Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for House of the Dragon, Thirteen Lives, Vengeance and Uncoupled.
Vengeance Los Angeles premiere
B.J. Novak premiered his directorial debut Vengeance on Monday at Dtla’s Ace Theater, along with stars Ashton Kutcher, Boyd Holbrook, Isabella Amara, John Mayer and Finneas.
Ashton Kutcher, Boyd Holbrook, Finneas O’Connell, B.J. Novak, Isabella Amara, John Mayer and Lio Tipton B.J. Novak and Mindy Kaling
Surface premiere
Apple TV+ celebrated premiere of its thriller series Surface at NYC’s Morgan Library and Museum on Monday, led by Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ari Graynor, Andres Joseph, Millie Brady, Christin Park, Markian Tarasiuk, creator Veronica West and executive producer Reese Witherspoon.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Reese Witherspoon Markian Tarasiuk, Andreas Joseph, guest, Veronica West, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Reese Witherspoon, Sam Miller, Lauren Neustadter, Oliver Jackson-Cohen,...
Vengeance Los Angeles premiere
B.J. Novak premiered his directorial debut Vengeance on Monday at Dtla’s Ace Theater, along with stars Ashton Kutcher, Boyd Holbrook, Isabella Amara, John Mayer and Finneas.
Ashton Kutcher, Boyd Holbrook, Finneas O’Connell, B.J. Novak, Isabella Amara, John Mayer and Lio Tipton B.J. Novak and Mindy Kaling
Surface premiere
Apple TV+ celebrated premiere of its thriller series Surface at NYC’s Morgan Library and Museum on Monday, led by Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ari Graynor, Andres Joseph, Millie Brady, Christin Park, Markian Tarasiuk, creator Veronica West and executive producer Reese Witherspoon.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Reese Witherspoon Markian Tarasiuk, Andreas Joseph, guest, Veronica West, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Reese Witherspoon, Sam Miller, Lauren Neustadter, Oliver Jackson-Cohen,...
- 7/29/2022
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The shoot for “Thirteen Lives,” the feature film adaptation of the miraculous 2018 cave-diving rescue mission known as the Tham Luang cave rescue, found all principal cast members taking to the water to navigate long, recreated cave corridors. Tom Bateman, who plays one of the rescue divers in the film, recalls the hours upon hours of underwater training the film required.
“We were fucking pruned!” Bateman told Variety at the red carpet premiere of the film at Westwood Village Theater on Thursday night. “It was pretty tough, man. We get looked after, but you pretty much put on a wetsuit at, like, 6 in the morning. And you’re not out of it until 8 o’ clock at night.”
Bateman stars alongside Viggo Mortensen, Collin Farrell and Joel Edgerton in the new film from director Ron Howard. “Thirteen Lives” follows the true story of the 2018 rescue of a boys’ soccer team in Thailand,...
“We were fucking pruned!” Bateman told Variety at the red carpet premiere of the film at Westwood Village Theater on Thursday night. “It was pretty tough, man. We get looked after, but you pretty much put on a wetsuit at, like, 6 in the morning. And you’re not out of it until 8 o’ clock at night.”
Bateman stars alongside Viggo Mortensen, Collin Farrell and Joel Edgerton in the new film from director Ron Howard. “Thirteen Lives” follows the true story of the 2018 rescue of a boys’ soccer team in Thailand,...
- 7/29/2022
- by Carson Burton
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: It took a village to rescue those 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded Thailand cave in 2018. MGM and Thirteen Lives director Ron Howard have firmed a big international cast to play the heroic rescuers who took part in a dangerous operation that cost one rescue diver — Thai Navy Seal Saman Gunan — his life. All of the boys, and the coach, were saved before floodwaters completely filled the caves.
Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, and Joel Edgerton will star with Weir Sukollawat (Malila), Thiraphat Sajakul (The Serpent), Sahajak Boonthanakit (The Serpent), Vithaya Pansringarm (The Prey), Teeradon “James” Supapunpinyo (Bad Genius), Nophand Boonyai (Only God Forgives), Tom Bateman (Death on the Nile), Paul Gleeson (The Thin Red Line), and Lewis Fitz-Gerald (Pitch Black).
The film will shoot in Australia — with the support of the Australian and Queensland Governments — and also Thailand. Production begins this month. Thirteen Lives will be released theatrically in the U.
Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, and Joel Edgerton will star with Weir Sukollawat (Malila), Thiraphat Sajakul (The Serpent), Sahajak Boonthanakit (The Serpent), Vithaya Pansringarm (The Prey), Teeradon “James” Supapunpinyo (Bad Genius), Nophand Boonyai (Only God Forgives), Tom Bateman (Death on the Nile), Paul Gleeson (The Thin Red Line), and Lewis Fitz-Gerald (Pitch Black).
The film will shoot in Australia — with the support of the Australian and Queensland Governments — and also Thailand. Production begins this month. Thirteen Lives will be released theatrically in the U.
- 3/11/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
MGM has acquired the rights to “Thirteen Lives,” director Ron Howard’s drama about the 2018 Thai cave rescue operation, the studio announced Monday.
Howard will direct the film from a script written by William Nicholson, an Oscar nominee for “Gladiator,” and he’ll also produce on behalf of Imagine Entertainment along with Karen Lunder and Brian Grazer. Storyteller Productions’ P.J. van Sandwijk and Gabrielle Tana of Magnolia Mae will also produce.
