captors form unlikely bonds as they overcome their differences and find their shared humanity. And of course, we get some singing from Moore. Actually, it’s not Moore doing the singing — it’s international opera star Renee Fleming. Either way, it’s beautiful.
The film , which was adapted by Weitz and Anthony Weintraub, also stars Sebastian Koch,...
- 8/7/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
In an undisclosed country, a party unfolds. It’s a big, splashy affair, thrown at the home of the vice president of an unnamed military dictatorship, with one major marquee star set to perform: world-famous soprano Roxane Coss (Julianne Moore). The vice president is not actually in attendance, but a beloved guest is, one who just so happens to adore Roxanne’s voice. He’s wealthy Japanese industrialist Katsumi Hosokawa (Ken Watanabe), brought to the palace in hopes that he’ll be so charmed by Roxane’s performance that he’ll fork over millions to a struggling country. That’s not what happens.
Based on Ann Patchett’s bestselling novel of the same name, Paul Weitz’s “Bel Canto” opens with a party that soon turns into a terrifying situation, when a guerrilla rebel group arrive and take hostages, in hopes that their bold plan will lead to the freeing of their compatriots.
Based on Ann Patchett’s bestselling novel of the same name, Paul Weitz’s “Bel Canto” opens with a party that soon turns into a terrifying situation, when a guerrilla rebel group arrive and take hostages, in hopes that their bold plan will lead to the freeing of their compatriots.
- 8/7/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Screen Media picked up the North American rights to Paul Weitz’s “Bel Canto,” the company announced Tuesday.
The film, which Weitz and Anthony Weintraub adapted from the best-selling 2001 novel by Ann Patchett, stars Julianne Moore as a famous American soprano who travels to South America in the 1990s to give a private concert at the birthday party of a wealthy Japanese industrialist (Ken Watanabe) — and then gets caught in a hostage situation.
The cast also includes Sebastian Koch, Christopher Lambert, Ryo Kase, Tenoch Huerta, and María Mercedes Coroy.
Also Read: Why Cannes Film Market May Move at an Escargot's Pace This Year
Opera star Renée Fleming contributes vocals to the film — whose story is based on the real-life hostage crisis at the Japanese embassy in Lima, Peru in 1996-97. Patchett’s book also inspired Jimmy López’ 2015 opera “Bel Canto” as well as a parody in the second season of the FX animated comedy “Archer.”
A national theatrical release is planned for September 2018.
Also Read: Julianne Moore Says Filmmaker James Toback Targeted Her
The film is produced by Caroline Baron and Anthony Weintraub of A-Line Pictures; Paul Weitz and Andrew Miano of Depth of Field; and Lizzie Friedman, Karen Lauder, and Greg Little, who are producing and financing through their company Priority Pictures.
Seth Needle of Screen Media negotiated the deal with Endeavor Content on behalf of the filmmakers.
“I’m so happy with Screen Media’s passion for the movie,” Weitz said in a statement. “It was a joy filming it, and working with actors from such disparate backgrounds.”
Read original story Screen Media Sings for Julianne Moore’s ‘Bel Canto’ At TheWrap...
The film, which Weitz and Anthony Weintraub adapted from the best-selling 2001 novel by Ann Patchett, stars Julianne Moore as a famous American soprano who travels to South America in the 1990s to give a private concert at the birthday party of a wealthy Japanese industrialist (Ken Watanabe) — and then gets caught in a hostage situation.
The cast also includes Sebastian Koch, Christopher Lambert, Ryo Kase, Tenoch Huerta, and María Mercedes Coroy.
Also Read: Why Cannes Film Market May Move at an Escargot's Pace This Year
Opera star Renée Fleming contributes vocals to the film — whose story is based on the real-life hostage crisis at the Japanese embassy in Lima, Peru in 1996-97. Patchett’s book also inspired Jimmy López’ 2015 opera “Bel Canto” as well as a parody in the second season of the FX animated comedy “Archer.”
A national theatrical release is planned for September 2018.
Also Read: Julianne Moore Says Filmmaker James Toback Targeted Her
The film is produced by Caroline Baron and Anthony Weintraub of A-Line Pictures; Paul Weitz and Andrew Miano of Depth of Field; and Lizzie Friedman, Karen Lauder, and Greg Little, who are producing and financing through their company Priority Pictures.
Seth Needle of Screen Media negotiated the deal with Endeavor Content on behalf of the filmmakers.
“I’m so happy with Screen Media’s passion for the movie,” Weitz said in a statement. “It was a joy filming it, and working with actors from such disparate backgrounds.”
Read original story Screen Media Sings for Julianne Moore’s ‘Bel Canto’ At TheWrap...
