Exclusive: Amanda Peet (Dirty John) is set as a lead opposite Jon Hamm in Your Friends and Neighbors, Apple TV+’s upcoming drama series from Warrior creator Jonathan Tropper and Apple Studios. Craig Gillespie (Physical) is set to direct the first two episodes and executive produce.
Based on an original idea by Tropper, Your Friends and Neighbors stars Hamm as Coop, a recently divorced hedge fund manager who, after being fired, resorts to stealing from the wealthy residents in his tony upstate New York suburb in order to keep his family’s lifestyle afloat. These petty crimes begin to reinvigorate him until he breaks into the wrong house at the wrong time.
In addition to Hamm, Peet, whose role is being kept under wraps, joins previously cast Olivia Munn.
Tropper, who served as showrunner for Apple’s See and has an overall deal with the streamer, created Your Friends and Neighbors...
Based on an original idea by Tropper, Your Friends and Neighbors stars Hamm as Coop, a recently divorced hedge fund manager who, after being fired, resorts to stealing from the wealthy residents in his tony upstate New York suburb in order to keep his family’s lifestyle afloat. These petty crimes begin to reinvigorate him until he breaks into the wrong house at the wrong time.
In addition to Hamm, Peet, whose role is being kept under wraps, joins previously cast Olivia Munn.
Tropper, who served as showrunner for Apple’s See and has an overall deal with the streamer, created Your Friends and Neighbors...
- 3/14/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher, Kyra Sedgewick, Frontline’s Raney Aronson-Rath and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Alex Borstein will among those honored at the New York Women In Film & Television Muse Awards later this month.
Aronson-Rath, editor-in-chief and executive producer of PBS Frontline, whose doc 20 Days in Mariupol won an Oscar Sunday, will receive the Enid Roth Award for Excellence in Journalism. The Made in NY Award from Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment will be presented to actress, writer, and producer and star of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Alex Borstein.
Honorees also include actress Critics Choice Award and BAFTA Rising Star Award-nominated actress Millicent Simmonds (A Quiet Place), who will receive the Loreen Arbus Changemaker Award; Michèle Stephenson (Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project), a filmmaker, artist and author, awarded the Nancy Malone Directing Award.
Cardinal, and Latasha Gillespie,...
Aronson-Rath, editor-in-chief and executive producer of PBS Frontline, whose doc 20 Days in Mariupol won an Oscar Sunday, will receive the Enid Roth Award for Excellence in Journalism. The Made in NY Award from Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment will be presented to actress, writer, and producer and star of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Alex Borstein.
Honorees also include actress Critics Choice Award and BAFTA Rising Star Award-nominated actress Millicent Simmonds (A Quiet Place), who will receive the Loreen Arbus Changemaker Award; Michèle Stephenson (Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project), a filmmaker, artist and author, awarded the Nancy Malone Directing Award.
Cardinal, and Latasha Gillespie,...
- 3/13/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
“Sunrise” is a new horror feature, directed by Andrew Baird, starring Guy Pearce and Alex Pettyfer, releasing January 19, 2024 in theaters:
“…’Fallon’ (Alex Pettyfer) roams the land as a creature of the night as he comes to terms with tragic loss of his family at the hands of ‘Reynolds’ (Guy Pearce)…”
Cast also includes Olwen Fouéré as ‘Ma Reynolds’, Kurt Yaeger as ‘Gillespie’, Crystal Yu as ‘Yan Loi, William Gao as ‘Edward’, Forrest Bothwell as ‘Petrie’, Richard Pettyfer as ‘Sam Riley’ and Chanel White as ‘Clare’.
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“…’Fallon’ (Alex Pettyfer) roams the land as a creature of the night as he comes to terms with tragic loss of his family at the hands of ‘Reynolds’ (Guy Pearce)…”
Cast also includes Olwen Fouéré as ‘Ma Reynolds’, Kurt Yaeger as ‘Gillespie’, Crystal Yu as ‘Yan Loi, William Gao as ‘Edward’, Forrest Bothwell as ‘Petrie’, Richard Pettyfer as ‘Sam Riley’ and Chanel White as ‘Clare’.
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- 1/17/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
When people think of Jim Gillespie’s I Know What You Did Last Summer, they usually consider it a solid slasher. It certainly had an engaging lead cast—Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Ryan Phillippe—and a script from Scream creator himself, Kevin Williamson. It even spawned an Amazon Prime spinoff series and is being featured as part of a “High School Horror” category on the Criterion Channel.
But that’s not the film this article is about. This is about the 1998 sequel that has a less positive reputation: Danny Cannon’s I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, which brought back Hewitt and Prinze Jr., but not Gillespie and Williamson. A lot of people tend to think of it as a lesser follow-up that is best left forgotten.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of I Still Know, which is even getting a...
But that’s not the film this article is about. This is about the 1998 sequel that has a less positive reputation: Danny Cannon’s I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, which brought back Hewitt and Prinze Jr., but not Gillespie and Williamson. A lot of people tend to think of it as a lesser follow-up that is best left forgotten.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of I Still Know, which is even getting a...
- 11/13/2023
- by Alan Dorich
- DailyDead
Craig Gillespie is an Australian film director who has made a significant impact in Hollywood with his unique style and approach to direction. Gillespie rose to fame after directing the hit movie, I, Tonya, and the critically acclaimed series, Pam & Tommy. In 2023, Gillespie will bring the incredible true story of the Game Stop shares to life with Dumb Money. After becoming one of Hollywood’s top filmmakers, Gillespie has built a lot of hype for Dumb Money. Once the official trailer dropped, movie fanatics were promised another glaring success from the climbing director. Based on real life events, and boasting...
