Los Angeles, Aug 5 (Ians) Actor Mark Margolis, who is known for ‘Scarface’ and ‘Breaking Bad’ has passed away at the age of 83.
The actor’s wife and son were by his side at the time.
Tributes have been pouring in for the late star, who appeared in some of the biggest films and TV series over recent decades, reports Mirror.co.uk.
Paying tribute to Mark, Robert Kolker, his manager since 2007, said: “He was one of a kind. We won’t see his likes again. He was a treasured client and a lifelong friend. I was lucky to know him.”
Mark is survived by his wife, Jacqueline Margolis, his son Morgan Margolis and his three grandchildren, Ben, Aiden and Henry Margolis.
As per Mirror.co.uk, the family plans to host a private funeral and memorial and as requesting donations to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in lieu of flowers.
The actor’s wife and son were by his side at the time.
Tributes have been pouring in for the late star, who appeared in some of the biggest films and TV series over recent decades, reports Mirror.co.uk.
Paying tribute to Mark, Robert Kolker, his manager since 2007, said: “He was one of a kind. We won’t see his likes again. He was a treasured client and a lifelong friend. I was lucky to know him.”
Mark is survived by his wife, Jacqueline Margolis, his son Morgan Margolis and his three grandchildren, Ben, Aiden and Henry Margolis.
As per Mirror.co.uk, the family plans to host a private funeral and memorial and as requesting donations to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in lieu of flowers.
- 8/5/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Bryan Cranston is paying tribute to his Breaking Bad co-star Mark Margolis, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 83.
“I am very saddened today to learn of a friend’s passing,” Cranston posted on Instagram. “Mark Margolis was a really good actor and a lovely human being. Fun and engaging off the set, and (in the case of Breaking Bad and Your Honor) intimidating and frightening on set. His quiet energy belied his mischievous nature and curious mind… And he loved sharing a good joke. I miss him already. Rest now, Mark and thank you for your friendship...
“I am very saddened today to learn of a friend’s passing,” Cranston posted on Instagram. “Mark Margolis was a really good actor and a lovely human being. Fun and engaging off the set, and (in the case of Breaking Bad and Your Honor) intimidating and frightening on set. His quiet energy belied his mischievous nature and curious mind… And he loved sharing a good joke. I miss him already. Rest now, Mark and thank you for your friendship...
- 8/4/2023
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Mark Margolis, the actor best known for playing Hector "Tio" Salamanca on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, has died.
According to reports, the star passed away Thursday at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City following a short illness.
He was 83.
"He was one of a kind," said manager Robert Kolker of Red Letter Entertainment, according to Deadline.
"We won't see his likes again. He was a treasured client and a lifelong friend. I was lucky to know him."
Margolis' television career kicked off with a role on Guiding Light, but he went on to appear in countless projects.
The Equalizer, Oz, Kings, and FX's American Horror Story: Asylum, Crossing Jordan, Californication, Person of Interest, Gotham, and The Affair are just some of the shows he appeared in.
He most recently played Carmine Conti on Showtime's Your Honor, which recently wrapped its two-season run on the premium cabler.
According to reports, the star passed away Thursday at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City following a short illness.
He was 83.
"He was one of a kind," said manager Robert Kolker of Red Letter Entertainment, according to Deadline.
"We won't see his likes again. He was a treasured client and a lifelong friend. I was lucky to know him."
Margolis' television career kicked off with a role on Guiding Light, but he went on to appear in countless projects.
The Equalizer, Oz, Kings, and FX's American Horror Story: Asylum, Crossing Jordan, Californication, Person of Interest, Gotham, and The Affair are just some of the shows he appeared in.
He most recently played Carmine Conti on Showtime's Your Honor, which recently wrapped its two-season run on the premium cabler.
- 8/4/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Mark Margolis, Actor Who Played ‘Tio’ Salamanca on ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Better Call Saul,’ Dead at 83
Mark Margolis, the longtime character actor whose career pinnacled with unforgettable arcs on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, has died at the age of 83.
Margolis’ son announced the actor’s death Friday, noting that Margolis died at New York’s Mt. Sinai Hospital on August 3 following a short illness.
“He was one of a kind. We won’t see his likes again. He was a treasured client and a lifelong friend. I was lucky to know him,” his manager Robert Kolker said in a statement.
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Margolis’ son announced the actor’s death Friday, noting that Margolis died at New York’s Mt. Sinai Hospital on August 3 following a short illness.
“He was one of a kind. We won’t see his likes again. He was a treasured client and a lifelong friend. I was lucky to know him,” his manager Robert Kolker said in a statement.
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- 8/4/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Lifetime is digging into its archive following the arrest of suspected serial killer Rex Heuermann. The network will rebroadcast its 2021 movie The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother’s Hunt for Justice. The movie told the story of Mari Gilbert, whose quest for the truth after her daughter Shannan went missing led to the discovery of the bodies of multiple murdered women.
‘The Gilgo Beach Killer’ will air August 6
Lifetime has updated the movie with new information to reflect Heuermann’s arrest. It will air again on Sunday, August 6 at 8 p.m. Et under the new title The Gilgo Beach Killer as part of the network’s “Ripped from the Headlines” August programming.
The Gilgo Beach Killer will feature new content from executive producer and Emmy-winning journalist Deborah Norville, who provides new details on the case.
The original movie starred Kim Delaney as Mari Gilbert. After her daughter Shannan disappears, she...
‘The Gilgo Beach Killer’ will air August 6
Lifetime has updated the movie with new information to reflect Heuermann’s arrest. It will air again on Sunday, August 6 at 8 p.m. Et under the new title The Gilgo Beach Killer as part of the network’s “Ripped from the Headlines” August programming.
The Gilgo Beach Killer will feature new content from executive producer and Emmy-winning journalist Deborah Norville, who provides new details on the case.
The original movie starred Kim Delaney as Mari Gilbert. After her daughter Shannan disappears, she...
- 8/4/2023
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
“Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” alum Mark Margolis has died at age 83.
The actor, who famously portrayed drug kingpin Hector “Tío” Salamanca across both series, passed away August 4 at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City, as his son Morgan Margolis announced.
Margolis’ manager Robert Kolker said in a statement, “He was one of a kind. We won’t see his likes again. He was a treasured client and a lifelong friend. I was lucky to know him.”
Margolis appeared in more than 50 Off-Broadway plays and marked his breakout film performance in “Scarface” as villainous bodyguard Alberto, aka the Shadow. Films ranged from “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” to “Gone Baby Gone.” Margolis also collaborated with director Darren Aronofsky for numerous films, including “Black Swan,” “Pi,” “Noah,” “Requiem for a Dream,” and “The Wrestler.” The actor had over 70 film credits across a half-century-long career.
Margolis was Emmy-nominated for “Breaking Bad...
The actor, who famously portrayed drug kingpin Hector “Tío” Salamanca across both series, passed away August 4 at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City, as his son Morgan Margolis announced.
Margolis’ manager Robert Kolker said in a statement, “He was one of a kind. We won’t see his likes again. He was a treasured client and a lifelong friend. I was lucky to know him.”
