In today’s film news roundup, Dev Patel will portray a market whiz in a “Flash Crash” movie, the late Marty Sklar is honored at UCLA, “The Conversation” is getting a re-release and Ellen Page’s documentary gets a trailer.
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Dev Patel will star in the adaptation of “Flash Crash: A Trading Savant, a Global Manhunt, and the Most Mysterious Market Crash in History.”
See-Saw Films and New Regency won the film rights to Liam Vaughan’s book, detailing the 2010 crash. Producers are See-Saw Films’ Iain Canning and Emile Sherman and Arnon Milchan of New Regency. Patel will executive produce with Simon Gillis of See-Saw as well as New Regency’s Yariv Milchan and Michael Schaefer.
Jonathan Perera is attached to write the screenplay, based on Vaughan’s book, which will be published in May. “Flash Crash” tells the story of Navinder Singh Sarao, an outsider who found...
Project Launch
Dev Patel will star in the adaptation of “Flash Crash: A Trading Savant, a Global Manhunt, and the Most Mysterious Market Crash in History.”
See-Saw Films and New Regency won the film rights to Liam Vaughan’s book, detailing the 2010 crash. Producers are See-Saw Films’ Iain Canning and Emile Sherman and Arnon Milchan of New Regency. Patel will executive produce with Simon Gillis of See-Saw as well as New Regency’s Yariv Milchan and Michael Schaefer.
Jonathan Perera is attached to write the screenplay, based on Vaughan’s book, which will be published in May. “Flash Crash” tells the story of Navinder Singh Sarao, an outsider who found...
- 2/20/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Dev Patel is set to star in Flash Crash, a dramatic thriller based on an upcoming book by Liam Vaughan that See-Saw Films and New Regency have teamed on to adapt.
Jonathan Perera (Miss Sloane) is attached to write the screenplay that will translate to Flash Crash: A Trading Savant, a Global Manhunt, and the Most Mysterious Market Crash in History. The book is due to be published in May by Doubleday in the U.S. and William Collins in the U.K.
See-Saw and Regency won the rights in a bidding war. See-Saw, the company behind Widows and Lion, will spearhead development, financing ...
Jonathan Perera (Miss Sloane) is attached to write the screenplay that will translate to Flash Crash: A Trading Savant, a Global Manhunt, and the Most Mysterious Market Crash in History. The book is due to be published in May by Doubleday in the U.S. and William Collins in the U.K.
See-Saw and Regency won the rights in a bidding war. See-Saw, the company behind Widows and Lion, will spearhead development, financing ...
- 2/19/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dev Patel is set to star in Flash Crash, a dramatic thriller based on an upcoming book by Liam Vaughan that See-Saw Films and New Regency have teamed on to adapt.
Jonathan Perera (Miss Sloane) is attached to write the screenplay that will translate to Flash Crash: A Trading Savant, a Global Manhunt, and the Most Mysterious Market Crash in History. The book is due to be published in May by Doubleday in the U.S. and William Collins in the U.K.
See-Saw and Regency won the rights in a bidding war. See-Saw, the company behind Widows and Lion, will spearhead development, financing ...
Jonathan Perera (Miss Sloane) is attached to write the screenplay that will translate to Flash Crash: A Trading Savant, a Global Manhunt, and the Most Mysterious Market Crash in History. The book is due to be published in May by Doubleday in the U.S. and William Collins in the U.K.
See-Saw and Regency won the rights in a bidding war. See-Saw, the company behind Widows and Lion, will spearhead development, financing ...
- 2/19/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain has unveiled the winners of its 2018 awards.
The awards aim to highlight UK writing for film, television, radio, theatre, comedy, books and videogames.
At tonight’s (Jan 15) ceremony, hosted by writer and actor Vicki Pepperdine, Jonathan Perera’s script for the Jessica Chastain-starring political drama Miss Sloane won the best screenplay award, beating Gaby Chiappe’s and Paul Laverty’s nominations for Their Finest and The Olive Tree respectively.
The best first screenplay award went to Babak Anvari for his BAFTA-winning horror Under The Shadow, which triumphed over Johnny Harris’ nomination for Jawbone and Francis Lee’s nomination for God’s Own Country.
