Vmi Worldwide has boarded worldwide sales on the high finance satire Discussion Materials starring Tom Blyth from The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes.
Alfredo Barrios Jr. directed the existential tale about a former ice hockey player turned junior banker who navigates life at an investment bank following the death of a managing director.
The feature is based on Bill Keenan’s memoir Discussion Materials: Tales Of A Rookie Wall Street Investment Banker. Keenan, Howard Baldwin, Karen Baldwin, Andrew Sugerman, Doug Ellin, and William J. Immerman serve as producers.
Blyth portrayed the young Coriolanus Snow in the Hunger Games...
Alfredo Barrios Jr. directed the existential tale about a former ice hockey player turned junior banker who navigates life at an investment bank following the death of a managing director.
The feature is based on Bill Keenan’s memoir Discussion Materials: Tales Of A Rookie Wall Street Investment Banker. Keenan, Howard Baldwin, Karen Baldwin, Andrew Sugerman, Doug Ellin, and William J. Immerman serve as producers.
Blyth portrayed the young Coriolanus Snow in the Hunger Games...
- 2/17/2024
- ScreenDaily
Warning: The following contains spoilers for For All Mankind Season 4, Episode 5. Proceed at your own risk!
The mystery of what happened to Danny Stevens on For All Mankind has been answered.
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As previously reported, Danny’s portrayer Casey W. Johnson exited the series with the Season 4 premiere, which hinted...
The mystery of what happened to Danny Stevens on For All Mankind has been answered.
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As previously reported, Danny’s portrayer Casey W. Johnson exited the series with the Season 4 premiere, which hinted...
- 12/9/2023
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Shantel VanSanten has had many memorable roles throughout her impressive career on the small screen.
After breaking through as Quinn James on One Tree Hill in 2009, she's gone on to play Patty Spivot on The Flash, Julie Swagger on Shooter, and, more importantly, Karen Baldwin on For All Mankind.
In 2022, she joined the cast of FBI in the recurring role of Nina Chase, who blossomed into one of the best characters on the show.
Nina was a recurring player during Missy Peregrym's absence and didn't get much to do after the former's return.
Thankfully, the creatives at the wheel of the FBI franchise have come up with the inspired decision of shipping VanSanten over to FBI: Most Wanted.
It's an exciting time because there are many possibilities about how this will play out, so let's dive in.
Easier Crossover Potential
CBS loves to stage crossovers for its biggest franchises,...
After breaking through as Quinn James on One Tree Hill in 2009, she's gone on to play Patty Spivot on The Flash, Julie Swagger on Shooter, and, more importantly, Karen Baldwin on For All Mankind.
In 2022, she joined the cast of FBI in the recurring role of Nina Chase, who blossomed into one of the best characters on the show.
Nina was a recurring player during Missy Peregrym's absence and didn't get much to do after the former's return.
Thankfully, the creatives at the wheel of the FBI franchise have come up with the inspired decision of shipping VanSanten over to FBI: Most Wanted.
It's an exciting time because there are many possibilities about how this will play out, so let's dive in.
Easier Crossover Potential
CBS loves to stage crossovers for its biggest franchises,...
- 11/20/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
This article contains spoilers
Danny Stevens (Casey Johnson) has been a controversial character in Apple TV+’s breakout sci-fi series, For All Mankind. At first, the son of famous astronaut couple Gordo and Tracy Stevens cut a glum figure, having lost his childhood best friend in a terrible accident. Danny and his brother Jimmy’s emotional needs were also side-lined as their parents’ careers took increasing priority, and the pair grew up in the shadow of their heroic sacrifice on the moon.
In season two of the popular show, we found out that Danny was following in his parents’ footsteps, attending the Annapolis Naval Academy with an eye to becoming an astronaut himself. He eventually took a part-time job in Karen Baldwin’s bar, the Outpost, and developed a crush on her. Though it seemed unlikely that anything would come of it, Karen threw caution to the wind one day and slept with Danny,...
Danny Stevens (Casey Johnson) has been a controversial character in Apple TV+’s breakout sci-fi series, For All Mankind. At first, the son of famous astronaut couple Gordo and Tracy Stevens cut a glum figure, having lost his childhood best friend in a terrible accident. Danny and his brother Jimmy’s emotional needs were also side-lined as their parents’ careers took increasing priority, and the pair grew up in the shadow of their heroic sacrifice on the moon.