Margolis appeared in more than 50 Off-Broadway plays and marked his breakout film performance in “Scarface” as villainous bodyguard Alberto, aka the Shadow. Films ranged from “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” to “Gone Baby Gone.” Margolis also collaborated with director Darren Aronofsky for numerous films, including “Black Swan,” “Pi,” “Noah,” “Requiem for a Dream,” and “The Wrestler.” The actor had over 70 film credits across a half-century-long career.
Margolis was Emmy-nominated for “Breaking Bad...
- 8/4/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Mark Margolis, a veteran actor with hundreds of credits dating back to the 1970s but perhaps best known for his Emmy-nominated portrayal of cartel don Hector “Tio” Salamanca on TV’s Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, died Thursday at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City following a short illness. He was 83.
His death was announced by son Morgan Margolis, the CEO of Knitting Factory Entertainment. Morgan Margolis said he and Mark’s wife Jacqueline were at his bedside at the time of death.
“He was one of a kind,” said manager Robert Kolker of Red Letter Entertainment. “We won’t see his likes again. He was a treasured client and a lifelong friend. I was lucky to know him.”
Born on November 26, 1939 in Philadelphia, Margolis briefly attended Temple University before moving to New York City to study acting, first under Stella Adler at the Actors Studio and subsequently...
His death was announced by son Morgan Margolis, the CEO of Knitting Factory Entertainment. Morgan Margolis said he and Mark’s wife Jacqueline were at his bedside at the time of death.
“He was one of a kind,” said manager Robert Kolker of Red Letter Entertainment. “We won’t see his likes again. He was a treasured client and a lifelong friend. I was lucky to know him.”
Born on November 26, 1939 in Philadelphia, Margolis briefly attended Temple University before moving to New York City to study acting, first under Stella Adler at the Actors Studio and subsequently...
- 8/4/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Actor Mark Margolis, best known for playing Hector “Tio” Salamanca on both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, a role for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination in 2012, has died at the age of 83.
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Margolis died on Aug. 3 at New York’s Mt. Sinai Hospital “following a short illness,” according to his son, Knitting Factory Entertainment CEO Morgan Margolis.
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Margolis died on Aug. 3 at New York’s Mt. Sinai Hospital “following a short illness,” according to his son, Knitting Factory Entertainment CEO Morgan Margolis.
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- 8/4/2023
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
Mark Margolis, best known for playing drug runner Hector Salamanca on Breaking Bad, and its prequel Better Call Saul, has died at the age of 83. He passed away on August 3 after a short illness at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City, with his wife Jacqueline and son Morgan at his bedside. Robert Kolker of Red Letter Entertainment, his manager since 2007, said in a statement, “He was one of a kind. We won’t see his likes again. He was a treasured client and a lifelong friend. I was lucky to know him.” Mark Margolis was born in 1939 and studied drama with Stella Adler at the Actors Studio. His first role was an uncredited one in a non-performing minor role in the pornographic feature in 1976, The Opening of Misty Beethoven, followed by the TV movie The Other Side of Victory the same year. His first prominent film role was in...
- 8/4/2023
- TV Insider
We’re sad to report that beloved actor Mark Margolis died at 83 on Thursday. He is known for his show-stopping roles in movies like Scarface and Darren Aronofsky’s Pi, Requiem For A Dream, and The Fountain. On the television side of the industry, Margolis’ credits are incredibly impressive, covering an expansive spectrum of memorable roles and one-off characters. A valuable film, television, and stage player, he’s best known for his break-out role of Alberto “The Shadow” in Scarface and recently as the character Hector “Tio” Salamanca in the TV series Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
Margolis passed away August 3, 2023, at Mt. Sinai Hospital in his beloved and longtime home of New York City, with his wife Jacqueline and Morgan at his bedside, following a short illness.
“He was one of a kind. We won’t see his likes again. He was a treasured client and a lifelong friend.
Margolis passed away August 3, 2023, at Mt. Sinai Hospital in his beloved and longtime home of New York City, with his wife Jacqueline and Morgan at his bedside, following a short illness.
“He was one of a kind. We won’t see his likes again. He was a treasured client and a lifelong friend.
- 8/4/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Mark Margolis, who portrayed the menacing, bell-ringing Hector Salamanca in “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul,” died Thursday at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City. He was 83.
His son, Morgan Margolis, announced the news.
As the former drug kingpin who continues to hover over the Albuquerque meth trade from his nursing home, Margolis left an unforgettable mark on the Vince Gilligan television universe with barely any dialogue. In 2012, he was nominated for an Emmy for his performance in “Breaking Bad.”
He returned as Hector “Tío” Salamanca for five seasons in the Bob Odenkirk-led prequel series “Better Call Saul,” where he infused a rich backstory into the character.
Born in 1939 in Philadelphia, Margolis moved to New York at a young age to pursue acting. With an early interest in theater, he landed roles in productions such as “Infidel Caesar” on Broadway. He would go on to appear in more than 50 Off-Broadway plays,...
His son, Morgan Margolis, announced the news.
As the former drug kingpin who continues to hover over the Albuquerque meth trade from his nursing home, Margolis left an unforgettable mark on the Vince Gilligan television universe with barely any dialogue. In 2012, he was nominated for an Emmy for his performance in “Breaking Bad.”
He returned as Hector “Tío” Salamanca for five seasons in the Bob Odenkirk-led prequel series “Better Call Saul,” where he infused a rich backstory into the character.
Born in 1939 in Philadelphia, Margolis moved to New York at a young age to pursue acting. With an early interest in theater, he landed roles in productions such as “Infidel Caesar” on Broadway. He would go on to appear in more than 50 Off-Broadway plays,...
- 8/4/2023
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
On Friday morning, news broke that a suspect had finally been placed in police custody for the infamous Lisk murders, the deaths of four sex workers whose remains had been found in burlap sacks on Long Island’s Gilgo Beach more than a decade ago. Though one of the highest-profile cases of the past few decades, the crime had gone unsolved for years, until authorities announced that they had IDed a suspect: Rex Heuermann, a 59-year-old architect and architectural consultant in Massapequa, Long Island.
Heuermann is charged with three counts...
Heuermann is charged with three counts...
- 7/17/2023
- by Ej Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
Updated Throughout: Law enforcement officials and investigators used cell phone data, DNA evidence and computer search histories to zero in on the suspect in the Long Island serial killer case, explained Ray Tierney, Suffolk County, New York, District Attorney, in a press briefing this afternoon.
Among other bits of evidence presented to a grand jury since the formation of an investigative task force last year were hairs found on the bodies of at least three victims, hairs that provided DNA that matched DNA found on a pizza crust discarded by suspect Rex Heuermann.
Tierney also said that Heuermann had been linked to various “burner” cell phones – a different phone allegedly used to contact each victim and then discarded after the murder – and that cell phone tower data linked locations frequented by Heuermann – his Massapequa Park home, his Midtown Manhattan office – to calls made to the victims.
The victims were sex...