The awards aim to highlight UK writing for film, television, radio, theatre, comedy, books and videogames.
At tonight’s (Jan 15) ceremony, hosted by writer and actor Vicki Pepperdine, Jonathan Perera’s script for the Jessica Chastain-starring political drama Miss Sloane won the best screenplay award, beating Gaby Chiappe’s and Paul Laverty’s nominations for Their Finest and The Olive Tree respectively.
The best first screenplay award went to Babak Anvari for his BAFTA-winning horror Under The Shadow, which triumphed over Johnny Harris’ nomination for Jawbone and Francis Lee’s nomination for God’s Own Country.
- 1/15/2018
- by Jasper Hart
- ScreenDaily
Jessica Chastain headlines Miss Sloane, which will hopefully make more of a splash in the UK than it made in the Us...
The Us release of Miss Sloane came in the same month as the 2016 presidential election finally came to pass, and perhaps it's only down to a general exasperation with politics that it has been so overlooked. The absurdity of the news has only been compounded over the six months that it's taken to arrive in UK cinemas, but it's testament to how well executed the film is that this story of corruption and skullduggery in Washington DC still seems remarkable.
The film centres on Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain), a ruthless lobbyist who has been hauled in to plead the Fifth in front of an ethics committee (chaired by John Lithgow's pompous senator), and the three months that led to these proceedings. Miss Sloane has quite the reputation in Washington,...
The Us release of Miss Sloane came in the same month as the 2016 presidential election finally came to pass, and perhaps it's only down to a general exasperation with politics that it has been so overlooked. The absurdity of the news has only been compounded over the six months that it's taken to arrive in UK cinemas, but it's testament to how well executed the film is that this story of corruption and skullduggery in Washington DC still seems remarkable.
The film centres on Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain), a ruthless lobbyist who has been hauled in to plead the Fifth in front of an ethics committee (chaired by John Lithgow's pompous senator), and the three months that led to these proceedings. Miss Sloane has quite the reputation in Washington,...
- 5/14/2017
- Den of Geek
Author: Stefan Pape
Ah, the courtroom drama – a perennially absorbing sub-genre, with endeavours illuminating the screen from as far as back as 12 Angry Men and To Kill a Mockingbird, to the likes of Harrison Ford’s Witness, or Primal Fear, and even Liar Liar. John Madden’s Miss Sloane thrives in this very capacity, and is structured intelligently, as we begin in court, to then proceed into flashbacks as the viewer pieces this tale together, and understand how the eponymous protagonist found herself in this perilous situation – only to then catch up with ourselves for the grand finale.
Jessica Chastain is the formidable Elizabeth Sloane, who finds herself in court over a seemingly trivial matter, transpiring to be a mere diversion tactic, as the ruthless, influential lobbyist seems to gaining some headway in her battle to successfully bring a new legislation through Congress to ensure there are background checks on gun-owners.
Ah, the courtroom drama – a perennially absorbing sub-genre, with endeavours illuminating the screen from as far as back as 12 Angry Men and To Kill a Mockingbird, to the likes of Harrison Ford’s Witness, or Primal Fear, and even Liar Liar. John Madden’s Miss Sloane thrives in this very capacity, and is structured intelligently, as we begin in court, to then proceed into flashbacks as the viewer pieces this tale together, and understand how the eponymous protagonist found herself in this perilous situation – only to then catch up with ourselves for the grand finale.
Jessica Chastain is the formidable Elizabeth Sloane, who finds herself in court over a seemingly trivial matter, transpiring to be a mere diversion tactic, as the ruthless, influential lobbyist seems to gaining some headway in her battle to successfully bring a new legislation through Congress to ensure there are background checks on gun-owners.
- 5/8/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Set in the crooked underbelly of Washington, D.C., Jessica Chastain is “Miss Sloane.” In her world, the cutthroat realm of lobbying, there can only be one winner. Rendered by Chastain and director John Madden as an unpredictable and smart — and very timely — character, the eponymous lobbyist always succeeds in having the upper hand. However, when she faces her most formidable opponent yet, her undoubted victory streak may come to a crashing end.