- 9/16/2023
- by Matthew C. F
- TVovermind.com
Craig Gillespie’s comedy-drama Dumb Money starts its three-step platform release this weekend courtesy of Sony, opening in eight theaters in LA, NY, Chicago, DC, Boston and San Francisco ahead of an expansion next week and a Sept. 29 wide release. Gillespie (I, Tonya, Lars and the Real Girl) saw lots of love in Toronto for the premiere of his tale of meme stocks, retail traders, riches and battles won and lost. Opening week cinemas include AMC Century City and The Grove (LA); AMC Lincoln Square, Regal Union Square (NY); AMC River East (Chicago); AMC Georgetown; AMC Boston Commons; and AMC Metreon (San Francisco).
The David and Goliath story is that of a phenomenon that exploded in 2021 where ordinary people surged into the market backing specific stocks, pounded them on social media and flipped the script on Wall Street as other piled in. They turned GameStop into the world’s hottest stock for a period,...
The David and Goliath story is that of a phenomenon that exploded in 2021 where ordinary people surged into the market backing specific stocks, pounded them on social media and flipped the script on Wall Street as other piled in. They turned GameStop into the world’s hottest stock for a period,...
- 9/15/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The GameStop short squeeze drama Dumb Money premiered at the Toronto Film Festival before hitting theaters tomorrow through Sony Pictures. I, Tonya and Lars and the Real Girl helmer Craig Gillespie directed with Paul Dano playing Keith Gill, whose impassioned YouTube stock tip on the retail store for hardcore gamers drew a rabid following during the pandemic, and would up making a multimillionaire of Gill and bankrupting a major hedge fund. Shailene Woodley, Pete Davidson, Seth Rogen, Vincent D’Onofrio, Nick Offerman, Sebastian Stan and America Ferrera round out the cast of the Black Bear-funded film that Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo adapted from Ben Mezrich’s book The Anti-Social Network.
The Aussie Gillespie takes us through his second fact-based underdog story, which he’s mixed with Cruella, and a sequel that will start after the strike ends.
Deadline: I remember last time you had a film in Toronto, I,...
The Aussie Gillespie takes us through his second fact-based underdog story, which he’s mixed with Cruella, and a sequel that will start after the strike ends.
Deadline: I remember last time you had a film in Toronto, I,...
- 9/14/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
[Editor’s note: In solidarity with the WGA strike, Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Schuker Blum are only participating in interviews arranged through personal connections like this one.]
You could say that Craig Gillespie got in on the ground floor. Sort of. During the early days of the Covid lockdown — i.e., the early days of what would become the GameStop stock phenomenon that his new feature “Dumb Money” chronicles — one of the filmmaker’s sons returned home to live with Gillespie and his wife.
“He started dabbling in the stock exchange. He was looking for opportunities everywhere,” Gillespie said in a recent interview with IndieWire. “He found WallStreetBets and started following, and he was on there for months prior to the GameStop thing. He was in it, as it was happening in real-time. He’d be around the house, like, ‘Hey, Elon Musk just tweeted GameStonk, people are freaking out. Mark Cuban just commented on it.’ So you started...
You could say that Craig Gillespie got in on the ground floor. Sort of. During the early days of the Covid lockdown — i.e., the early days of what would become the GameStop stock phenomenon that his new feature “Dumb Money” chronicles — one of the filmmaker’s sons returned home to live with Gillespie and his wife.
“He started dabbling in the stock exchange. He was looking for opportunities everywhere,” Gillespie said in a recent interview with IndieWire. “He found WallStreetBets and started following, and he was on there for months prior to the GameStop thing. He was in it, as it was happening in real-time. He’d be around the house, like, ‘Hey, Elon Musk just tweeted GameStonk, people are freaking out. Mark Cuban just commented on it.’ So you started...
- 9/14/2023
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Six years after directing Allison Janney to an Oscar-winning performance in “I, Tonya,” Craig Gillespie returns with “Dumb Money,” another serio-comic tale based on a true story that is certain to be another major awards contender. His new Sony Pictures release, which debuted to a raucous reception at TIFF on September 8, recounts the ups and downs of the 2021 short squeeze of Game Stop stock that rattled the financial industry.
Ben Mezrich chronicled this unlikely story in his bestseller “The Antisocial Network,” and Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo have deftly adapted it for the screen. They focus on Keith Gill, the marketing professional who sank his life savings into the stock and then posted about it on Reddit. After his stock tip ignited a movement, Wall Street bankers balked and fought back.
Paul Dano, who came so close to an Oscar bid last year for “The Fabelmans,” is getting even...
Ben Mezrich chronicled this unlikely story in his bestseller “The Antisocial Network,” and Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo have deftly adapted it for the screen. They focus on Keith Gill, the marketing professional who sank his life savings into the stock and then posted about it on Reddit. After his stock tip ignited a movement, Wall Street bankers balked and fought back.
Paul Dano, who came so close to an Oscar bid last year for “The Fabelmans,” is getting even...
- 9/9/2023
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Plot: An amateur investor who regularly posts on YouTube and Reddit bets heavily on GameStop, only to kick off a mini-revolution where many of his followers invest in the stock, bringing it to an incredible high that costs the hedge funds who shorted the stock billions.
Review: Craig Gillespie’s Dumb Money is one of those movies like The Big Short that, while entertaining, will likely leave audiences fuming at the inequality of today’s financial markets. It’s a rigged game where the little guy has very little chance against multi-billion dollar behemoths. Yet, the GameStop saga is unique in that it was a mini-market revolution that worked (for a while) and brought some power players to their knees despite using every tactic they could to rig the game.