- 5/8/2018
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Screen Media has acquired North American rights to Paul Weitz’s Bel Canto, a romantic drama starring Julianne Moore, Ken Watanabe, Sebastian Koch, Christopher Lambert, Ryo Kase, Tenoch Huerta, and María Mercedes Coroy.
Adapted by screenwriters Anthony Weintraub and Weitz from Ann Patchett’s novel, the film revolves around a disparate group of people in a hostage situation in South America in the 1990s.
The distributor is planning a September national release.
The film is produced by Caroline Baron and Anthony Weintraub of A-Line Pictures; Weitz and Andrew Miano of Depth of Field; and Lizzie Friedman, Karen Lauder, and Greg Little, who are producing and financing through their company Priority Pictures.
In the feature, Moore plays a famous American soprano, who travels to...
Adapted by screenwriters Anthony Weintraub and Weitz from Ann Patchett’s novel, the film revolves around a disparate group of people in a hostage situation in South America in the 1990s.
The distributor is planning a September national release.
The film is produced by Caroline Baron and Anthony Weintraub of A-Line Pictures; Weitz and Andrew Miano of Depth of Field; and Lizzie Friedman, Karen Lauder, and Greg Little, who are producing and financing through their company Priority Pictures.
In the feature, Moore plays a famous American soprano, who travels to...
- 5/8/2018
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Screen Media has acquired North American rights to Paul Weitz’s <em>Bel Canto,</em> a romantic drama starring Julianne Moore, Ken Watanabe, Sebastian Koch, Christopher Lambert, Ryo Kase, Tenoch Huerta, and María Mercedes Coroy.
Adapted by screenwriter Anthony Weintraub and Weitz from Ann Patchett’s novel, the film revolves around a disparate group of people in a hostage situation in South America in the 1990s.
The distributor is planning a September national release.
<em>Bel Canto</em> was produced by Caroline Baron and Anthony Weintraub of A-Line Pictures; Weitz and Andrew Miano of Depth of Field;...
Adapted by screenwriter Anthony Weintraub and Weitz from Ann Patchett’s novel, the film revolves around a disparate group of people in a hostage situation in South America in the 1990s.
The distributor is planning a September national release.
<em>Bel Canto</em> was produced by Caroline Baron and Anthony Weintraub of A-Line Pictures; Weitz and Andrew Miano of Depth of Field;...
Screen Media has acquired North American rights to “Bel Canto,” Paul Weitz’s adaptation of the acclaimed Ann Patchett novel. The drama about a hostage crisis stars Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe. Opera legend Renée Fleming contributes vocals to the film. A national theatrical release is planned for September.
“Bel Canto” centers on Roxane Coss (Moore), a famous American soprano, who travels to South America to give a private concert at the birthday party of a Japanese mogul (Watanabe). The festivities are interrupted by guerrillas demanding the release of their imprisoned comrades. A lengthy standoff ensues, and as talks drag on bonds are formed between hostages and captors.
Sebastian Koch, Christopher Lambert, Ryo Kase, Tenoch Huerta and María Mercedes Coroy round out the cast. The film was written by Anthony Weintraub and Weitz. It is produced by Caroline Baron and Anthony Weintraub of A-Line Pictures; Weitz and Andrew Miano of...
“Bel Canto” centers on Roxane Coss (Moore), a famous American soprano, who travels to South America to give a private concert at the birthday party of a Japanese mogul (Watanabe). The festivities are interrupted by guerrillas demanding the release of their imprisoned comrades. A lengthy standoff ensues, and as talks drag on bonds are formed between hostages and captors.
Sebastian Koch, Christopher Lambert, Ryo Kase, Tenoch Huerta and María Mercedes Coroy round out the cast. The film was written by Anthony Weintraub and Weitz. It is produced by Caroline Baron and Anthony Weintraub of A-Line Pictures; Weitz and Andrew Miano of...
- 5/8/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
- 7/12/2017
- by John Lithgow
- Vulture
Ahead of start of production in New York on Monday [13], Sebastian Koch, Elsa Zylberstein and Christopher Lambert have joined the romantic drama as Bloom continues sales at the Efm.
Paul Weitz will direct Bel Canto and adapted the screenplay with Anthony Weintraub from Ann Patchett’s novel of the same name.
Julianne Moore will star alongside Ken Watanabe in the story set against the backdrop of a hostage crisis in South America.
Moore will play a famous soprano invited to perform at the birthday party of a rich Japanese industrialist when guerrillas storm the building. Grammy-winning soprano Renée Fleming will provide vocals.
Bloom introduced Bel Canto in Toronto last year and Wme Global handles Us rights.