Read More: ‘Miss Sloane’ Star Jessica Chastain Proved She Was a Total Chameleon in 2014 – Awards Season Flashback
“Miss Sloane” is set to release to on Digital HD on March 17 and DVD/Blu-ray on March 21. As a part of the new home video release, we’re proud to present an exclusive featurette with the Golden-Globe nominated Chastain, along with the writer of the film, Jonathan Perera.
In it, they explain the incredible amount of research they did in...
Read More: ‘Miss Sloane’ Star Jessica Chastain Proved She Was a Total Chameleon in 2014 – Awards Season Flashback
“Miss Sloane” is set to release to on Digital HD on March 17 and DVD/Blu-ray on March 21. As a part of the new home video release, we’re proud to present an exclusive featurette with the Golden-Globe nominated Chastain, along with the writer of the film, Jonathan Perera.
In it, they explain the incredible amount of research they did in...
- 3/23/2017
- by Kerry Levielle
- Indiewire
Chicago – Nothing says the holiday season like a film about lobbying and politics. If you read that sarcastically, you’d be wrong. “Miss Sloane” offers a female spin for an otherwise male-dominated political landscape. Most of you are trying to tune out politics after the elections, but this film builds off of that momentum by reminding us how we arrived to that point.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
In all these films about politics, rarely do we encounter such intellectually aggressive character as Elizabeth Sloane. She is a chameleon of a character that is always the epitome of style and sophistication but can change her personality when it suits her end goal. Director John Madden tries to keep up by attempting to introduce Hitchcockian thriller elements and emotional, moral out-pours in the vein of a Sidney Lumet film, but ultimately falls plainly into a political film limbo that inhabited by all of the mid-grade...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
In all these films about politics, rarely do we encounter such intellectually aggressive character as Elizabeth Sloane. She is a chameleon of a character that is always the epitome of style and sophistication but can change her personality when it suits her end goal. Director John Madden tries to keep up by attempting to introduce Hitchcockian thriller elements and emotional, moral out-pours in the vein of a Sidney Lumet film, but ultimately falls plainly into a political film limbo that inhabited by all of the mid-grade...
- 12/10/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
A few days ago I had the chance to chat with Jake Lacy about his pivotal role as Forde in the political thriller Miss Sloane, which stars Jessica Chastain.
The film is set in the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain) is the most sought after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. Known equally for her cunning and her track record of success, she has always done whatever is required to win. But when she takes on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds that winning may come at too high a price.
Here is what Jake Lacy had to say about the film.
This is such an interesting role reversal sort of role, where the male character is objectified and the female character is in control and also the villain. Can you tell us about what was fun and what was challenging about playing a non-traditional role like that?...
The film is set in the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain) is the most sought after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. Known equally for her cunning and her track record of success, she has always done whatever is required to win. But when she takes on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds that winning may come at too high a price.
Here is what Jake Lacy had to say about the film.
This is such an interesting role reversal sort of role, where the male character is objectified and the female character is in control and also the villain. Can you tell us about what was fun and what was challenging about playing a non-traditional role like that?...
- 12/9/2016
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
MaryAnn’s quick take… A hugely gripping thriller about politics and money that offers a grim object lesson: Are progressives and liberals gonna have to start fighting dirty? I’m “biast” (pro): desperate for stories about women; adore Jessica Chastain
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Suggested alternate title for Miss Sloane: Bitches Get Shit Done. It would have been tough to market that, sure… or maybe not: just sprinkle a few asterisks across the posters, a few bleeps across the TV ads. That title would have sold this tough, ballsy — eggsy? — movie with the hard, crude honesty it deserves. Miss Sloane has no time for nonsense, unless anticipating and doing an end run around it in order to smack it down counts.
Miss Sloane is a thriller — a hugely gripping one — about politics and money and lobbying, which...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Suggested alternate title for Miss Sloane: Bitches Get Shit Done. It would have been tough to market that, sure… or maybe not: just sprinkle a few asterisks across the posters, a few bleeps across the TV ads. That title would have sold this tough, ballsy — eggsy? — movie with the hard, crude honesty it deserves. Miss Sloane has no time for nonsense, unless anticipating and doing an end run around it in order to smack it down counts.