This makes a good companion piece to Netflix’s more comprehensive documentary on the same case, Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga,...
Review: Craig Gillespie’s Dumb Money is one of those movies like The Big Short that, while entertaining, will likely leave audiences fuming at the inequality of today’s financial markets. It’s a rigged game where the little guy has very little chance against multi-billion dollar behemoths. Yet, the GameStop saga is unique in that it was a mini-market revolution that worked (for a while) and brought some power players to their knees despite using every tactic they could to rig the game.
This makes a good companion piece to Netflix’s more comprehensive documentary on the same case, Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga,...
- 9/9/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
In January 2021, retail investors posting on the r/WallStreetBets subreddit rallied behind the nearly bankrupt GameStop video game retail chain, blindsiding professional and institutional brokers who had wagered against it. Their efforts would cost Melvin Capital – which first put GameStop in the short position – $6.8 billion and would culminate in House Financial Services Committee hearings in Washington. It’s the stuff of legend.
The saga has already spawned multiple documentaries and docuseries, including one each at Netflix, Max and Hulu. “Dumb Money,” the first dramatic take that had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday, came together in an impressively short time, arriving while national headlines are still fresh in our collective memory. It also carries a level of pedigree, with “I, Tonya” director Craig Gillespie at helm of an adaptation of nonfiction work by Ben Mezrich, whose books also served as basis for “The Social Network...
The saga has already spawned multiple documentaries and docuseries, including one each at Netflix, Max and Hulu. “Dumb Money,” the first dramatic take that had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday, came together in an impressively short time, arriving while national headlines are still fresh in our collective memory. It also carries a level of pedigree, with “I, Tonya” director Craig Gillespie at helm of an adaptation of nonfiction work by Ben Mezrich, whose books also served as basis for “The Social Network...
- 9/9/2023
- by Martin Aubert Tsai
- The Wrap
A lot of the young men who became stock traders in the 1980s saw themselves as rebels: the new swingers of greed. Of course, they weren’t really rebels. But it felt good to them to think of themselves that way. Keith Gill (Paul Dano), the central figure in Craig Gillespie’s smart, light-fingered, brashly entertaining finance-world docudrama “Dumb Money,” is an amateur stock trader who also sees himself as a rebel. Keith, unlike the Wall Street players, actually is trying to fight the system. But he may be nearly as caught up in illusions as they are.
The Wall Street badasses of the ’80s wanted to be cool. Keith, by contrast, is a long-haired Middle American nerd who lives in Brockton, Ma, with his wife (Shailene Woodley) and infant daughter and works for the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. In his spare time, he posts freewheeling video rambles on wallstreetbets,...
The Wall Street badasses of the ’80s wanted to be cool. Keith, by contrast, is a long-haired Middle American nerd who lives in Brockton, Ma, with his wife (Shailene Woodley) and infant daughter and works for the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. In his spare time, he posts freewheeling video rambles on wallstreetbets,...
- 9/9/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Aaron Ryder was in a hurry. He knew other producers were chasing the GameStop story that was flooding headlines in 2021, as day traders ran up the stock for the brick-mortar store that had been shorted by several hedge funds. One single investor, Keith Gill (Paul Dano) believed the stock was undervalued and plowed his life savings into it. “You don’t even own a house!” a frustrated friend tells him in “Dumb Money” the movie adapted by former investigative reporters Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo from Ben Mezrich’s book “The Antisocial Network: The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders That Brought Wall Street to Its Knees,” with Craig Gillespie at the helm.
It all started during the pandemic in January 2021 when Ryder, who had built the film production division of FilmNation before new MGM chief Mike DeLuca offered him a first-look deal, was under...
It all started during the pandemic in January 2021 when Ryder, who had built the film production division of FilmNation before new MGM chief Mike DeLuca offered him a first-look deal, was under...
- 9/9/2023
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
At once a rowdy comedy and a weirdly affecting tale of working class solidarity, “Dumb Money” is perhaps the best period piece ever made about a period that just happened. The movie, directed by Craig Gillespie in full-on comedy mode, takes us all the way back to the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, when a cast of individual investors took on Wall Street with nothing but a few dollars and an unwavering sense of team spirit.
It feels almost silly to recount the broad strokes of the narrative, given how recently we all lived through it. The time was 2020. The stock was GameStop. The hero was a cat person live-streaming out of his basement. It’s difficult to imagine a viewer going into this story entirely blind. But unlike many ripped-from-the-headlines movies, “Dumb Money,” which plays like “The Big Short” for underdogs, has no trouble justifying its existence, even...
It feels almost silly to recount the broad strokes of the narrative, given how recently we all lived through it. The time was 2020. The stock was GameStop. The hero was a cat person live-streaming out of his basement. It’s difficult to imagine a viewer going into this story entirely blind. But unlike many ripped-from-the-headlines movies, “Dumb Money,” which plays like “The Big Short” for underdogs, has no trouble justifying its existence, even...
- 9/9/2023
- by Natalia Winkelman
- Indiewire
The creative team behind Sony’s David-and-Goliath comedy “Dumb Money” drew parallels between the battle between Reddit investors and Wall Street tycoons over the GameStop stock and the actors and writers strikes that are roiling Hollywood.
“We just watched a film about the system being rigged. It’s rigged on Wall Street, and it’s rigged in Hollywood,” said Lauren Schuker Blum, who co-wrote the screenplay to “Dumb Money” with Rebecca Angelo, at the Toronto Film Festival premiere on Friday night. “We’re proud to be part of a union that’s fighting for transparency.”