Caroline Baron and Anthony Weintraub will produce through A-Line Pictures alongside Weitz and Andrew Miano of Depth of Field, and Lizzie Friedman, Karen Lauder and Greg Little of Priority Pictures.
Paul Weitz will direct Bel Canto and adapted the screenplay with Anthony Weintraub from Ann Patchett’s novel of the same name.
Julianne Moore will star alongside Ken Watanabe in the story set against the backdrop of a hostage crisis in South America.
Moore will play a famous soprano invited to perform at the birthday party of a rich Japanese industrialist when guerrillas storm the building. Grammy-winning soprano Renée Fleming will provide vocals.
Bloom introduced Bel Canto in Toronto last year and Wme Global handles Us rights.
Caroline Baron and Anthony Weintraub will produce through A-Line Pictures alongside Weitz and Andrew Miano of Depth of Field, and Lizzie Friedman, Karen Lauder and Greg Little of Priority Pictures.
- 2/9/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
It's already May - a good time to check the status on those New Year's resolutions. Whether it was eating better, exercising, spending more time with family, or even finally finding the love of your life - like George Clooney in this week's issue - we all want to know how to improve. Our staff's reading books this week that examine how to be a better, happier and more successful you. Share your thoughts on their choices - and let us know what you're reading. Betsy Gleick, Deputy Editor Her Pick: Advice for a Happy Life by Anne Friedman Glauber...
- 5/1/2014
- by Janine Rayford Rubenstein
- PEOPLE.com
You know the students who never did the reading and managed to get by using CliffsNotes? That was me – except in the case of “Bel Canto.” The Ann Patchett book is based on the Lima Crisis of 1996 – 1997 during which revolutionaries invaded the Japanese ambassador’s home in the midst of a party and held the guests hostage for 126 days. In Patchett’s book the story is relocated to an unnamed country and focuses on a birthday party thrown at the vice president’s home for the chairman of a major Japanese electronics company called Nansei. Key characters include Nansei chairman, Katsumi Hosokawa, his translator, Gen, and renowned American [ Read More ]
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- 2/8/2013
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
It's Sunday afternoon — your last chance to read all that stuff you meant to read last week before Monday brings a new deluge of things you will want to read. Below, some of our recommendations: "The Year in Pop: Lana Del Rey" by Christopher Glazek (Artforum): Why Lana Del Rey's historical mash-ups peg our cultural moment more eloquently than any verse about smartphones. "With Bill Murray, Just Take the Trip" by David Itzkoff (New York Times): The actor talks about playing Fdr and serendipity, and drags a reporter onstage in Chicago. "'I Pretty Much Wanted to Die'" by Alan Sepinwall (Grantland): The origins of Lost, as told by the people who made it. "Bryan Saunders: portrait of the artist on crystal meth" by Jon Ronson (The Guardian): Is Bryan Saunders an outsider artist, a troubled man in need of help, or both? "The Bookstore Strikes...
- 12/2/2012
- by Caroline Bankoff,Andre Tartar
- Vulture
New York — This fall, British writer J.K. Rowling plans to make her one and only in-person appearance in the U.S. to promote her first novel for adults.
The "Harry Potter" author will discuss "The Casual Vacancy" at New York's Jazz at Lincoln Center on Oct. 16. The venue can seat about 1,100 people.
Little, Brown and Company announced Wednesday that Rowling will be interviewed on stage by fellow author Ann Patchett and will take "select" audience questions. Rowling also will sign copies of her new book for each audience member. Booksellers will have access to a live web cast.
Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis, starting Sept. 10. Prices range from $44 for phone purchases, $43 for online and $37 at the Jazz at Lincoln Center box office.
The "Harry Potter" author will discuss "The Casual Vacancy" at New York's Jazz at Lincoln Center on Oct. 16. The venue can seat about 1,100 people.
Little, Brown and Company announced Wednesday that Rowling will be interviewed on stage by fellow author Ann Patchett and will take "select" audience questions. Rowling also will sign copies of her new book for each audience member. Booksellers will have access to a live web cast.
Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis, starting Sept. 10. Prices range from $44 for phone purchases, $43 for online and $37 at the Jazz at Lincoln Center box office.
- 8/22/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
New York (AP) — Tina Fey, Jane Fonda and William Shatner are now award winners in the book world.
On Tuesday night, Fey received Audie Awards for Audio Book of the Year and best Biography/Memoir for her narration of her million-selling "Bossypants." Fonda won in the Personal Development category as the reader of her own "Prime Time." Shatner was cited in Humor for "Shatner's Rules." An audiobook about the Titanic, "The Watch That Ends the Night," won for Distinguished Achievement in Production.