Miss Sloane is a thriller — a hugely gripping one — about politics and money and lobbying, which...
- 12/5/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Miss Sloane asserts itself with awards season bravado, but as aggressive political takedowns give way to crackerjack-box conflict resolution (never know what’s inside), an almost B-movie vibe gains control. I’m not sure if EuropaCorp knew what they had here besides an absolutely on-fire performance by an un-extinguishable Jessica Chastain.
Director John Madden and writer Jonathan Perera set their sights on corrupt governmental practices, but go the route of bug-tapping bugs (not a typo) and emotional gigolos where other films have remained embroiled in D.C. espionage. Chastain never wavers in her steely, iron-fist poise, yet there’s no denying the utter ridiculousness that goes down in the name of kinda wrong do-gooding. I still don’t know what kind of tone Miss Sloane is aiming for – all I know is Chastain knocks her titular role into outer-f*#king-space.
Elizabeth Sloane (Chastain) is a pill-popping lobbyist who can crush...
Director John Madden and writer Jonathan Perera set their sights on corrupt governmental practices, but go the route of bug-tapping bugs (not a typo) and emotional gigolos where other films have remained embroiled in D.C. espionage. Chastain never wavers in her steely, iron-fist poise, yet there’s no denying the utter ridiculousness that goes down in the name of kinda wrong do-gooding. I still don’t know what kind of tone Miss Sloane is aiming for – all I know is Chastain knocks her titular role into outer-f*#king-space.
Elizabeth Sloane (Chastain) is a pill-popping lobbyist who can crush...
- 11/30/2016
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
There’s an embarrassment of riches in the Best Actress Oscar race this year and that’s often because women are doing it for themselves. It’s basic math: since studios have a rotten track record for delivering juicy parts, smart actresses take a more active role in pursuing them. Their agents know they are willing to go independent in order to expand their range, if not their paychecks.
Jessica Chastain has been crazy in demand ever since 2011, when she was featured in six radically different movies. She starred in Shakespeare’s “Coriolanus” opposite Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa Redgrave, played Brad Pitt’s ethereal wife in Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life,” and scored a Supporting Actress Oscar nomination as a ditzy Southern belle in “The Help.”
Clearly, this is a woman who won’t be put in a box.
One of the Juilliard grad’s first roles was in John Madden’s “The Debt,...
Jessica Chastain has been crazy in demand ever since 2011, when she was featured in six radically different movies. She starred in Shakespeare’s “Coriolanus” opposite Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa Redgrave, played Brad Pitt’s ethereal wife in Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life,” and scored a Supporting Actress Oscar nomination as a ditzy Southern belle in “The Help.”
Clearly, this is a woman who won’t be put in a box.
One of the Juilliard grad’s first roles was in John Madden’s “The Debt,...
- 11/23/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
There’s an embarrassment of riches in the Best Actress Oscar race this year and that’s often because women are doing it for themselves. It’s basic math: since studios have a rotten track record for delivering juicy parts, smart actresses take a more active role in pursuing them. Their agents know they are willing to go independent in order to expand their range, if not their paychecks.
Jessica Chastain has been crazy in demand ever since 2011, when she was featured in six radically different movies. She starred in Shakespeare’s “Coriolanus” opposite Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa Redgrave, played Brad Pitt’s ethereal wife in Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life,” and scored a Supporting Actress Oscar nomination as a ditzy Southern belle in “The Help.”
Clearly, this is a woman who won’t be put in a box.
One of the Juilliard grad’s first roles was in John Madden’s “The Debt,...
Jessica Chastain has been crazy in demand ever since 2011, when she was featured in six radically different movies. She starred in Shakespeare’s “Coriolanus” opposite Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa Redgrave, played Brad Pitt’s ethereal wife in Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life,” and scored a Supporting Actress Oscar nomination as a ditzy Southern belle in “The Help.”
Clearly, this is a woman who won’t be put in a box.
One of the Juilliard grad’s first roles was in John Madden’s “The Debt,...