Among other bits of evidence presented to a grand jury since the formation of an investigative task force last year were hairs found on the bodies of at least three victims, hairs that provided DNA that matched DNA found on a pizza crust discarded by suspect Rex Heuermann.
Tierney also said that Heuermann had been linked to various “burner” cell phones – a different phone allegedly used to contact each victim and then discarded after the murder – and that cell phone tower data linked locations frequented by Heuermann – his Massapequa Park home, his Midtown Manhattan office – to calls made to the victims.
The victims were sex...
- 7/14/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Are you #TeamDawn or #TeamSonya? The internet was divided into warring camps in light of the viral New York Times Magazine article “Who Is the Bad Art Friend?” by Robert Kolker. It’s a tale as old as time: two writers locked in a bitter legal dispute over a short story inspired by Facebook posts about kidney donation. But for all the Twitter beefing vibrant discussion of the ethical dimensions of the conflict, there has been little discussion of the copyright questions at the core of the dispute.
What does the law have to say about Sonya Larson’s copying of Dawn Dorland’s letter?
All is Fair ...
What does the law have to say about Sonya Larson’s copying of Dawn Dorland’s letter?
All is Fair ...
- 11/3/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Are you #TeamDawn or #TeamSonya? The internet was divided into warring camps in light of the viral New York Times Magazine article “Who Is the Bad Art Friend?” by Robert Kolker. It’s a tale as old as time: two writers locked in a bitter legal dispute over a short story inspired by Facebook posts about kidney donation. But for all the Twitter beefing vibrant discussion of the ethical dimensions of the conflict, there has been little discussion of the copyright questions at the core of the dispute.
What does the law have to say about Sonya Larson’s copying of Dawn Dorland’s letter?
All is Fair ...
What does the law have to say about Sonya Larson’s copying of Dawn Dorland’s letter?
All is Fair ...
- 11/3/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Top prizes at the USC Scripter event Saturday went to screenwriter Chloé Zhao and author Jessica Bruder for “Nomadland” as well as scripter Scott Frank and novelist Walter Tevis for Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit.”
As in past years, the award goes to both the scriptwriter(s) as well as the writer(s) of the original material.
Searchlight Pictures’ “Nomadland” is based on the nonfiction book “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century.” Zhao thanked Bruder, the cast and crew of the film and Searchlight, concluding, “I feel so lucky to be able to tell stories for a living.” Bruder added that she had been reporting in 2014 for a magazine article that turned into the book and “It has been one hell of a ride.”
The “Queen’s Gambit” duo won for the episode “Openings.” Frank thanked Tevis for “the gift of that novel … This novel was beautiful and my mission was to protect it.
As in past years, the award goes to both the scriptwriter(s) as well as the writer(s) of the original material.
Searchlight Pictures’ “Nomadland” is based on the nonfiction book “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century.” Zhao thanked Bruder, the cast and crew of the film and Searchlight, concluding, “I feel so lucky to be able to tell stories for a living.” Bruder added that she had been reporting in 2014 for a magazine article that turned into the book and “It has been one hell of a ride.”
The “Queen’s Gambit” duo won for the episode “Openings.” Frank thanked Tevis for “the gift of that novel … This novel was beautiful and my mission was to protect it.
- 3/14/2021
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
Nomadland and The Queen’s Gambit took top honors at the 33rd annual — and first virtual — USC Libraries Scripter Awards on Saturday night.
The Scripter Awards celebrate the best printed-word-to-screen adaptations. Both authors and screenwriters were celebrated. Therefore, Nomadland screenwriter Chloe Zhao and Jesssica Bruder, the author of the novel of the same name, shared the film award, and the TV award went to both Scott Frank, who wrote the “Openings” episode of Queen’s Gambit, and Walter Tevis’ novel that inspired the Netflix series.
The other film nominees included Bad Education (Mike Makowsky’s reinterpretation of Robert Kolker’s New York magazine article “The Bad ...
The Scripter Awards celebrate the best printed-word-to-screen adaptations. Both authors and screenwriters were celebrated. Therefore, Nomadland screenwriter Chloe Zhao and Jesssica Bruder, the author of the novel of the same name, shared the film award, and the TV award went to both Scott Frank, who wrote the “Openings” episode of Queen’s Gambit, and Walter Tevis’ novel that inspired the Netflix series.
The other film nominees included Bad Education (Mike Makowsky’s reinterpretation of Robert Kolker’s New York magazine article “The Bad ...
- 3/14/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nomadland and The Queen’s Gambit took top honors at the 33rd annual — and first virtual — USC Libraries Scripter Awards on Saturday night.
The Scripter Awards celebrate the best printed-word-to-screen adaptations. Both authors and screenwriters were celebrated. Therefore, Nomadland screenwriter Chloe Zhao and Jesssica Bruder, the author of the novel of the same name, shared the film award, and the TV award went to both Scott Frank, who wrote the “Openings” episode of Queen’s Gambit, and Walter Tevis’ novel that inspired the Netflix series.
The other film nominees included Bad Education (Mike Makowsky’s reinterpretation of Robert Kolker’s New York magazine article “The Bad ...
The Scripter Awards celebrate the best printed-word-to-screen adaptations. Both authors and screenwriters were celebrated. Therefore, Nomadland screenwriter Chloe Zhao and Jesssica Bruder, the author of the novel of the same name, shared the film award, and the TV award went to both Scott Frank, who wrote the “Openings” episode of Queen’s Gambit, and Walter Tevis’ novel that inspired the Netflix series.
The other film nominees included Bad Education (Mike Makowsky’s reinterpretation of Robert Kolker’s New York magazine article “The Bad ...
- 3/14/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Writers Guild of America announced their WGA Awards TV nominations for on Wednesday, February 3. After getting just one bid from the Golden Globes earlier in the day, AMC’s “Better Call Saul” rebounded to top all shows with five nominations including for Drama Series along with Amazon Studios’ “The Boys,” Disney +’s “The Mandalorian” and Netflix’s “The Crown” and “Ozark.”
Hulu lands two shows in contention for Comedy Series with “The Great” and “PEN15,” making the streaming service the only company to score multiple nominees in the category. They are joined by HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso” and FX’s “What We Do in the Shadows.”
Another notable feat belongs to “The Simpsons,” which dominates the animation category with four of the six nominations. Despite premiering over 30 years ago, the Fox series shows no signs of writer’s fatigue. “Bob’s Burgers” and “BoJack Horseman...
Hulu lands two shows in contention for Comedy Series with “The Great” and “PEN15,” making the streaming service the only company to score multiple nominees in the category. They are joined by HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso” and FX’s “What We Do in the Shadows.”
Another notable feat belongs to “The Simpsons,” which dominates the animation category with four of the six nominations. Despite premiering over 30 years ago, the Fox series shows no signs of writer’s fatigue. “Bob’s Burgers” and “BoJack Horseman...
- 2/4/2021
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
The WGA on Wednesday unveiled nominations for its 2021 WGA Awards in the categories of TV, new media, news, radio/audio and promotional writing during 2020. Winners will be honored March 21 in a virtual ceremony.