In season two of the popular show, we found out that Danny was following in his parents’ footsteps, attending the Annapolis Naval Academy with an eye to becoming an astronaut himself. He eventually took a part-time job in Karen Baldwin’s bar, the Outpost, and developed a crush on her. Though it seemed unlikely that anything would come of it, Karen threw caution to the wind one day and slept with Danny,...
- 11/11/2023
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
For All Mankind has settled into life on Mars’ self-sustaining colony in the first trailer for Season 4, but a new space race to get the “most valuable known object in our solar system” has us worried about Ed Baldwin & Co. (But mostly Ed.)
“Rocketing into the new millennium in the eight years since Season 3, Happy Valley has rapidly expanded its footprint on Mars by turning former foes into partners,” reads the official synopsis. “Now 2003, the focus of the space program has turned to the capture and mining of extremely valuable, mineral-rich asteroids that could change the future of both Earth and Mars.
“Rocketing into the new millennium in the eight years since Season 3, Happy Valley has rapidly expanded its footprint on Mars by turning former foes into partners,” reads the official synopsis. “Now 2003, the focus of the space program has turned to the capture and mining of extremely valuable, mineral-rich asteroids that could change the future of both Earth and Mars.
- 10/12/2023
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
When For All Mankind Season 4 gets underway on Apple TV+, viewers will see less of one of its most popular stars.
TV Line reports that Jodi Balfour is bowing out of the alt-history drama as a series regular.
Balfour, who plays Ellen, is expected to appear in some capacity.
The series has said goodbye to some fantastic people over the years, and something tells us we'll be saying goodbye to more as the years in the narrative go on.
Ellen has been a key player since For All Mankind Season 1, and her presence has been felt throughout three glorious seasons.
Knowing that we'll be seeing less of her doesn't give us much excitement for For All Mankind Season 4.
As you'll recall, the criminally underrated series ended its third season by writing out Shantel VanSanten's Karen Baldwin and Sonya Walger's Molly Cobb.
The series has had a wonderful tapestry...
TV Line reports that Jodi Balfour is bowing out of the alt-history drama as a series regular.
Balfour, who plays Ellen, is expected to appear in some capacity.
The series has said goodbye to some fantastic people over the years, and something tells us we'll be saying goodbye to more as the years in the narrative go on.
Ellen has been a key player since For All Mankind Season 1, and her presence has been felt throughout three glorious seasons.
Knowing that we'll be seeing less of her doesn't give us much excitement for For All Mankind Season 4.
As you'll recall, the criminally underrated series ended its third season by writing out Shantel VanSanten's Karen Baldwin and Sonya Walger's Molly Cobb.
The series has had a wonderful tapestry...
- 8/9/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
For All Mankind is losing another formidable woman.
Jodi Balfour, who plays NASA astronaut-turned-President Ellen Waverly, will not return as a series regular for Season 4, TVLine has learned exclusively. The actress will, however, appear in some capacity, we’re told, presumably to bring closure to her storyline. An Apple TV+ rep declined to comment.
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Balfour...
Jodi Balfour, who plays NASA astronaut-turned-President Ellen Waverly, will not return as a series regular for Season 4, TVLine has learned exclusively. The actress will, however, appear in some capacity, we’re told, presumably to bring closure to her storyline. An Apple TV+ rep declined to comment.
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Balfour...
- 8/9/2023
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Omega Entertainment has made a pair of moves designed to transform it into a global financing, production and sales entity. Peter Rogers has been named president, and the company has entered into a two-year, first-look financing deal with Howard and Karen Baldwin's Baldwin Entertainment Group banner.
Switzerland-based Omega, which had been financing small- to midsize pictures and selling pan-European rights, is seeking to become a "European-based independent powerhouse," founder Markus Barmettler said. It plans to make and release as many as 10 films a year, with budgets ranging from $10 million-$60 million.
Rogers, who will be headquartered in a new London office overseeing all international operations, was president of Lakeshore International.
Omega and BEG are in the midst of putting together a slate that includes "Mandrake", a contemporary action-adventure based on the classic comic "Mandrake the Magician", which Chuck Russell will direct; "Luna", a biopic of eco-warrior Julia Butterfly Hill, to be directed by Deepa Mehta; "1:30 Train", a love story that Joel Schumacher is in talks to direct; and the romantic comedy "Indiscretion", which Peter Cattaneo will direct.
Switzerland-based Omega, which had been financing small- to midsize pictures and selling pan-European rights, is seeking to become a "European-based independent powerhouse," founder Markus Barmettler said. It plans to make and release as many as 10 films a year, with budgets ranging from $10 million-$60 million.