The Tham Luang cave rescue captivated the world in 2018 when 12 members of a junior soccer team, aged 11 to 16, and their assistant coach entered into a cave after their practice and then became trapped after heavy rains flooded the cave. After a week of no contact at all, a rescue effort of over 10,000 people and more than 100 divers led a coordinated effort over 18 days to rescue the entire team and their coach, though a former Thai Navy Seal diver died in the effort.
Howard will direct the film from a script written by William Nicholson, an Oscar nominee for “Gladiator,” and he’ll also produce on behalf of Imagine Entertainment along with Karen Lunder and Brian Grazer. Storyteller Productions’ P.J. van Sandwijk and Gabrielle Tana of Magnolia Mae will also produce.
The Tham Luang cave rescue captivated the world in 2018 when 12 members of a junior soccer team, aged 11 to 16, and their assistant coach entered into a cave after their practice and then became trapped after heavy rains flooded the cave. After a week of no contact at all, a rescue effort of over 10,000 people and more than 100 divers led a coordinated effort over 18 days to rescue the entire team and their coach, though a former Thai Navy Seal diver died in the effort.
- 5/4/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: MGM prevailed in an auction for Thirteen Lives, making a $55 million production commitment for a drama that Ron Howard will direct from a script by Oscar-nominated Gladiator scribe William Nicholson about the rescue of a dozen members of the Wild Boar soccer team and their coach from a flooded cave in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. Pic will be a co-production of Imagine Entertainment, Storyteller Productions, and Magnolia Mae.
Pic is produced by P.J van Sandwijk of Storyteller Productions, Gabrielle Tana of Magnolia Mae, and Brian Grazer, Howard and Karen Lunder of Imagine Entertainment. The deal comes with the rights of British cave divers John Volanthen, Richard Stanton, Jason Mallinson, Chris Jewell, Josh Bratchley and Connor Roe, who were instrumental in the harrowing rescue.
Bidding was plentiful on this one, a good sign that studios and financiers are gearing up for a return to production after everything screeched to a halt in the pandemic.
Pic is produced by P.J van Sandwijk of Storyteller Productions, Gabrielle Tana of Magnolia Mae, and Brian Grazer, Howard and Karen Lunder of Imagine Entertainment. The deal comes with the rights of British cave divers John Volanthen, Richard Stanton, Jason Mallinson, Chris Jewell, Josh Bratchley and Connor Roe, who were instrumental in the harrowing rescue.
Bidding was plentiful on this one, a good sign that studios and financiers are gearing up for a return to production after everything screeched to a halt in the pandemic.
- 5/4/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, National Geographic is making a Thai cave rescue movie, AMC has a big weekend at the box office, Gugu Mbatha-Raw’s “Fast Color” gets a release date, and AFI Fest sets its dates.
Movie Development
Yet another movie is in the works about last year’s cave rescue in Thailand.
National Geographic Documentary Films has greenlit a feature about the 2018 rescue of a Thai soccer team trapped deep inside a flooded cave.
Kevin Macdonald (“One Day in September”), John Battsek, P.J. van Sandwijk, and Michael Lesslie are working on the pic about the Wild Boars youth soccer team of 12 boys and their assistant coach being trapped for two weeks before being rescued.
The film, tentatively titled “Thai Cave Rescue,” will chronicle the perilous world of cave diving, with exclusive access to British cave divers Richard Stanton, John Volanthen, Chris Jewell, Jason Mallinson, Connor Roe,...
Movie Development
Yet another movie is in the works about last year’s cave rescue in Thailand.
National Geographic Documentary Films has greenlit a feature about the 2018 rescue of a Thai soccer team trapped deep inside a flooded cave.
Kevin Macdonald (“One Day in September”), John Battsek, P.J. van Sandwijk, and Michael Lesslie are working on the pic about the Wild Boars youth soccer team of 12 boys and their assistant coach being trapped for two weeks before being rescued.
The film, tentatively titled “Thai Cave Rescue,” will chronicle the perilous world of cave diving, with exclusive access to British cave divers Richard Stanton, John Volanthen, Chris Jewell, Jason Mallinson, Connor Roe,...
- 3/5/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
National Geographic Documentary Films has greenlit a documentary on the Thai cave rescue, the 2018 rescue mission that saved a youth boys soccer team escape after being trapped inside for 18 days, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Kevin Macdonald, known for “The Last King of Scotland” and “One Day in September,” a documentary about the terrorist attacks on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, is directing the feature documentary that includes exclusive interviews with British and Australian cave divers, and local Thai officials and volunteers who played a part in the rescue.
The documentary, which currently has a working title “Thai Cave Rescue,” is being produced by John Battsek and P.J. van Sandwijk along with executive producer Michael Lesslie.
Also Read: Ron Howard to Direct Paradise Wildfire Documentary for National Geographic
The boys were rescued from Tham Luang Nang Non cave in the Chiang Rai Province in Thailand.
Kevin Macdonald, known for “The Last King of Scotland” and “One Day in September,” a documentary about the terrorist attacks on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, is directing the feature documentary that includes exclusive interviews with British and Australian cave divers, and local Thai officials and volunteers who played a part in the rescue.
The documentary, which currently has a working title “Thai Cave Rescue,” is being produced by John Battsek and P.J. van Sandwijk along with executive producer Michael Lesslie.
Also Read: Ron Howard to Direct Paradise Wildfire Documentary for National Geographic
The boys were rescued from Tham Luang Nang Non cave in the Chiang Rai Province in Thailand.
- 3/4/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.