AMC’s Better Call Saul topped all shows with five nominations including for Drama Series, joining a list that includes Amazon Studios’ The Boys, Netflix’s The Crown (which led the way on the TV side at the Golden Globe nominations earlier today) and Ozark and Disney+’s The Mandalorian.
Also making noise today is Hulu, the only other company to have multiple noms in the top categories; it scored in Comedy with Tony McNamara’s The Great and Pen15 and FX on Hulu’s What We Do in the Shadows, which are joined in the race by HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm and Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso.
Lasso is also nominated in the New Series,...
AMC’s Better Call Saul topped all shows with five nominations including for Drama Series, joining a list that includes Amazon Studios’ The Boys, Netflix’s The Crown (which led the way on the TV side at the Golden Globe nominations earlier today) and Ozark and Disney+’s The Mandalorian.
Also making noise today is Hulu, the only other company to have multiple noms in the top categories; it scored in Comedy with Tony McNamara’s The Great and Pen15 and FX on Hulu’s What We Do in the Shadows, which are joined in the race by HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm and Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso.
Lasso is also nominated in the New Series,...
- 2/3/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The nominations for the 2021 Writers Guild Award TV categories were announced on Wednesday, with streaming series dominating the lineup.
Both the drama series and the comedy series categories were majority streaming, with hits like “The Queen’s Gambit,” “The Mandalorian,” “The Crown” and “Ozark” sitting alongside fan-favorites like “PEN15,” “The Great” and “Ted Lasso.” Other nominees included HBO Max’s “The Flight Attendant,” HBO’s “Lovecraft Country” and Showtime’s “Good Lord Bird.
“Better Call Saul” also landed three additional nominations for individual episodes, with “Ozark” picking up another. “The Great” and “Ted Lasso” both picked up nomination for individual episodes as well as for Best New Series.
Comedy and variety nominees included Peacock’s fledgling late-night show, “The Amber Ruffin Show,” Amazon’s “Yearly Departed,” the one-off “30 Rock” reunion special and Stephen Colbert’s 2020 election coverage on Showtime.
Nominations in the film categories will be announced later this month,...
Both the drama series and the comedy series categories were majority streaming, with hits like “The Queen’s Gambit,” “The Mandalorian,” “The Crown” and “Ozark” sitting alongside fan-favorites like “PEN15,” “The Great” and “Ted Lasso.” Other nominees included HBO Max’s “The Flight Attendant,” HBO’s “Lovecraft Country” and Showtime’s “Good Lord Bird.
“Better Call Saul” also landed three additional nominations for individual episodes, with “Ozark” picking up another. “The Great” and “Ted Lasso” both picked up nomination for individual episodes as well as for Best New Series.
Comedy and variety nominees included Peacock’s fledgling late-night show, “The Amber Ruffin Show,” Amazon’s “Yearly Departed,” the one-off “30 Rock” reunion special and Stephen Colbert’s 2020 election coverage on Showtime.
Nominations in the film categories will be announced later this month,...
- 2/3/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
“Better Call Saul” are among the top nominees for this year’s Writers Guild Awards, landing a nod for best drama series, as well as three nominations in the episodic drama category. “The Simpsons” landed four nominations in best animation, while newcomers “Ted Lasso” and “The Great” both scored nominations in best comedy, new series and episodic comedy. Winners will be honored at a joint 2021 Writers Guild Awards virtual ceremony on Sunday, March 21, 2021. Here’s the complete list of nominations, announced on Wednesday morning:
Drama Series
“Better Call Saul,” Written by Ann Cherkis, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Ariel Levine, Heather Marion, Thomas Schnauz, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock; AMC
“The Boys,” Written by Eric Kripke, Ellie Monahan, Anslem Richardson, Craig Rosenberg, Michael Saltzman, Rebecca Sonnenshine; Amazon Prime Video
“The Crown,” Written by Peter Morgan, Jonathan Wilson; Netflix
“The Mandalorian,” Written by Rick Famuyiwa, Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni; Disney Plus
“Ozark,” Written by Laura Deeley,...
Drama Series
“Better Call Saul,” Written by Ann Cherkis, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Ariel Levine, Heather Marion, Thomas Schnauz, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock; AMC
“The Boys,” Written by Eric Kripke, Ellie Monahan, Anslem Richardson, Craig Rosenberg, Michael Saltzman, Rebecca Sonnenshine; Amazon Prime Video
“The Crown,” Written by Peter Morgan, Jonathan Wilson; Netflix
“The Mandalorian,” Written by Rick Famuyiwa, Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni; Disney Plus
“Ozark,” Written by Laura Deeley,...
- 2/3/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
The USC Scripter Award, now in its 33rd year, honors films adapted from novels, short stories, comic books, journalism, and other screenplays with both the source material and the adapted screenplay feted. This year’s nominees include three of our five leading contenders for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars — “Nomadland,” “One Night in Miami,” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom — as well as seventh-ranked “First Cow” and the telefilm “Bad Education.”
The biggest snubs were “The Father” by Christopher Hampton, which ranks fourth by our odds, and “News of the World” by Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies, which ranks fifth.
The Scripter has forecast 14 of the eventual Oscar winners for Best Adapted Screenplay. Eight of those were in the past decade: “Call Me By Your Name” (2017) “Moonlight” (2016), “The Big Short” (2015), “The Imitation Game” (2014), “12 Years a Slave” (2013), “Argo” (2012), “The Descendants” (2011), and “The Social Network” (2010).
The other repeat winners were “Slumdog Millionaire...
The biggest snubs were “The Father” by Christopher Hampton, which ranks fourth by our odds, and “News of the World” by Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies, which ranks fifth.
The Scripter has forecast 14 of the eventual Oscar winners for Best Adapted Screenplay. Eight of those were in the past decade: “Call Me By Your Name” (2017) “Moonlight” (2016), “The Big Short” (2015), “The Imitation Game” (2014), “12 Years a Slave” (2013), “Argo” (2012), “The Descendants” (2011), and “The Social Network” (2010).
The other repeat winners were “Slumdog Millionaire...
- 1/28/2021
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
The USC Libraries has announced this year’s finalists for the 33rd annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which recognizes the most accomplished film and episodic series adaptations. The 2021 Scripter selection committee chose the finalists from a wide selection of 87 films and 65 episodic series adaptations.
The finalist writers for film adaptation are:
Mike Makowsky for “Bad Education” based on the New York magazine article “The Bad Superintendent” by Robert Kolker Jon Raymond and Kelly Reichardt for “First Cow” based on the novel “The Half-Life” by Jon Raymond Screenwriter Ruben Santiago-Hudson and playwright August Wilson for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Chloé Zhao for “Nomadland” based on the nonfiction book “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century” by Jessica Bruder Screenwriter and playwright Kemp Powers for “One Night in Miami”
The finalist writers for episodic series are:
Mark Richard and Ethan Hawke, for the episode “Meet the Lord,” from “The Good Lord Bird,...