Craig Gillespie directed “Dumb Money,” which chronicles the stranger-than-fiction frenzy between amateur investors and hedge fund billionaires that turned into the infamous GameStop stock saga in January 2021. As the story goes, a group of fiercely loyal ragtag investors on Reddit managed to band together to put a squeeze on Wall Street traders who bet that...
“We just watched a film about the system being rigged. It’s rigged on Wall Street, and it’s rigged in Hollywood,” said Lauren Schuker Blum, who co-wrote the screenplay to “Dumb Money” with Rebecca Angelo, at the Toronto Film Festival premiere on Friday night. “We’re proud to be part of a union that’s fighting for transparency.”
Craig Gillespie directed “Dumb Money,” which chronicles the stranger-than-fiction frenzy between amateur investors and hedge fund billionaires that turned into the infamous GameStop stock saga in January 2021. As the story goes, a group of fiercely loyal ragtag investors on Reddit managed to band together to put a squeeze on Wall Street traders who bet that...
- 9/9/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin and Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Sony’s Dumb Money fired off its Toronto Film Festival world premiere Friday night, and while the mega ensemble cast of Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson, Shailene Woodley and more couldn’t be there due to the actors strike, the pic’s director Craig Gillespie, producers Teddy Schwarzman and Aaron Ryder and writers/executive producers Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Schuker Blum were.
Angelo and Schuker Blum specified that despite the WGA strike they were present onstage tonight at Roy Thomson Hall in their capacity as EPs.
The movie, about the common-folk meme investors who profited off the GameStop stock surge much to the chagrin of bigwig investors, is based on Ben Mezrich’s book The Antisocial Network. “We’re just watched a film about the system being rigged. It’s rigged on Wall Street, it’s rigged in Hollywood,” Schuker Blum said in a post-premiere Q&a. “So, we...
Angelo and Schuker Blum specified that despite the WGA strike they were present onstage tonight at Roy Thomson Hall in their capacity as EPs.
The movie, about the common-folk meme investors who profited off the GameStop stock surge much to the chagrin of bigwig investors, is based on Ben Mezrich’s book The Antisocial Network. “We’re just watched a film about the system being rigged. It’s rigged on Wall Street, it’s rigged in Hollywood,” Schuker Blum said in a post-premiere Q&a. “So, we...
- 9/9/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Natalie Sitek
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s nothing stupid about the Toronto Film Festival response to Dumb Money.
The audience at Toronto’s Roy Thompson Hall laughed loud and clapped louder at the world premiere of I, Tonya and Cruella director Craig Gillespie’s new comedy about the 2021 GameStop stock squeeze.
Paul Dano stars as Keith Gill, the real-life YouTuber who took on billionaire hedge fund managers and won. Alongside Dano, Pete Davidson stars as Keith’s brother and Shailene Woodley as his wife. Seth Rogen plays Melvin Capital founder Gabe Plotkin, one of the biggest losers in the GameStop squeeze. America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos and Sebastian Stan also star.
The actors, of course, could not attend the premiere, due to the strike (Sony, a struck company, is releasing Dumb Money in the U.S.). However, director Gillespie took the TIFF stage with his fellow Dumb Money producers Aaron Ryder from Ryder Pictures...
The audience at Toronto’s Roy Thompson Hall laughed loud and clapped louder at the world premiere of I, Tonya and Cruella director Craig Gillespie’s new comedy about the 2021 GameStop stock squeeze.
Paul Dano stars as Keith Gill, the real-life YouTuber who took on billionaire hedge fund managers and won. Alongside Dano, Pete Davidson stars as Keith’s brother and Shailene Woodley as his wife. Seth Rogen plays Melvin Capital founder Gabe Plotkin, one of the biggest losers in the GameStop squeeze. America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos and Sebastian Stan also star.
The actors, of course, could not attend the premiere, due to the strike (Sony, a struck company, is releasing Dumb Money in the U.S.). However, director Gillespie took the TIFF stage with his fellow Dumb Money producers Aaron Ryder from Ryder Pictures...
- 9/9/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sony Pictures’ “Dumb Money” could be the most frightening horror movie this year, and the Oscars would be smart to embrace it. From the critically acclaimed director Craig Gillespie, his smart and at times tragic look at the GameStop stock story of 2021 entertained the audiences of the Toronto Film Festival on Friday night where it held its world premiere.
TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey introduced the film and Gillespie brought up his fellow producers Aaron Ryder and Teddy Schwarzman, along with EPs and writers Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, who sported the film’s title on each of their purses.
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Oscars predictions in all categories.
“Dumb Money” is based on the book “The Antisocial Network” by Ben Mezrich. It tells the true story of a group of amateur investors from the Reddit page WallStreetBets who banded together to put the squeeze on...
TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey introduced the film and Gillespie brought up his fellow producers Aaron Ryder and Teddy Schwarzman, along with EPs and writers Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, who sported the film’s title on each of their purses.
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Oscars predictions in all categories.
“Dumb Money” is based on the book “The Antisocial Network” by Ben Mezrich. It tells the true story of a group of amateur investors from the Reddit page WallStreetBets who banded together to put the squeeze on...
- 9/9/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
GameStop meme stock comedy drama to premiere in TIFF on September 8.
Sony Pictures has set a three-step September release for Dumb Money, the GameStop meme stock comedy drama and TIFF world premiere, in order to expand as early as possible before the October 13 release of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
Craig Gillespie’s comedy drama starring Paul Dano, Shailene Woodley, and Seth Rogen will go on release on September 15 exclusively in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Boston, and San Francisco. It was previously scheduled to open exclusively in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and DC.
A week later...