Rogers, who will be headquartered in a new London office overseeing all international operations, was president of Lakeshore International.
Omega and BEG are in the midst of putting together a slate that includes "Mandrake", a contemporary action-adventure based on the classic comic "Mandrake the Magician", which Chuck Russell will direct; "Luna", a biopic of eco-warrior Julia Butterfly Hill, to be directed by Deepa Mehta; "1:30 Train", a love story that Joel Schumacher is in talks to direct; and the romantic comedy "Indiscretion", which Peter Cattaneo will direct.
- 4/25/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
One could make the case that any movie starring Penelope Cruz or William H. Macy can't be all bad. And "Sahara", which stars both Penelope Cruz and William H. Macy, proves the point: It isn't all bad.
What it is is a big summer action movie that would have been hot stuff about 30 years ago but looks tired and worn today despite a perky, attractive cast that refuses to wilt in the desert sun. Star Matthew McConaughey can draw female audiences just as Cruz draws males, so the film should do enough boxoffice so as not to cause the new Paramount regime any anguish. It might take video and DVD to put the film in the black.
Although shot in Morocco and Spain, the movie is set vaguely in sub-Saharan Africa, mostly Nigeria and Mali. "Sahara" is based on one of novelist Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt adventures, whose intrepid hero is a deep-sea expert and treasure hunter with a nose for trouble and lovely women. In movie terms, Dirk is something of a cross between James Bond and Indiana Jones.
Unfortunately, McConaughey is a little too light to step into the kind of role Harrison Ford or Kevin Costner would have played it a decade or so ago. And Steve Zahn is likable but forced as Al Giordino, Dirk's happy-go-lucky sidekick with a quick quip for any situation. The division of labor between these two is best summed up by Zahn's line: "I'll find the bomb! You get the girl!"
Cruz doesn't have much to do other than look ravishing while jumping from a camel onto a moving train or leaping out of a helicopter to escape the villain. And Macy gets sidelined with a character, nominally Dirk's boss, who hears about all the action over the telephone. Still it is fun to watch the two actors turn nonsense into watchable nonsense.
So what is a deep-sea expert doing in the Sahara? Actually he is searching for a Civil War Ironclad battleship that he and he alone believes somehow drifted from Virginia to Africa 140 years ago. Cruz's Dr. Rojas is a World Health Organization doctor determined to locate the cause of a baffling new plague in Mali. Her search has no real connection to Dirk and Al's quest, yet they keep running into one another in the vast wilderness so that Dirk can rescue her from certain death. (In fairness, she rescues him too.)
The trio's escapades come to the attention of evil French entrepreneur Massarde (Lambert Wilson) and Mali strongman General Kazim (Lennie James) who send the entire Mali army after them to cover up the source of the rapidly spreading illness. Four writers struggle to give the plot any sense of plausibility without much success. Leaps in logic and locations abound as our heroes wisecrack their way through fights without a scratch.
First-time feature director Breck Eisner -- he has directed a TV film -- does a respectable job in maintaining forward momentum and brisk byplay among the actors. The film's action set pieces, including a battle between boats on a river, breaking into a mysterious power plant in the middle of nowhere and various skirmishes between our heroes and the general's faceless soldiers, come off effectively.
There is nothing to them though we haven't seen before, and the use of old pop songs on the soundtrack contributes to a strong feeling of Deja Vu. The film's otherworldly locations and sets that neatly blend into the startling vistas spruce up the formulaic happenings. Production designer Allan Cameron has, after all, designed a Bond movie, and this is his fourth movie in Morocco. Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey makes the most of the locations to give them a haunting beauty. No, it isn't all bad but it isn't very good either.
SAHARA
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures and Bristol Bay Prods. present in association with Baldwin Entertainment Group a j.k. livin production, a Kanzaman production
Credits:
Director: Breck Eisner
Screenwriters: Thomas Dean Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer, John C. Richards, James V. Hart
Based on the novel by: Clive Cussler
Producers: Howard Baldwin, Karen Baldwin, Mace Neufeld, Stephanie Austin
Executive producers: Matthew McConaughey, Gus Gustawes, William J. Immerman, Vicki Dee Rock
Director of photography: Seamus McGarvey
Production designer: Allan Cameron
Music: Clint Mansell
Costumes: Anna Sheppard
Editor: Andrew MacRitchie
Cast:
Dirk Pitt: Matthew McConaughey
Al Giordino: Steve Zahn
Dr. Eva Rojas: Penelope Cruz
Massarde: Lambert Wilson
Dr. Hopper: Glynn Turman
Carl: Delroy Lindo
Admiral Sandecker: William H. Macy
Rudi: Rainn Wilson
MPAA rating: PG-13.