The finalist writers for film adaptation are:
Mike Makowsky for “Bad Education” based on the New York magazine article “The Bad Superintendent” by Robert Kolker Jon Raymond and Kelly Reichardt for “First Cow” based on the novel “The Half-Life” by Jon Raymond Screenwriter Ruben Santiago-Hudson and playwright August Wilson for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Chloé Zhao for “Nomadland” based on the nonfiction book “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century” by Jessica Bruder Screenwriter and playwright Kemp Powers for “One Night in Miami”
The finalist writers for episodic series are:
Mark Richard and Ethan Hawke, for the episode “Meet the Lord,” from “The Good Lord Bird,...
- 1/26/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
The USC Libraries has revealed the finalists for the 33rd annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. This group of academics, industry professionals, and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were Oscar and Emmy nominees Greta Gerwig (“Little Women”) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”). The year before was atypical, as the Scripter Award went to “Leave No Trace” screenwriters Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini (and author Peter Rock), who were not nominated for the Oscar.
Past winners of both the Scripter and the Oscar include “Call Me by Your Name,” “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game.” In fact, before 2019, eight Scripter Award winners went on to win Oscars. This year, streaming giant Netflix dominated, with three nominees, including “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,...
Last year’s Scripter winners were Oscar and Emmy nominees Greta Gerwig (“Little Women”) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”). The year before was atypical, as the Scripter Award went to “Leave No Trace” screenwriters Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini (and author Peter Rock), who were not nominated for the Oscar.
Past winners of both the Scripter and the Oscar include “Call Me by Your Name,” “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game.” In fact, before 2019, eight Scripter Award winners went on to win Oscars. This year, streaming giant Netflix dominated, with three nominees, including “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,...
- 1/26/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
“Nomadland,” “One Night in Miami,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “First Cow” and “Bad Education” have been nominated for the 2021 USC Libraries Scripter Awards, which are given out every year to a literary adaptation and the source material from which it is taken.
The nomination for “Ma Rainey,” for example, goes to both screenwriter Ruben Santiago-Hudson and to the late playwright August Wilson, from whose work the film was drawn.
In the television category, the nominees were episodes of “The Good Lord Bird,” “Normal People,” “The Plot Against America,” “The Queen’s Gambit” and “Unorthodox.”
The finalists were chosen by a jury from 87 film and 65 episodic series adaptations. “The Father,” “News of the World” and “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” are among the films in the running for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar that were not chosen by the Scripter jury.
Since 2000, about two-thirds of the Scripter nominees have gone on to receive Oscar nominations,...
The nomination for “Ma Rainey,” for example, goes to both screenwriter Ruben Santiago-Hudson and to the late playwright August Wilson, from whose work the film was drawn.
In the television category, the nominees were episodes of “The Good Lord Bird,” “Normal People,” “The Plot Against America,” “The Queen’s Gambit” and “Unorthodox.”
The finalists were chosen by a jury from 87 film and 65 episodic series adaptations. “The Father,” “News of the World” and “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” are among the films in the running for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar that were not chosen by the Scripter jury.
Since 2000, about two-thirds of the Scripter nominees have gone on to receive Oscar nominations,...
- 1/26/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Nominations were unveiled Tuesday for the 33rd annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the writers of the year’s most accomplished film and episodic TV series adaptations as well as the works on which they are based.
Winners will be announced Saturday, March 13 online, with the annual in-person awards ceremony not possible because of the pandemic.
The film nominees this year are Mike Makowsky for HBO Films’ Bad Education, Jon Raymond and Kelly Reichardt for A24’s First Cow, Ruben Santiago-Hudson for Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Chloé Zhao for Searchlight’s Nomadland and Kemp Powers for his own adaptation of Amazon’s One Night In Miami.
Last year, Greta Gerwig won the Scripter for her adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, leading to Grewig’s eventual Oscar nomination in the Adapted Screenplay category.
On the TV side, this year’s nominees are Mark Richard...
Winners will be announced Saturday, March 13 online, with the annual in-person awards ceremony not possible because of the pandemic.
The film nominees this year are Mike Makowsky for HBO Films’ Bad Education, Jon Raymond and Kelly Reichardt for A24’s First Cow, Ruben Santiago-Hudson for Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Chloé Zhao for Searchlight’s Nomadland and Kemp Powers for his own adaptation of Amazon’s One Night In Miami.
Last year, Greta Gerwig won the Scripter for her adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, leading to Grewig’s eventual Oscar nomination in the Adapted Screenplay category.
On the TV side, this year’s nominees are Mark Richard...
- 1/26/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The Academy Nicholl Fellowships Committee has selected the five winning fellows of the 2020 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition, who were winnowed from ten finalists out of 7,831 scripts submitted for this year’s competition. Each winner takes home a $35,000 prize. Their scripts will be highlighted at the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards and Virtual Table Read by an ensemble of actors on Thursday, December 3.
The 2020 winners are (listed alphabetically by author):
James Acker, “SadBoi”
Beth Curry, “Lemon”
Vanar Jaddou, “Goodbye, Iraq”
Kate Marks, “The Cow of Queens”
Jane Therese, “Sins of My Father”
The 2020 finalists are (listed alphabetically by author):
Kris A. Holmes, “The Seeds of Truth”
Fred Martenson, “Demons in America”
Robin Rose Singer, “The Lions of Mesopotamia”
David Harrison Turner, “Safe Haven”
Andrew Wankier, “Three Heavens”
The fellowships support each writer’s completion of a feature-length screenplay within the year. (The Academy neither acquires rights...
The 2020 winners are (listed alphabetically by author):
James Acker, “SadBoi”
Beth Curry, “Lemon”
Vanar Jaddou, “Goodbye, Iraq”
Kate Marks, “The Cow of Queens”
Jane Therese, “Sins of My Father”
The 2020 finalists are (listed alphabetically by author):
Kris A. Holmes, “The Seeds of Truth”
Fred Martenson, “Demons in America”
Robin Rose Singer, “The Lions of Mesopotamia”
David Harrison Turner, “Safe Haven”
Andrew Wankier, “Three Heavens”
The fellowships support each writer’s completion of a feature-length screenplay within the year. (The Academy neither acquires rights...
- 9/30/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Academy Nicholl Fellowships Committee has selected the five winning fellows of the 2020 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition, who were winnowed from ten finalists out of 7,831 scripts submitted for this year’s competition. Each winner takes home a $35,000 prize. Their scripts will be highlighted at the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards and Virtual Table Read by an ensemble of actors on Thursday, December 3.
The 2020 winners are (listed alphabetically by author):
James Acker, “SadBoi”
Beth Curry, “Lemon”
Vanar Jaddou, “Goodbye, Iraq”
Kate Marks, “The Cow of Queens”
Jane Therese, “Sins of My Father”
The 2020 finalists are (listed alphabetically by author):
Kris A. Holmes, “The Seeds of Truth”
Fred Martenson, “Demons in America”
Robin Rose Singer, “The Lions of Mesopotamia”
David Harrison Turner, “Safe Haven”
Andrew Wankier, “Three Heavens”
The fellowships support each writer’s completion of a feature-length screenplay within the year. (The Academy neither acquires rights...