Sony Pictures has set a three-step September release for Dumb Money, the GameStop meme stock comedy drama and TIFF world premiere, in order to expand as early as possible before the October 13 release of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
Craig Gillespie’s comedy drama starring Paul Dano, Shailene Woodley, and Seth Rogen will go on release on September 15 exclusively in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Boston, and San Francisco. It was previously scheduled to open exclusively in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and DC.
A week later...
- 9/6/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
GameStop meme stock comedy drama to premiere in TIFF on September 8.
Sony Pictures has set a three-step September release for Dumb Money, the GameStop meme stock comedy drama and TIFF world premiere starring Paul Dano, Shailene Woodley, and Seth Rogen.
Craig Gillespie’s comedy drama premieres in Toronto on September 8 and will go on release on September 15 exclusively in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Boston, and San Francisco. It was previously scheduled to open exclusively in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and DC.
A week later on September 22 the film will go into a moderate release pattern prior...
Sony Pictures has set a three-step September release for Dumb Money, the GameStop meme stock comedy drama and TIFF world premiere starring Paul Dano, Shailene Woodley, and Seth Rogen.
Craig Gillespie’s comedy drama premieres in Toronto on September 8 and will go on release on September 15 exclusively in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Boston, and San Francisco. It was previously scheduled to open exclusively in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and DC.
A week later on September 22 the film will go into a moderate release pattern prior...
- 9/6/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Updated: Craig Gillespie’s Dumb Money, which is making its Toronto Film Festival world premiere this weekend, is still on course for a three-step platform release September 15 (in LA & NYC) and September 22, but will now break wide on September 29 instead of October 6.
The comedy also sidesteps Universal’s The Exorcist: The Believer.
Its the latest movie to step out of the way of the AMC-distributed concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, which as of last week clocked more than $37 million from the three big theater circuits — AMC, Regal and Cinemark — in its first 24 hours of presales ahead of its October 13 release. It will play October 13-15, 19-22, 26-29 and October 31 and November 2-5 at AMC, Regal, Cinemark in Dolby and Imax.
Apple Original Films/Paramount’s Killers of the Flower Moon is going wide now on Oct. 20, as we reported previously; a change-up from the pic’s original plans below.
The comedy also sidesteps Universal’s The Exorcist: The Believer.
Its the latest movie to step out of the way of the AMC-distributed concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, which as of last week clocked more than $37 million from the three big theater circuits — AMC, Regal and Cinemark — in its first 24 hours of presales ahead of its October 13 release. It will play October 13-15, 19-22, 26-29 and October 31 and November 2-5 at AMC, Regal, Cinemark in Dolby and Imax.
Apple Original Films/Paramount’s Killers of the Flower Moon is going wide now on Oct. 20, as we reported previously; a change-up from the pic’s original plans below.
- 9/6/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Although "I Know What You Did Last Summer" has a reputation as just one of the many slasher thrillers trying to cash in on the success of "Scream," the script for the movie was written long before "Scream" hit theaters. Screenwriter Kevin Williamson wrote the script as a loose adaptation of the 1973 novel of the same name, and when "Scream" (also written by Williamson) became an unexpected hit, the previously uninterested studio decided to rush "Ikwydls" into production.
Of course, the 1997 film never did match the height of the "Scream" franchise. That's partly because the movie's premise only really works once, and partly because the eventual reveal of its central mystery wasn't that compelling or groundbreaking. Where "Ikwydls" shined brightest, however, was with Helen's (Sarah Michelle Gellar) chase scene near the end. It's one of the only sequences where that sense of tension and horror feels genuine, partly because Helen...
Of course, the 1997 film never did match the height of the "Scream" franchise. That's partly because the movie's premise only really works once, and partly because the eventual reveal of its central mystery wasn't that compelling or groundbreaking. Where "Ikwydls" shined brightest, however, was with Helen's (Sarah Michelle Gellar) chase scene near the end. It's one of the only sequences where that sense of tension and horror feels genuine, partly because Helen...
- 2/11/2023
- by Michael Boyle
- Slash Film
"I Know What You Did Last Summer" almost worked as a phantom wave for the neo-slasher genre, hitting theaters in the wake of Wes Craven's game changer "Scream," and sneaking in just a couple of months before "Scream 2" in October of 1997. Spawning an inferior sequel, a third entry called "I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer" with an entirely new cast, and a recently canceled Prime Video series, the original film has stayed surprisingly relevant. Now, a legacy sequel is on the way with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. in talks to return. Once again, the "Last Summer" franchise is capitalizing on the resurgent success of the "Scream" series, giving genre fans even more reason to get a little nostalgic for the late '90s horror craze.
For all the derivative tropes and fairly predictable jump scares in "I Know What You Did Last Summer,...
For all the derivative tropes and fairly predictable jump scares in "I Know What You Did Last Summer,...
- 2/10/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
Andy Samberg and Jean Smart are attached to star in the unlikely sci-fi romantic comedy “42.6 Years,” which is in development at Amazon Studios, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.
Craig Gillespie will direct, and the script comes from “Late Night With Seth Meyers” writer Seth Reiss, who recently earned a WGA nomination for co-writing “The Menu.” Based on a story drummed up by Reiss and Samberg, the screenplay made the 2022 Black List.
Samberg stars as a man who, after a life-saving, experimental procedure in which he was cryogenically frozen for 42.6 years, awakes to himself alone in the future with no one to turn to but his now-aged ex-girlfriend, played by Smart.
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Samberg is producing the film via his Party Over banner along with Ali Bell and Gillespie.
Samberg wrapped his eight-season run on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine...
Craig Gillespie will direct, and the script comes from “Late Night With Seth Meyers” writer Seth Reiss, who recently earned a WGA nomination for co-writing “The Menu.” Based on a story drummed up by Reiss and Samberg, the screenplay made the 2022 Black List.