Hope Davis' narration of Ann Patchett's "State of Wonder" won for literary fiction and Will Patton's reading of James Lee Burke's "Feast Day of Fools" won for mystery. The awards, in more than 25 categories, were sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association.
On Tuesday night, Fey received Audie Awards for Audio Book of the Year and best Biography/Memoir for her narration of her million-selling "Bossypants." Fonda won in the Personal Development category as the reader of her own "Prime Time." Shatner was cited in Humor for "Shatner's Rules." An audiobook about the Titanic, "The Watch That Ends the Night," won for Distinguished Achievement in Production.
Hope Davis' narration of Ann Patchett's "State of Wonder" won for literary fiction and Will Patton's reading of James Lee Burke's "Feast Day of Fools" won for mystery. The awards, in more than 25 categories, were sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association.
- 6/6/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Author Madeline Miller has won the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction with her debut novel.
The former classics teacher wrote The Song of Achilles, which chronicles a gay romance in ancient Greece, over a 10 year period.
Miller's book beat out novels by Ann Patchett, Esi Edugyan, Anne Enright, Georgina Harding and Cynthia Ozick.
The $48,000 (£30,000) prize recognises English language fiction written by women.
The former classics teacher wrote The Song of Achilles, which chronicles a gay romance in ancient Greece, over a 10 year period.
Miller's book beat out novels by Ann Patchett, Esi Edugyan, Anne Enright, Georgina Harding and Cynthia Ozick.
The $48,000 (£30,000) prize recognises English language fiction written by women.
- 5/30/2012
- WENN
The Pulitzer Prize Board didn’t select a winner in the Fiction category, for the first time since 1977. While the category jury chose three finalists — “Train Dreams” by Denis Johnson, “Swamplandia!” by Karen Russell and “The Pale King” by the late David Foster Wallace — the board didn’t reach a majority vote on any of the books, and therefore no winner was selected.
Like many others, we at Speakeasy feel the need to fill the gap. After all, there were...
Like many others, we at Speakeasy feel the need to fill the gap. After all, there were...
- 4/17/2012
- by Barbara Chai
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
The cover image for “Lonely at the Top.”
The acclaimed novelist Jonathan Franzen has been pretty clear about his disdain for digital publishing: “e-books,” he said, recently, “are not for serious readers.” What is a serious reader? Someone who reads Jonathan Franzen, I suppose, in hardcover.
But today there is a lot of talk about readers and what kinds of books they will buy, and too little talk about writers and the kinds of books they can create. And even...
The acclaimed novelist Jonathan Franzen has been pretty clear about his disdain for digital publishing: “e-books,” he said, recently, “are not for serious readers.” What is a serious reader? Someone who reads Jonathan Franzen, I suppose, in hardcover.
But today there is a lot of talk about readers and what kinds of books they will buy, and too little talk about writers and the kinds of books they can create. And even...
- 3/13/2012
- by Christina Lewis Halpern
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Last night, Ann Patchett appeared on "The Colbert Report" to defend physical bookstores everywhere.
Colbert introduced her by praising the amount of work she has accomplished. She is the author of both fiction and non-fiction. She won the Pen/Faulkner Award for "Bel Canto" in 2002. Her latest endeavor is being the co-owner of Nashville, Tennessee bookstore Parnassus Books.
Colbert opened with the question, "Why would a writer open a bookstore?" Patchett relayed that the two big bookstores in Nashville closed down.
When Patchett's newest book, "State of Wonder," came out, people called her asking where they could buy the book. Patchett said, "They had to go to the alteration shop to buy my book. We had No bookstores."
Despite competition from Amazon and the demise of Nashville's other bookstores, Patchett doesn't worry. She believes the industry has come full circle. "Suddenly," she said, "People are waking up and going, 'But...
Colbert introduced her by praising the amount of work she has accomplished. She is the author of both fiction and non-fiction. She won the Pen/Faulkner Award for "Bel Canto" in 2002. Her latest endeavor is being the co-owner of Nashville, Tennessee bookstore Parnassus Books.
Colbert opened with the question, "Why would a writer open a bookstore?" Patchett relayed that the two big bookstores in Nashville closed down.
When Patchett's newest book, "State of Wonder," came out, people called her asking where they could buy the book. Patchett said, "They had to go to the alteration shop to buy my book. We had No bookstores."
Despite competition from Amazon and the demise of Nashville's other bookstores, Patchett doesn't worry. She believes the industry has come full circle. "Suddenly," she said, "People are waking up and going, 'But...
- 2/21/2012
- by Zoë Triska
- Aol TV.
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