- 11/23/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Jessica Chastain is one of the best actresses on the planet. So when her mostly riveting film Miss Sloane gets bogged down in repetitive plot points, she's always there to guide you over the hurdles. Directed by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love) from a script by first-timer Jonathan Perera, the movie follows Chastain's Elizabeth Sloane, a woman who knows how to smile while cutting your throat. She's not an assassin – she's a D.C. lobbyist, which may be worse. Sloane has just walked out of her job with bossman George Dupont...
- 11/23/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Miss Sloane EuropaCorp Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya Grade: B Director: John Madden Written by: Jonathan Perera Cast: Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Stuhlbarg, Alison Pill, Jake Lacy Screened at: Park Avenue, NYC, 11/14/16 Opens: December 9, 2016 We in the audience presumably like to cheer the good guys, whether in politics or family relations, but we’ve come a long way from the great but naïve movies like “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” In that 1939 picture, director Frank Capra positions James Stewart’s character, Jefferson Smith, an innocent gent, to fill a Senate vacancy with the thought by corrupt politicians that he can easily be manipulated. Smith turns [ Read More ]
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- 11/22/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Dramatic Hollywood takedowns of maligned professions—big bad lawyers, banks, politicians—tend to be overdone portrayals that are good for a thrill yet bad as a civics lesson. But in our truth-is-stranger-than-fiction world, one where reality TV and government have merged, all bets are off. In this new universe, the otherwise metastasized film Miss Sloane, focused on vilifying the profession of lobbying, is unavoidably relevant and eerily prescient.
The titular character, played powerfully by the talented Jessica Chastain, is a ruthless lobbyist hired to take on the grandest lobby of them all: the gun industry. Chastain’s Sloane is so manipulative, so conniving, and so bereft of all human morality, that she makes Gordon Gekko look like Mother Theresa.
At the outset, the ambitious Sloane condescendingly walks out of her position at a right-wing lobbyist firm after her equally merciless boss, the demonic Sam Waterson, orders her to find a...
The titular character, played powerfully by the talented Jessica Chastain, is a ruthless lobbyist hired to take on the grandest lobby of them all: the gun industry. Chastain’s Sloane is so manipulative, so conniving, and so bereft of all human morality, that she makes Gordon Gekko look like Mother Theresa.
At the outset, the ambitious Sloane condescendingly walks out of her position at a right-wing lobbyist firm after her equally merciless boss, the demonic Sam Waterson, orders her to find a...
- 11/14/2016
- by J Don Birnam
- LRMonline.com
The new political drama “Miss Sloane” premiered this past Friday at the AFI Festival in Los Angles and the first set of reviews are finally trickling out. The film stars Jessica Chastain as Elizabeth Sloane, a ruthless political lobbyist who goes up against the gun lobby and discovers she’s up against the most powerful opponent of her life. Critics have so far given the film mixed reviews, but leave room to compliment Chastain’s performance.
Read More: ‘Miss Sloane’ Trailer: Jessica Chastain Stars As A Political Lobbyist In Gun Control Drama
IndieWire’s own David Ehrlich gave a mixed review, saying that it “spirals so far from reality that its farfetchedness becomes its own sad commentary on the current state of things,” especially in the immediate wake of a Trump presidency. “As a film pushing for less corruption in politics, it’s far too soapy to feel credible. As...
Read More: ‘Miss Sloane’ Trailer: Jessica Chastain Stars As A Political Lobbyist In Gun Control Drama
IndieWire’s own David Ehrlich gave a mixed review, saying that it “spirals so far from reality that its farfetchedness becomes its own sad commentary on the current state of things,” especially in the immediate wake of a Trump presidency. “As a film pushing for less corruption in politics, it’s far too soapy to feel credible. As...
- 11/13/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Well “Miss Sloane” certainly picked an interesting weekend to make its world premiere. A barnstorming political thriller about a fiercely intelligent woman who breaks men over her knee and brings Washington D.C. to heel, the latest film from “Shakespeare in Love” director John Madden may have been conceived as a story of empowerment, but in the wake of President-Elect Donald J. Trump. it can’t help but feel like a feminist fantasy from a more hopeful time when the glass ceiling seemed ready to shatter into 160 million tiny pieces — a time that I like to call “last Monday.”