Samberg stars as a man who, after a life-saving, experimental procedure in which he was cryogenically frozen for 42.6 years, awakes to himself alone in the future with no one to turn to but his now-aged ex-girlfriend, played by Smart.
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Samberg is producing the film via his Party Over banner along with Ali Bell and Gillespie.
Samberg wrapped his eight-season run on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine...
- 2/7/2023
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Andy Samberg and Jean Smart have teamed up for a unique May-December romantic comedy titled 42.6 Years, which is in development at Amazon Studios.
Craig Gillespie, the filmmaker behind Cruella and I, Tonya, is on board to direct the feature.
Samberg came up with the original idea and co-wrote the story with Seth Reiss, a writer on Late Night With Seth Meyers who is coming off a WGA Award nomination for The Menu. Reiss then wrote the script, which landed on the 2022 Black List.
The story centers on a young man (Samberg) who, in order to save his life, undergoes an experimental procedure in which he’s cryogenically frozen. When he wakes up 42.6 years later, physically unchanged thanks to being frozen, he finds himself alone in a future with no one to turn to but his ex-girlfriend, who is now much older than him (and played by Smart).
Samberg will produce via his banner,...
Craig Gillespie, the filmmaker behind Cruella and I, Tonya, is on board to direct the feature.
Samberg came up with the original idea and co-wrote the story with Seth Reiss, a writer on Late Night With Seth Meyers who is coming off a WGA Award nomination for The Menu. Reiss then wrote the script, which landed on the 2022 Black List.
The story centers on a young man (Samberg) who, in order to save his life, undergoes an experimental procedure in which he’s cryogenically frozen. When he wakes up 42.6 years later, physically unchanged thanks to being frozen, he finds himself alone in a future with no one to turn to but his ex-girlfriend, who is now much older than him (and played by Smart).
Samberg will produce via his banner,...
- 2/7/2023
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival, in partnership with Prime Video/Amazon Studios and The Hollywood Reporter, hosted “Reflections” on Friday, a luncheon geared toward discussing women of color’s rise to the C-Suite.
The hybrid networking event and panel discussion dealt with the realities, challenges and beauty of being women of color in leadership positions in the entertainment industry. THR editorial director Nekesa Mumbi Moody guided the conversation and was joined by Stephanie Tavares-Rance, founder of the Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival; Latasha Gillespie, head of Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Amazon Studios; and Zola Mashariki, head of Audible Studios.
Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival Women C-Suite Luncheon
The conversation began with the question of how things have changed in the last couple of years following the murder of George Floyd, which animated many conversations among the public, but more specifically what true representation and...
The hybrid networking event and panel discussion dealt with the realities, challenges and beauty of being women of color in leadership positions in the entertainment industry. THR editorial director Nekesa Mumbi Moody guided the conversation and was joined by Stephanie Tavares-Rance, founder of the Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival; Latasha Gillespie, head of Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Amazon Studios; and Zola Mashariki, head of Audible Studios.
Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival Women C-Suite Luncheon
The conversation began with the question of how things have changed in the last couple of years following the murder of George Floyd, which animated many conversations among the public, but more specifically what true representation and...
- 2/4/2023
- by Evan Nicole Brown
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: The cast for Craig Gillespie’s next film Dumb Money keeps getting better as sources tell Deadline Shailene Woodley is set to join the A-list cast of the upcoming film at Black Bear Pictures. She joins Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan and Pete Davidson with Gillespie directing. The pic based on bestselling author Ben Mezrich’s book The Antisocial Network, the script was adapted by Rebecca Angelo & Lauren Schuker Blum. Ryder Picture Company’s Aaron Ryder, Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman and Gillespie will produce. Principal photography is currently underway.
Executive producers include Michael Heimler, John Friedberg, Andrew Swett, Angelo, Schuker Blum, Mezrich, Johnny Holland, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss and Kevin Ulrich. Black Bear Pictures is fully financing, with Black Bear International handling the foreign distribution rights, which launched sales at the Toronto International Film Festival. UTA Independent Film Group is representing the U.S. rights to the film.
Executive producers include Michael Heimler, John Friedberg, Andrew Swett, Angelo, Schuker Blum, Mezrich, Johnny Holland, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss and Kevin Ulrich. Black Bear Pictures is fully financing, with Black Bear International handling the foreign distribution rights, which launched sales at the Toronto International Film Festival. UTA Independent Film Group is representing the U.S. rights to the film.
- 10/6/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon Studios is formalizing its commitment to the Latino community in Hollywood and beyond by partnering with Edward James Olmos’ Latino Film Institute, the Youth Cinema Project and local non-profit LA Collab, working together to strengthen the Hollywood pipeline.
“As we strive to be a global entertainment destination, we acknowledge the power and importance of Latino audiences. In order to tell their rich and dynamic stories authentically, we need their skills and creative power both in front of and behind the camera,” stated Latasha Gillespie, global head of Deia for Amazon Studios, Freevee and IMDb, in a press release announcing the news. “Partnering with Lfi and LA Collab is not a charitable endeavor, it is an equitable endeavor. It is our responsibility to remove barriers and open doors so everyone has the opportunity to thrive.”
As such, Amazon Studios has signed on as the exclusive sponsor of its Youth Cinema...
“As we strive to be a global entertainment destination, we acknowledge the power and importance of Latino audiences. In order to tell their rich and dynamic stories authentically, we need their skills and creative power both in front of and behind the camera,” stated Latasha Gillespie, global head of Deia for Amazon Studios, Freevee and IMDb, in a press release announcing the news. “Partnering with Lfi and LA Collab is not a charitable endeavor, it is an equitable endeavor. It is our responsibility to remove barriers and open doors so everyone has the opportunity to thrive.”