The 2020 winners are (listed alphabetically by author):
James Acker, “SadBoi”
Beth Curry, “Lemon”
Vanar Jaddou, “Goodbye, Iraq”
Kate Marks, “The Cow of Queens”
Jane Therese, “Sins of My Father”
The 2020 finalists are (listed alphabetically by author):
Kris A. Holmes, “The Seeds of Truth”
Fred Martenson, “Demons in America”
Robin Rose Singer, “The Lions of Mesopotamia”
David Harrison Turner, “Safe Haven”
Andrew Wankier, “Three Heavens”
The fellowships support each writer’s completion of a feature-length screenplay within the year. (The Academy neither acquires rights...
- 9/30/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
When Mike Makowsky decided to tackle the mid-2000s Roslyn Union Free School District embezzlement scandal for the screen, he wasn’t entirely sure how to navigate the story.
Makowsky, who went to school in the district and met one of the key figures, Frank Tassone, as a child, visited his former high school and spoke to a few teachers there. Then he re-read and optioned Robert Kolker’s New York magazine piece on the case, which morphed into HBO’s Emmy-nominated “Bad Education.”
And Makowsky is hardly alone: All five of this year’s television movie nominees are adapted, to some extent — Netflix’s “American Son” from the Broadway play of the same name; Netflix’s “Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings: These Old Bones” from Parton’s 2002 song “These Old Bones”; and the same streamer’s “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend,...
Makowsky, who went to school in the district and met one of the key figures, Frank Tassone, as a child, visited his former high school and spoke to a few teachers there. Then he re-read and optioned Robert Kolker’s New York magazine piece on the case, which morphed into HBO’s Emmy-nominated “Bad Education.”
And Makowsky is hardly alone: All five of this year’s television movie nominees are adapted, to some extent — Netflix’s “American Son” from the Broadway play of the same name; Netflix’s “Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings: These Old Bones” from Parton’s 2002 song “These Old Bones”; and the same streamer’s “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend,...
- 8/18/2020
- by Marisa Roffman
- Variety Film + TV
The only thing better than a fictionalized version of a real-life scandal is one that prominently features Long Island accents, and HBO’s Bad Education ticks all those boxes and more. Based on a mid-2000s scandal in Roslyn, a well-off suburb of New York City, the movie tells the story of Superintendent Frank Tassone (a brilliantly creepy Hugh Jackman), a superficially charming and ambitious school superintendent who is arrested for embezzling millions from the school district. The case involved multiple arrests and millions of dollars, and would later become...
- 4/30/2020
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
When “Bad Education” premiered to a packed theater at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival in September, it drew enthusiastic reviews, and raves for star Hugh Jackman — Variety chief film critic Peter Debruge wrote of Jackman’s performance, “‘Bad Education’ is the best work he’s ever done.” Awards talk began immediately.
Directed by Cory Finley (“Thoroughbreds”) and written by Mike Makowsky (“I Think We’re Alone Now”), “Bad Education” — based on the real-life downfall of Frank Tassone, a Roslyn, Long Island, school district superintendent played by Jackman — was seen as the most commercial film for sale at Toronto. And indeed, the movie commanded a blockbuster price tag, selling to HBO for close to $20 million shortly after the festival’s close in mid-September.
That the film sold to HBO instead of to a theatrical distributor was seen as a surprise, but also as a sign of the times: Mid-budget films aimed at...
Directed by Cory Finley (“Thoroughbreds”) and written by Mike Makowsky (“I Think We’re Alone Now”), “Bad Education” — based on the real-life downfall of Frank Tassone, a Roslyn, Long Island, school district superintendent played by Jackman — was seen as the most commercial film for sale at Toronto. And indeed, the movie commanded a blockbuster price tag, selling to HBO for close to $20 million shortly after the festival’s close in mid-September.
That the film sold to HBO instead of to a theatrical distributor was seen as a surprise, but also as a sign of the times: Mid-budget films aimed at...
- 4/22/2020
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
A quick skim of writers’ Twitter feeds (including, uh, my own) reveals they can be a self-aggrandizing lot. Not Robert Kolker — though a bit of ego would be justified. Kolker’s first book, Lost Girls, the story of a still-at-large serial killer targeting call girls on Long Island, was acclaimed for its compassionate take on the disappearance of America’s discarded women. It is now a film on Netflix. A story he wrote for New York magazine about a dashing but embezzling school superintendent on Long Island has been made...
- 4/21/2020
- by Stephen Rodrick
- Rollingstone.com
HBO has released a trailer for its upcoming film, Bad Education, which stars Hugh Jackman as a school district superintendent caught in the middle of an embezzlement scandal.
Jackman stars alongside Allison Janney and Ray Romano in the film, which was directed by Cory Finley. The movie is based on the 2004 New York Magazine article by author Robert Kolker (Lost Girls). The film dramatizes one of the largest education scandals in American history in which Tassone and district official Pam Gluckin, played by Janney, were accused of stealing hundreds of...
Jackman stars alongside Allison Janney and Ray Romano in the film, which was directed by Cory Finley. The movie is based on the 2004 New York Magazine article by author Robert Kolker (Lost Girls). The film dramatizes one of the largest education scandals in American history in which Tassone and district official Pam Gluckin, played by Janney, were accused of stealing hundreds of...
- 3/27/2020
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
In Netflix's Lost Girls, Mari Gilbert sets out to find out what happened to her missing daughter, Shannan, whom she believed was murdered in Long Island, NY. The true story revolves around the Long Island serial killer from the late 1990s to early 2000s, though the case was never solved, and Shannan's death was never confirmed to be connected to the murders. However, the movie features Mari, as well as the moms and sisters of other murder victims, and how they pressure the police department and the media to work on the case. Because the murder victims were all sex workers, including Shannan, the police took months to delve into what was happening.
Mari kept fighting in her daughter's name, determined to find her body and hopefully find out what happened to her. Shannan's body was eventually found in a marsh a year after she went missing, and though...
Mari kept fighting in her daughter's name, determined to find her body and hopefully find out what happened to her. Shannan's body was eventually found in a marsh a year after she went missing, and though...
- 3/19/2020
- by Hedy Phillips
- Popsugar.com
Netflix latest true crime drama Lost Girls tells the story of the Long Island Serial Killer – or elements of the case at least – but there is plenty more to learn about this strange and horrible series of crimes that didn’t make it into the movie. If you’ve seen Lost Girls and want to know more about the true story of the Long Island Serial Killer (aka the Craigslist Killer), here are some of the things the movie changed, omitted or chose not to focus on.
This article contains spoilers for Lost Girls (but check out our spoiler free Lost Girls review)
Mari Gilbert’s daughters
In the movie Mari has three children, Shannan, Sarra, and Sherre. In real life Mari had a fourth daughter, Stevie, the youngest of the family. Sarra also had a baby of her own in 2009 with her then boyfriend Manny. Sarra, who as the...