But maybe that will change. Maybe tomorrow — after the smoke clears and our anger coalesces into action — this fierce, over the top, and wholly entertaining saga of lobbyists run amok won’t be seen as a nostalgic throwback so much as a cautionary tale about what’s to come.
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But maybe that will change. Maybe tomorrow — after the smoke clears and our anger coalesces into action — this fierce, over the top, and wholly entertaining saga of lobbyists run amok won’t be seen as a nostalgic throwback so much as a cautionary tale about what’s to come.
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- 11/12/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Jonathan Perera’s story is inspiring, interesting and very Hollywood. He grew up in the projects of London. He finished university with a ton of debt and went to work...
- 11/11/2016
- by Jazz Tangcay
- AwardsDaily.com
We were due for another very serious political drama in which well-dressed people yell at one another in hallways (it’s been a full five years since Ides Of March). Given the current national situation, it just makes sense that Hollywood’s newest offering from that highly specific sub-genre should feature a strong female lead. And given what we see here, it looks like Jessica Chastain will fit nicely in that role.
In Miss Sloane, a poise-exuding Chastain plays a resolute and unrelenting D.C. lobbyist who puts her career, and possibly her life, at risk when she decides to head up a gun control campaign. Mark Strong, Sam Waterston, and Boardwalk Empire’s Michael Stuhlbarg are all on board as some of the highly-placed men who will growl at her over the course of the film. John Madden directs from a 2015 Black List screenplay by newcomer Jonathan Perera ...
In Miss Sloane, a poise-exuding Chastain plays a resolute and unrelenting D.C. lobbyist who puts her career, and possibly her life, at risk when she decides to head up a gun control campaign. Mark Strong, Sam Waterston, and Boardwalk Empire’s Michael Stuhlbarg are all on board as some of the highly-placed men who will growl at her over the course of the film. John Madden directs from a 2015 Black List screenplay by newcomer Jonathan Perera ...
- 9/14/2016
- by Dennis DiClaudio
- avclub.com
In 2015, Jonathan Perera‘s script for Miss Sloane made the 2015 Blacklist (a list of the best-unproduced screenplays). Not too long after making the list, it drew interest from director John Madden (Shakespeare in Love) and actress Jessica Chastain (The Martian). Chastain stars as a lobbyist in Madden’s latest film, which also features Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Beyond the Lights), Alison Pill (The Newsroom), Mark Strong (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Jon […]
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- 9/13/2016
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
It usually takes Hollywood two years or more to turn out theatrical movies about real events and issues, but the subject of gun legislation in the U.S has been rumbling on for so long, it’s surprising a film like Miss Sloane hasn’t arrived sooner. It will surely benefit from the currently heightened profile of the gun law debate, however, and this sharp social relevance may well have influenced the decision to set its release date for the midst of awards season this year.
Directed by Academy Award nominee John Madden (Shakespeare In Love), Miss Sloane is the debut screenplay of newcomer Jonathan Perera. It stars Jessica Chastain – who has an Oscar nomination of her own – as the titular Elizabeth Sloane, who works as a lobbyist in Washington D.C. As she seeks to follow her ambitions, she takes on the influential national gun lobby and tries to...
Directed by Academy Award nominee John Madden (Shakespeare In Love), Miss Sloane is the debut screenplay of newcomer Jonathan Perera. It stars Jessica Chastain – who has an Oscar nomination of her own – as the titular Elizabeth Sloane, who works as a lobbyist in Washington D.C. As she seeks to follow her ambitions, she takes on the influential national gun lobby and tries to...
- 7/15/2016
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
EuropaCorp and FilmNation announced today that Miss Sloane will be released on December 9. The film is directed by Oscar-nominated John Madden (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Shakespeare In Love) and is based on the original screenplay by Jonathan Perera.
Oscar-nominated actress Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty, Interstellar) stars in the title role of Elizabeth Sloane. The film is produced by FilmNation’s Ben Browning and Archery Pictures’ Kris Thykier along with EuropaCorp’s Ariel Zeitoun, FilmNation’s Patrick Chu and Aaron Ryder serves as the executive producers.