As such, Amazon Studios has signed on as the exclusive sponsor of its Youth Cinema...
- 10/4/2022
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
Right in the middle of Latino Heritage Month, Amazon Studios has announced partnerships with Latino Film Institute and LA Collab, two community organizations working to boost U.S. Latino representation in the entertainment industry.
For the Edward James Olmos-founded Lfi, the studio will serve as the exclusive sponsor of its Youth Cinema Project Alumni Program for the current 2022-23 school year and also fund the first-ever Ycp Fellowship, which will give 15 aspiring film school students, aged 14 to 18, the resources needed to make a team short film to bolster their school and scholarship applications. The short will screen at Lfi’s Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival next year. Ycp is a curriculum conducted in 4th to 12th grade classrooms in low-income, under-resourced public schools in which students learn to make a film themselves, from concept to screen, over the course of the academic year.
Right in the middle of Latino Heritage Month, Amazon Studios has announced partnerships with Latino Film Institute and LA Collab, two community organizations working to boost U.S. Latino representation in the entertainment industry.
For the Edward James Olmos-founded Lfi, the studio will serve as the exclusive sponsor of its Youth Cinema Project Alumni Program for the current 2022-23 school year and also fund the first-ever Ycp Fellowship, which will give 15 aspiring film school students, aged 14 to 18, the resources needed to make a team short film to bolster their school and scholarship applications. The short will screen at Lfi’s Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival next year. Ycp is a curriculum conducted in 4th to 12th grade classrooms in low-income, under-resourced public schools in which students learn to make a film themselves, from concept to screen, over the course of the academic year.
- 10/4/2022
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In “Mike,” blood, sweat, and probably a few tears splatter off the faces of Mike Tyson’s opponents in the ring. One after another, they’re hit with his explosive left hook, their cheeks ricocheting off their jaws before they topple dramatically to the ground. Hulu’s limited series, helmed by Steven Rogers and Craig Gillespie, slows these moments down, intent on displaying the physical impact of Tyson’s superhuman strength on the body. This sheer power, coupled with a steadfast dedication to the art of boxing is what made him the youngest heavyweight champion of the world, in 1986, at just 20 years old, catapulting him into history and pop culture stardom.
“Mike” is presented largely as an exercise in self-examination, opening with Tyson as he prepares to step on stage and narrate the events of his own tumultuous life, from his rise to fame as a boxing prodigy straight out of juvenile detention,...
“Mike” is presented largely as an exercise in self-examination, opening with Tyson as he prepares to step on stage and narrate the events of his own tumultuous life, from his rise to fame as a boxing prodigy straight out of juvenile detention,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Susannah Gruder
- Indiewire
Plot: Mike is an unauthorized and no-holds-barred look at the life of Mike Tyson – and it is one wild ride. The 8-episode limited series explores the tumultuous ups and downs of Tyson’s boxing career and personal life – from being a beloved global athlete to a pariah and back again. Focusing the lens on Mike Tyson, the series examines class in America, race in America, fame and the power of media, misogyny, the wealth divide, the promise of the American Dream and ultimately our own role in shaping Mike’s story.
Review: Mike Tyson is a divisive and controversial figure in pop culture. For sports fans, he remains one of the most exciting and talented boxers to ever wear the heavyweight championship belt. For some, he is the hilarious cameo that made The Hangover one of the biggest hits of 2009. For still others, he is a convicted rapist with a...
Review: Mike Tyson is a divisive and controversial figure in pop culture. For sports fans, he remains one of the most exciting and talented boxers to ever wear the heavyweight championship belt. For some, he is the hilarious cameo that made The Hangover one of the biggest hits of 2009. For still others, he is a convicted rapist with a...
- 8/25/2022
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
Click here to read the full article.
When it comes to “authorization,” Hulu’s Mike Tyson limited series Mike was damned if it did, damned if it didn’t, and probably shouldn’t have bothered at all.
Mike Tyson is pissed off that Mike, created by Steven Rogers and showrun by Karin Gist, was created without his “authorization,” loading up on accusations of racism against the Disney-owned streamer. The biggest problem with Mike, naturally enough, is that it’s far too generous to its unauthorized subject and, realistically, it’s hard to imagine anybody making a more sympathetic story about the former heavyweight champion and convicted rapist.
Mike isn’t some total puff piece, but it’s way more invested in trying to understand Mike Tyson and the things he has either admitted to doing or been convicted of doing than in actually depicting those things and letting the audience draw their own conclusions.
When it comes to “authorization,” Hulu’s Mike Tyson limited series Mike was damned if it did, damned if it didn’t, and probably shouldn’t have bothered at all.
Mike Tyson is pissed off that Mike, created by Steven Rogers and showrun by Karin Gist, was created without his “authorization,” loading up on accusations of racism against the Disney-owned streamer. The biggest problem with Mike, naturally enough, is that it’s far too generous to its unauthorized subject and, realistically, it’s hard to imagine anybody making a more sympathetic story about the former heavyweight champion and convicted rapist.
Mike isn’t some total puff piece, but it’s way more invested in trying to understand Mike Tyson and the things he has either admitted to doing or been convicted of doing than in actually depicting those things and letting the audience draw their own conclusions.
- 8/23/2022
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Click here to read the full article.
Showrunners Robert Siegel and D.V. DeVincentis set out to explore the story of how Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s sex tape was stolen with Hulu’s Pam and Tommy, in which Lily James and Sebastian Stan play Anderson and Lee.