Running time: 123 minutes.
What it is is a big summer action movie that would have been hot stuff about 30 years ago but looks tired and worn today despite a perky, attractive cast that refuses to wilt in the desert sun. Star Matthew McConaughey can draw female audiences just as Cruz draws males, so the film should do enough boxoffice so as not to cause the new Paramount regime any anguish. It might take video and DVD to put the film in the black.
Although shot in Morocco and Spain, the movie is set vaguely in sub-Saharan Africa, mostly Nigeria and Mali. "Sahara" is based on one of novelist Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt adventures, whose intrepid hero is a deep-sea expert and treasure hunter with a nose for trouble and lovely women. In movie terms, Dirk is something of a cross between James Bond and Indiana Jones.
Unfortunately, McConaughey is a little too light to step into the kind of role Harrison Ford or Kevin Costner would have played it a decade or so ago. And Steve Zahn is likable but forced as Al Giordino, Dirk's happy-go-lucky sidekick with a quick quip for any situation. The division of labor between these two is best summed up by Zahn's line: "I'll find the bomb! You get the girl!"
Cruz doesn't have much to do other than look ravishing while jumping from a camel onto a moving train or leaping out of a helicopter to escape the villain. And Macy gets sidelined with a character, nominally Dirk's boss, who hears about all the action over the telephone. Still it is fun to watch the two actors turn nonsense into watchable nonsense.
So what is a deep-sea expert doing in the Sahara? Actually he is searching for a Civil War Ironclad battleship that he and he alone believes somehow drifted from Virginia to Africa 140 years ago. Cruz's Dr. Rojas is a World Health Organization doctor determined to locate the cause of a baffling new plague in Mali. Her search has no real connection to Dirk and Al's quest, yet they keep running into one another in the vast wilderness so that Dirk can rescue her from certain death. (In fairness, she rescues him too.)
The trio's escapades come to the attention of evil French entrepreneur Massarde (Lambert Wilson) and Mali strongman General Kazim (Lennie James) who send the entire Mali army after them to cover up the source of the rapidly spreading illness. Four writers struggle to give the plot any sense of plausibility without much success. Leaps in logic and locations abound as our heroes wisecrack their way through fights without a scratch.
First-time feature director Breck Eisner -- he has directed a TV film -- does a respectable job in maintaining forward momentum and brisk byplay among the actors. The film's action set pieces, including a battle between boats on a river, breaking into a mysterious power plant in the middle of nowhere and various skirmishes between our heroes and the general's faceless soldiers, come off effectively.
There is nothing to them though we haven't seen before, and the use of old pop songs on the soundtrack contributes to a strong feeling of Deja Vu. The film's otherworldly locations and sets that neatly blend into the startling vistas spruce up the formulaic happenings. Production designer Allan Cameron has, after all, designed a Bond movie, and this is his fourth movie in Morocco. Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey makes the most of the locations to give them a haunting beauty. No, it isn't all bad but it isn't very good either.
SAHARA
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures and Bristol Bay Prods. present in association with Baldwin Entertainment Group a j.k. livin production, a Kanzaman production
Credits:
Director: Breck Eisner
Screenwriters: Thomas Dean Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer, John C. Richards, James V. Hart
Based on the novel by: Clive Cussler
Producers: Howard Baldwin, Karen Baldwin, Mace Neufeld, Stephanie Austin
Executive producers: Matthew McConaughey, Gus Gustawes, William J. Immerman, Vicki Dee Rock
Director of photography: Seamus McGarvey
Production designer: Allan Cameron
Music: Clint Mansell
Costumes: Anna Sheppard
Editor: Andrew MacRitchie
Cast:
Dirk Pitt: Matthew McConaughey
Al Giordino: Steve Zahn
Dr. Eva Rojas: Penelope Cruz
Massarde: Lambert Wilson
Dr. Hopper: Glynn Turman
Carl: Delroy Lindo
Admiral Sandecker: William H. Macy
Rudi: Rainn Wilson
MPAA rating: PG-13.
Running time: 123 minutes.