This article contains spoilers for Lost Girls (but check out our spoiler free Lost Girls review)
Mari Gilbert’s daughters
In the movie Mari has three children, Shannan, Sarra, and Sherre. In real life Mari had a fourth daughter, Stevie, the youngest of the family. Sarra also had a baby of her own in 2009 with her then boyfriend Manny. Sarra, who as the...
- 3/17/2020
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
Netflix movie Lost Girls has landed on the service starring Amy Ryan as Mari Gilbert, the mother of a missing woman who battles with police to get her daughter’s case taken seriously and in doing so leads to the discovery of the bodies of several murdered women, and evidence of a serial killer. It’s a true crime story, and that was just the tip of the iceberg.
In May 2010 24-year-old Shannan Gilbert went missing in the Oak Beach area of the Southern shore of Long Island, New York. She’d made a panicked call to police saying she feared for her life but for various reasons dispatchers weren’t sent for almost an hour and Shannan disappeared into the night. Shannan was a sex worker and her last engagement had been with a client, Joseph Brewer, who said she’d started freaking out and when her driver Michael Pak...
In May 2010 24-year-old Shannan Gilbert went missing in the Oak Beach area of the Southern shore of Long Island, New York. She’d made a panicked call to police saying she feared for her life but for various reasons dispatchers weren’t sent for almost an hour and Shannan disappeared into the night. Shannan was a sex worker and her last engagement had been with a client, Joseph Brewer, who said she’d started freaking out and when her driver Michael Pak...
- 3/13/2020
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
With shows like Unbelievable and Mindhunter, Netflix has never shied away from an intense true-crime project. This holds true for the streaming service's upcoming Lost Girls, which stars Amy Ryan in a very different role than her part as Holly Flax on The Office. The mystery film is based on investigative journalist Robert Kolker's book of the same name about a Long Island serial killer.
The movie focuses on the true story of Mari Gilbert, a woman tirelessly looking for her missing daughter Shannan, and how, during her search, police found 10 other bodies across Long Island, cracking open a bigger investigation. Here's what you need to know about the Gilbert family and the tragedies that they faced over the years while Shannan's case remained open.
How Did Shannan Gilbert's Case Lead to Other Investigations?
Shannan Gilbert was an aspiring actress from Jersey City who worked as an escort.
The movie focuses on the true story of Mari Gilbert, a woman tirelessly looking for her missing daughter Shannan, and how, during her search, police found 10 other bodies across Long Island, cracking open a bigger investigation. Here's what you need to know about the Gilbert family and the tragedies that they faced over the years while Shannan's case remained open.
How Did Shannan Gilbert's Case Lead to Other Investigations?
Shannan Gilbert was an aspiring actress from Jersey City who worked as an escort.
- 3/13/2020
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
Netflix feels like the right home for this compelling but low-key feature about the Long Island Serial Killer which wisely opts to focus on the families of the victims rather than the unsolved case itself. Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone) is sympathetic as Mari Gilbert, a hard-working and harassed single mother whose somewhat estranged eldest daughter Shannan goes missing after making a panicked 911 call from a gated community near Ocean Parkway, NY in the early hours of the morning. But the police take almost an hour to respond to the call, fail to request CCTV footage which might have shown Shannan’s movements, and don’t adequately question witnesses or even search the area sufficiently. It’s only a dogged Mari who keeps the case alive by tracking her daughter’s final movements, nagging police and stapling “missing” posters all over the small town where Shannan was last seen.
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- 3/13/2020
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
Documentarian Liz Garbus, who makes her narrative feature directing debut adapting Robert Kolker’s 2013 serial-killer best-seller “Lost Girls,” knows a gripping true story when she hears one. Two of her documentaries, “What Happened, Miss Simone?” and “The Farm: Angola, USA,” were Oscar-nominated. In “Lost Girls,” she directs actors for the first time, with Amy Ryan as Mari, mother of murder victim Shannan Gilbert. Gabriel Byrne, Thomasin McKenzie and Lola Kirke co-star in the story of a woman trying to get answers about the fate of her daughter, a sex worker who vanishes in a remote Long Island, N.Y. beach community. The film bows March 13 on Netflix.
Garbus will continue her exploration of true crime with the upcoming docu-series “The Innocence Files” for Netflix and Golden State Killer docu-series “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” for HBO.
Did you read the book when it came out?
No, but I heard...
Garbus will continue her exploration of true crime with the upcoming docu-series “The Innocence Files” for Netflix and Golden State Killer docu-series “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” for HBO.
Did you read the book when it came out?
No, but I heard...
- 3/12/2020
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
In his new film “Bad Education,” Hugh Jackman plays a charming, ambitious school superintendent with an eye on raising his school district to be the best in the country. The only problem is he’s wickedly corrupt.
Jackman plays Frank Tassone in this story about the biggest public school embezzlement scandal in American history. He stars alongside Allison Janney and Ray Romano as they work to raise their Long Island school district to the nation’s top spot, spurring record college and admissions and soaring property values. But when an embezzlement scheme surfaces that threatens to destroy all they’ve built, Frank is forced to maintain order and secrecy — by whatever means necessary.
“I wanted to make a difference. I got us all the way to number four, and I will get us to number one,” Jackman says in the trailer. “Get us to first, that’s all that matters,...
Jackman plays Frank Tassone in this story about the biggest public school embezzlement scandal in American history. He stars alongside Allison Janney and Ray Romano as they work to raise their Long Island school district to the nation’s top spot, spurring record college and admissions and soaring property values. But when an embezzlement scheme surfaces that threatens to destroy all they’ve built, Frank is forced to maintain order and secrecy — by whatever means necessary.
“I wanted to make a difference. I got us all the way to number four, and I will get us to number one,” Jackman says in the trailer. “Get us to first, that’s all that matters,...
- 2/21/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The streaming sector may be growing ever more crowded as increasing numbers of providers embrace the video-on-demand model of content distribution, but industry pioneer Netflix continues to dominate in terms of original content and more than double the subscribers of its nearest competitor, Disney+. And in March of 2020, those 62 million subscribers have a lot of compelling movies and series to look forward to, both original and imported.
In terms of weekly series, Crash Landing On You, the second-highest-rated Korean drama in cable television history after Sky Castle, and Chinese romcom Find Yourself both begin airing new episodes on Sundays in March, while the South Korean series Itaewon Class, the first project from distribution company Showbox, premieres new episodes on Fridays.
The first of the month, meanwhile, marks the first big release of material, including:
The first season of the Japanese anime based on a Takahiro manga, Akame ga Kill! The...
In terms of weekly series, Crash Landing On You, the second-highest-rated Korean drama in cable television history after Sky Castle, and Chinese romcom Find Yourself both begin airing new episodes on Sundays in March, while the South Korean series Itaewon Class, the first project from distribution company Showbox, premieres new episodes on Fridays.
The first of the month, meanwhile, marks the first big release of material, including:
The first season of the Japanese anime based on a Takahiro manga, Akame ga Kill! The...