Also starring in the film are Mark Strong (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Beyond The Lights, Belle), Michael Stuhlbarg (A Serious Man), Alison Pill (The Newsroom), Jake Lacy (Carol), Oscar-nominated actor Sam Waterston (The Killing Fields, Law & Order), and Oscar-nominated John Lithgow (Interstellar, Dexter).
Miss Sloane is the story a ruthless lobbyist (Jessica Chastain) who is notorious for her unparalleled talent and...
Oscar-nominated actress Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty, Interstellar) stars in the title role of Elizabeth Sloane. The film is produced by FilmNation’s Ben Browning and Archery Pictures’ Kris Thykier along with EuropaCorp’s Ariel Zeitoun, FilmNation’s Patrick Chu and Aaron Ryder serves as the executive producers.
Also starring in the film are Mark Strong (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Beyond The Lights, Belle), Michael Stuhlbarg (A Serious Man), Alison Pill (The Newsroom), Jake Lacy (Carol), Oscar-nominated actor Sam Waterston (The Killing Fields, Law & Order), and Oscar-nominated John Lithgow (Interstellar, Dexter).
Miss Sloane is the story a ruthless lobbyist (Jessica Chastain) who is notorious for her unparalleled talent and...
- 7/14/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Gilmore Girls
Vanessa Marano ("Switched at Birth") has joined the cast of Netflix's "Gilmore Girls" revival, the latest original cast member to join the revival. Marano will reprise her role as April Nardini, daughter of Luke (Scott Patterson).
The polarizing character appeared in the final two seasons and is often blamed for Lorelai's (Lauren Graham) breakup with Luke. It’s not been made clear in which or how many of the four episodes Marano will appear. [Source: Variety]
Untitled Death Row Drama
HBO is developing a drama series penned and directed by Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney who makes his narrative debut on the project.
Laura Dern is attached to star and executive produce the untitled drama which centers on a court-appointed psychiatrist (Dern) who must determine from her twisted yet humanizing diagnostic exchanges with death row inmates if they are sane enough to be killed by the state. [Source: Deadline]
Miss Sloane
Douglas Smith...
Vanessa Marano ("Switched at Birth") has joined the cast of Netflix's "Gilmore Girls" revival, the latest original cast member to join the revival. Marano will reprise her role as April Nardini, daughter of Luke (Scott Patterson).
The polarizing character appeared in the final two seasons and is often blamed for Lorelai's (Lauren Graham) breakup with Luke. It’s not been made clear in which or how many of the four episodes Marano will appear. [Source: Variety]
Untitled Death Row Drama
HBO is developing a drama series penned and directed by Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney who makes his narrative debut on the project.
Laura Dern is attached to star and executive produce the untitled drama which centers on a court-appointed psychiatrist (Dern) who must determine from her twisted yet humanizing diagnostic exchanges with death row inmates if they are sane enough to be killed by the state. [Source: Deadline]
Miss Sloane
Douglas Smith...
- 2/12/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, who stars opposite Will Smith in Concussion, is in final negotiations to join Jessica Chastain in Miss Sloane, the gun-control drama being made by FilmNation and EuropaCorp. The project, which is being directed by John Madden, is in casting mode and just added Michael Stuhlbarg on Friday. Alison Pill is also on the call sheet. The script, penned by Jonathan Perera, tells of Elizabeth Sloane, a political fixer with an abused and abusive past who takes on Washington’s well-oiled gun lobby to pass gun legislation. The story is set in motion when new legislation requiring
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- 1/25/2016
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Following a brief stint on The Office and a minor role in Todd Haynes’ Oscar favorite Carol, Jake Lacy has enlisted for gun control drama Miss Sloane, according to The Wrap.
John Madden is behind the lens for the button-pushing piece, which couldn’t be entering the mainstream at a more appropriate time following Barack Obama’s recent address about the regulation and restrictions surrounding the sale of firearms in the States. Lacy joins a cast that already boasts Jessica Chastain and The Newsroom‘s Alison Pill, though information about their respective characters in Madden’s feature hasn’t been disclosed.
What we do know is that Chastain anchors the feature as a decorated lobbyist seeking personal redemption by championing a new legalization that would result in tighter restrictions for gun control in the country. Even from that brief description we can deduce that Chastain’s seasoned professional has a...