The show received 10 Emmy nominations, including best limited series and nods for James, Stan and Seth Rogen, who served as an executive producer on the show and played Rand Gauthier, the man who stole the tape and whose story was first told in Amanda Chicago Lewis’ 2014 article for Rolling Stone, on which the show is based.
“There’s such an appetite for explorations into real people, and it doesn’t even have to necessarily be famous people — although that is a thing, that preexisting awareness,” DeVincentis tells THR about the nominations. “But people really want to see a dramatic exploration into something that’s real,...
Showrunners Robert Siegel and D.V. DeVincentis set out to explore the story of how Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s sex tape was stolen with Hulu’s Pam and Tommy, in which Lily James and Sebastian Stan play Anderson and Lee.
The show received 10 Emmy nominations, including best limited series and nods for James, Stan and Seth Rogen, who served as an executive producer on the show and played Rand Gauthier, the man who stole the tape and whose story was first told in Amanda Chicago Lewis’ 2014 article for Rolling Stone, on which the show is based.
“There’s such an appetite for explorations into real people, and it doesn’t even have to necessarily be famous people — although that is a thing, that preexisting awareness,” DeVincentis tells THR about the nominations. “But people really want to see a dramatic exploration into something that’s real,...
- 8/15/2022
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Seth Rogen has spoken out about his experience as part of the cast of Steven Spielberg’s Toronto Film Festival-bound The Fabelmans.
The actor shares in an upcoming edition of The Process that he wrapped his role in the film, loosely based on the iconic filmmaker’s childhood and upbringing, toward the end of last year. “It was really cool. It was fascinating. It was a really surreal experience for everyone involved,” Rogen said of the film, which has him playing a character inspired by Spielberg’s uncle. “It premieres at Toronto. I’ve literally not seen one frame of it, so it’ll be a bizarre experience.”
In conversation with Pam & Tommy editor Tatiana S. Riegel for Deadline’s video series, Rogen also addressed his “immense” relief in seeing Lily James excel in her transformational turn as the Hulu series’ Pamela Anderson.
An exec producer on the project who...
The actor shares in an upcoming edition of The Process that he wrapped his role in the film, loosely based on the iconic filmmaker’s childhood and upbringing, toward the end of last year. “It was really cool. It was fascinating. It was a really surreal experience for everyone involved,” Rogen said of the film, which has him playing a character inspired by Spielberg’s uncle. “It premieres at Toronto. I’ve literally not seen one frame of it, so it’ll be a bizarre experience.”
In conversation with Pam & Tommy editor Tatiana S. Riegel for Deadline’s video series, Rogen also addressed his “immense” relief in seeing Lily James excel in her transformational turn as the Hulu series’ Pamela Anderson.
An exec producer on the project who...
- 8/12/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
This is the first in an ongoing series on the status of progress with inclusion in Hollywood.
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Latasha Gillespie remembers having a doctor’s appointment on May 30, 2020. It was five days after George Floyd was suffocated by a police officer, his excruciating nine-minute, 29-second death — captured on video and witnessed by millions around the world — igniting an unprecedented social response of outrage and horror. Gillespie, like many other heads of inclusion in Hollywood and at companies across the country, had been working nonstop since that moment, meeting with leadership to provide guidance and messaging and with employees to listen and hold space.
“I was in heavy mode doing this,” says the Amazon Studios head of global diversity, equity and inclusion of her state of mind upon showing up at the doctor’s office. The last section of her new patient forms, on mental health,...
This is the first in an ongoing series on the status of progress with inclusion in Hollywood.
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Latasha Gillespie remembers having a doctor’s appointment on May 30, 2020. It was five days after George Floyd was suffocated by a police officer, his excruciating nine-minute, 29-second death — captured on video and witnessed by millions around the world — igniting an unprecedented social response of outrage and horror. Gillespie, like many other heads of inclusion in Hollywood and at companies across the country, had been working nonstop since that moment, meeting with leadership to provide guidance and messaging and with employees to listen and hold space.
“I was in heavy mode doing this,” says the Amazon Studios head of global diversity, equity and inclusion of her state of mind upon showing up at the doctor’s office. The last section of her new patient forms, on mental health,...
- 7/18/2022
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Walter Mirisch earned his Oscar for this Sidney Poitier hit directed by Norman Jewison. The tense mystery thriller was also a significant cultural step for Civil Rights, Hollywood-style: Poitier’s Virgil Tibbs claims the right to not turn the other cheek. Stars Rod Steiger, Lee Grant, Warren Oates and Larry Gates are in top form. Kino’s new 4K release maximizes the impact of Haskell Wexler’s steamy cinematography and Quincy Jones’ rich music, and includes bonus Blu-ray encodings of the two sequels made a few years later.
In the Heat of the Night 4K
4K Ultra HD
Kl Studio Classics
1967 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 110 min. / Street Date April 19, 2022 / available through Kino Lorber / 39.95
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Larry Gates, James Patterson, William Schallert, Beah Richards, Peter Whitney, Matt Clark, Scott Wilson, Timothy Scott, Quentin Dean, Anthony James, Alan Oppenheimer.
Cinematography: Haskell Wexler
Art Director: Paul Groesse...
In the Heat of the Night 4K
4K Ultra HD
Kl Studio Classics
1967 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 110 min. / Street Date April 19, 2022 / available through Kino Lorber / 39.95
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Larry Gates, James Patterson, William Schallert, Beah Richards, Peter Whitney, Matt Clark, Scott Wilson, Timothy Scott, Quentin Dean, Anthony James, Alan Oppenheimer.
Cinematography: Haskell Wexler
Art Director: Paul Groesse...
- 7/2/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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