- 2/18/2020
- by Anthony Fuchs
- We Got This Covered
On Jan. 16, the same day Netflix dropped the first trailer for its movie “Lost Girls” — the story of how Mari Gilbert (Amy Ryan), a grieving, furious mother of a missing young woman, revealed that a serial killer was operating on Long Island, N.Y. — the Suffolk County Police Department called a press conference to discuss the case. According to Newsday, at the press conference, the police revealed a belt they called new evidence. But in the same account, the police department was accused by the Gilbert family’s attorney of having held onto the belt for years.
The police also announced a new website, gilgonews.com, that’s been created to receive tips about the murders. Between 10 and 16 women were killed in the ’90s and 2000s, and the case of the Long Island serial killer has never been solved.
“I think they’re afraid of us,” Ryan said during an...
The police also announced a new website, gilgonews.com, that’s been created to receive tips about the murders. Between 10 and 16 women were killed in the ’90s and 2000s, and the case of the Long Island serial killer has never been solved.
“I think they’re afraid of us,” Ryan said during an...
- 1/31/2020
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
Liz Garbus’ “Lost Girls” shares a subtitle with the Robert Kolker book it’s based on: “An Unsolved American Mystery.” The mystery in question is that of the Long Island serial killer, who murdered at least ten women— many of them sex workers —over some twenty years, near the South Shore of Long Island. Based on Garbus’ filmography, which includes the Oscar-nominated documentaries “What Happened, Miss Simone?” and “The Farm: Angola, U.S.A,” you might assume this is yet another Netflix-bound true crime doc.
Continue reading ‘Lost Girls’: Harrowing True Crime Drama With A Powerhouse Amy Ryan Still Doesn’t Fully Satisfy [Sundance Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Lost Girls’: Harrowing True Crime Drama With A Powerhouse Amy Ryan Still Doesn’t Fully Satisfy [Sundance Review] at The Playlist.
- 1/29/2020
- by Jason Bailey
- The Playlist
It’s exciting, and fascinating, to see a great director of documentaries try his or her hand at a dramatic feature, since in theory the essential skill set should all be there. The best documentarians possess an acute visual sense, and they are all, of course, potent storytellers. Yet for every attempt at this sort of crossover that triumphs, like Terry Zwigoff leaping from “Crumb” to “Ghost World,” there are many more that don’t. Remember Joe Berlinger’s misbegotten “Blair Witch” sequel? Or Barbara Kopple’s “Havoc”? Or Michael Moore’s “Canadian Bacon”? And then there was Andrew Jarecki’s “All Good Things,” an attempt, by the creator of “Capturing the Friedmans,” to dramatize the life of the accused killer Robert Durst that proved to be such an ambitiously awkward movie that it spurred him to return to nonfiction with the far more powerful Robert Durst docu-series “The Jinx.
- 1/29/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Seven months after Shannan Gilbert went missing, a body was found on a desolate stretch of a Long Island parkway. It wasn’t Shannan’s body, and neither was the next one or the next one or even the next one; it wasn’t until authorities had discovered ten bodies on that same stretch of Ocean Parkway that Shannan was found. By then, her mother Mari had already spent months knocking on doors, imploring the police to investigate, and bonding with the other women left in the wake of what would end up being one of America’s most mysterious serial killers. It’s the kind of ripped-from-the-headlines drama that seems like Garbus, who has long been motivated by stories about remarkable women and horrible crimes, makes a strong showing with “Lost Girls,” her first narrative feature in her decades-long career.
Adapted from Robert Kolker’s book by “Extremely Wicked,...
Adapted from Robert Kolker’s book by “Extremely Wicked,...
- 1/29/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
"I've been dismissed and ignored, but one thing I won't be is silenced." Netflix has revealed the first official trailer for the investigation drama Lost Girls, which is premiering at the Sundance Film Festival later this month. Lost Girls is based on the true story of Mari Gilbert, adapted from the non-fiction book by Robert Kolker investigating what might be going on and why the cops aren't helping. When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation right into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered sex workers. Amy Ryan stars as Mari Gilbert, with a full cast including Thomasin McKenzie, Lola Kirke, Oona Laurence, Gabriel Byrne, Miriam Shor, Kevin Corrigan, Dean Winters, & Austyn Johnson. A very powerful first look. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Liz Garbus' Lost Girls, direct from Netflix's YouTube:...
- 1/16/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Based on Robert Kolker’s 2013 true-crime novel of the same title, “Lost Girls” is a searing look at a mother’s relentless fight for justice against the system that failed her. From award-winning documentarian Liz Garbus, “Lost Girls” is the filmmaker’s first narrative effort.
Continue reading ‘Lost Girls’ Trailer: Amy Ryan Stars In True-Crime Drama Debuting At Sundance Next Week at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Lost Girls’ Trailer: Amy Ryan Stars In True-Crime Drama Debuting At Sundance Next Week at The Playlist.
- 1/16/2020
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
No one fights harder for their kids than a mother.
Lost Girls, Netflix’s buzzed-about drama world premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, tells the gripping true story about the women killed by the elusive Long Island Serial Killer. The story focuses on Shannan Maria Gilbert and her mom Mari Gilbert, who never gave up pressing for justice in her daughter’s disappearance. The movie is based on the book Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker.
People’s exclusive first trailer starts out with Mari, played by Oscar nominee Amy Ryan, loudly calling for the police to search for her daughter.
Lost Girls, Netflix’s buzzed-about drama world premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, tells the gripping true story about the women killed by the elusive Long Island Serial Killer. The story focuses on Shannan Maria Gilbert and her mom Mari Gilbert, who never gave up pressing for justice in her daughter’s disappearance. The movie is based on the book Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker.
People’s exclusive first trailer starts out with Mari, played by Oscar nominee Amy Ryan, loudly calling for the police to search for her daughter.
- 1/16/2020
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
HBO has acquired the worldwide rights to Hugh Jackman’s “Bad Education” out of the Toronto International Film Festival and is planning a 2020 release for it, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.
“Bad Education” is about the biggest public school embezzlement scandal in American history. It also stars Allison Janney, Ray Romano, Alex Wolff and Geraldine Viswanathan, and was directed by Cory Finley (“Thoroughbreds”) based on a true story that happened to screenwriter Mike Makowsky (“I Think We’re Alone Now”).
HBO beat out several theatrical distributors in a competitive situation and will be planning an awards push for it in 2020.
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Jackman and Janney star in the film as a school superintendent and his assistant who are tasked with bringing their school district in Long Island prestige until...
“Bad Education” is about the biggest public school embezzlement scandal in American history. It also stars Allison Janney, Ray Romano, Alex Wolff and Geraldine Viswanathan, and was directed by Cory Finley (“Thoroughbreds”) based on a true story that happened to screenwriter Mike Makowsky (“I Think We’re Alone Now”).
HBO beat out several theatrical distributors in a competitive situation and will be planning an awards push for it in 2020.
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Jackman and Janney star in the film as a school superintendent and his assistant who are tasked with bringing their school district in Long Island prestige until...
- 9/17/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven and Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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