John Madden is behind the lens for the button-pushing piece, which couldn’t be entering the mainstream at a more appropriate time following Barack Obama’s recent address about the regulation and restrictions surrounding the sale of firearms in the States. Lacy joins a cast that already boasts Jessica Chastain and The Newsroom‘s Alison Pill, though information about their respective characters in Madden’s feature hasn’t been disclosed.
What we do know is that Chastain anchors the feature as a decorated lobbyist seeking personal redemption by championing a new legalization that would result in tighter restrictions for gun control in the country. Even from that brief description we can deduce that Chastain’s seasoned professional has a...
- 1/7/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Jake Lacy is set to join Jessica Chastain in EuroraCorp and FilmNation’s “Miss Sloane,” a hot-button political thriller about gun control, TheWrap has learned. Alison Pill (“The Newsroom”) will co-star in the movie, which John Madden is directing from a script by first-time screenwriter Jonathan Perera. Ben Browning will produce for FilmNation, while Patrick Chu will serve as executive producer. Chastain will star as a seasoned D.C. lobbyist who finds personal and professional redemption pushing for reasonable gun legislation, which has been a controversial topic in America of late. Also Read: Taylor Kitsch Joins Kit Harington, Jessica Chastain in Xavier Dolan's English-Language.
- 1/7/2016
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Film execs have voted for their favourite unproduced Us screenplays.
A script about Michael Jackson’s pet chimp Bubbles and a Moon-based roadtrip adventure are both on this year’s Black List of “most liked” unproduced screenplays in Hollywood.
The annual list, which was first published in 2005, surveys around 500 film executives on their favourite unmade scripts, with a typical response rate of 60%.
This year’s list features 81 screenplays, and was revealed in a series of Youtube videos hosted by the likes of Channing Tatum, Ava DuVernay and Lily James.
2015’s top screenplay is Isaac Adamson’s Bubbles, the story of the late pop star Michael Jackson’s life told through the narration of his pep chimp Bubbles.
Previous films on the list include Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire, Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech and Ben Affleck’s Argo, all of which went on to win best picture Oscars.
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A script about Michael Jackson’s pet chimp Bubbles and a Moon-based roadtrip adventure are both on this year’s Black List of “most liked” unproduced screenplays in Hollywood.
The annual list, which was first published in 2005, surveys around 500 film executives on their favourite unmade scripts, with a typical response rate of 60%.
This year’s list features 81 screenplays, and was revealed in a series of Youtube videos hosted by the likes of Channing Tatum, Ava DuVernay and Lily James.
2015’s top screenplay is Isaac Adamson’s Bubbles, the story of the late pop star Michael Jackson’s life told through the narration of his pep chimp Bubbles.
Previous films on the list include Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire, Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech and Ben Affleck’s Argo, all of which went on to win best picture Oscars.
Spotlight and The...
- 12/15/2015
- ScreenDaily
EuropaCorp has scored the worldwide rights to John Madden's gun control drama "Miss Sloane" from FilmNation.
Jessica Chastain plays a powerful lobbyist who sacrifices her career on Federal Hill in order to successfully pass an amendment enforcing stricter gun control laws.
The Jonathan Perera-scripted film begins shooting in March and will be produced by Ben Browning. This marks Madden and Chastain's second teaming after "The Debt"
Source: Variety...
Jessica Chastain plays a powerful lobbyist who sacrifices her career on Federal Hill in order to successfully pass an amendment enforcing stricter gun control laws.
The Jonathan Perera-scripted film begins shooting in March and will be produced by Ben Browning. This marks Madden and Chastain's second teaming after "The Debt"
Source: Variety...
- 9/13/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
- 9/13/2015
- by Ryan Adams
- AwardsDaily.com
EuropaCorp has partnered with FilmNation to produce the political thriller Miss Sloane, which John Madden will direct and Jessica Chastain will star in. The topic is hot button stuff, the issue of gun control. Script is by Jonathan Perera. Pic shoots in March. Ben Browning will produce for FilmNation and Patrick Chu will be the executive producer. EuropaCorp will fully finance the film and handle worldwide distribution. The company just launched its distribution pipeline…...
- 9/12/2015
- Deadline
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