Opened
Thursday, July 31
Australia
SYDNEY -- Rhys Ifans is a character actor par excellence, a skilled scene-stealer who has lifted from the likes of Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts ("Notting Hill"), Tim Robbins ("Human Nature"), Kevin Spacey ("The Shipping News") and Adam Sandler ("Little Nicky"). In the warm, sparkling character comedy "Danny Deckchair", the Welsh actor moves to center stage, but it has taken a trip to Australia to get him there.
With its engaging performances, left-of-center humor, winning sense of warmth and the presence of Ifans, "Danny Deckchair" may just float its way to some low-key art house success.
A fable-like quality is often difficult to catch, but debut feature director Jeff Balsmeyer (an American living in Sydney) has done just that. While the town of Clarence is grounded in reality, there's just enough magic about it to suggest that this all might be a figment of Danny's imagination.
As well as capturing the elusive glow of magic realism, Balsmeyer also succeeds in drawing fine performances out of his cast. Ifans is all charm and sturdy sweetness as Danny, while Otto (about as far away from her icily dignified turn in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" as you could get) is the perfect foil, equally sweet but with an earthier verve. Clarke is superb as Trudy, giving her character enough levels to make her so much more interesting than the garden-variety villain that she could have been.
The only real problem with "Danny Deckchair" is that writer-director Balsmeyer fails to set up the changes that Danny will undergo when he arrives in Clarence. We are shown nothing of his real potential in the early stages of the film, so his sudden transformation (where he has advice for everyone and even moves into small-town politics) comes out of nowhere.
DANNY DECKCHAIR
The Cobalt Media Group and Macquarie Film Corp. in association with Crusader Entertainment presents a City Production
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Jeff Balsmeyer
Producer: Andrew Mason
Executive producers: Howard Baldwin, Karen Baldwin, Bill Immerman
Co-producer: Lizzie Bryant
Director of photography: Martin McGrath
Production designer: Kim Buddee
Music: Plan 9
Editor: Suresh Ayyar
Cast:
Danny Morgan: Rhys Ifans
Glenda Lake: Miranda Otto
Trudy Dunphy: Justine Clarke
Sandy Upman: Rhys Muldoon
Pete: John Batchelor
Donna: Jane Ruggiero
Bob: Rod Zuanic
Running time -- 100 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Thursday, July 31
Australia
SYDNEY -- Rhys Ifans is a character actor par excellence, a skilled scene-stealer who has lifted from the likes of Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts ("Notting Hill"), Tim Robbins ("Human Nature"), Kevin Spacey ("The Shipping News") and Adam Sandler ("Little Nicky"). In the warm, sparkling character comedy "Danny Deckchair", the Welsh actor moves to center stage, but it has taken a trip to Australia to get him there.
With its engaging performances, left-of-center humor, winning sense of warmth and the presence of Ifans, "Danny Deckchair" may just float its way to some low-key art house success.
A fable-like quality is often difficult to catch, but debut feature director Jeff Balsmeyer (an American living in Sydney) has done just that. While the town of Clarence is grounded in reality, there's just enough magic about it to suggest that this all might be a figment of Danny's imagination.
As well as capturing the elusive glow of magic realism, Balsmeyer also succeeds in drawing fine performances out of his cast. Ifans is all charm and sturdy sweetness as Danny, while Otto (about as far away from her icily dignified turn in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" as you could get) is the perfect foil, equally sweet but with an earthier verve. Clarke is superb as Trudy, giving her character enough levels to make her so much more interesting than the garden-variety villain that she could have been.
The only real problem with "Danny Deckchair" is that writer-director Balsmeyer fails to set up the changes that Danny will undergo when he arrives in Clarence. We are shown nothing of his real potential in the early stages of the film, so his sudden transformation (where he has advice for everyone and even moves into small-town politics) comes out of nowhere.
DANNY DECKCHAIR
The Cobalt Media Group and Macquarie Film Corp. in association with Crusader Entertainment presents a City Production
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Jeff Balsmeyer
Producer: Andrew Mason
Executive producers: Howard Baldwin, Karen Baldwin, Bill Immerman
Co-producer: Lizzie Bryant
Director of photography: Martin McGrath
Production designer: Kim Buddee
Music: Plan 9
Editor: Suresh Ayyar
Cast:
Danny Morgan: Rhys Ifans
Glenda Lake: Miranda Otto
Trudy Dunphy: Justine Clarke
Sandy Upman: Rhys Muldoon
Pete: John Batchelor
Donna: Jane Ruggiero
Bob: Rod Zuanic
Running time -- 100 minutes
No MPAA rating...
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