Slash teams up with composer Bear McCreary for an epic new song “The End of Tomorrow” from the latter’s forthcoming album, The Singularity, arriving May 3rd.
The near-11-minute track opens with an instrumental orchestral intro before Slash’s guitar cuts through the mix. His tone and style are immediately recognizable, with McCreary entrusting the Guns N’ Roses axeman with the main melodic lines in the arrangement.
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Bear’s brother, Brendan McCreary, contributes lead vocals to the track and assumes a prominent role, as the song traverses many movements and cinematic turns — not surprising given Bear’s background in film, television, and video game scores.
For those approaching the song via Slash’s notable guest spot — namely Gn’R fans — “The End of Tomorrow” immediately recalls “November Rain” in its maximalism and narrative weight, and the Use Your Illusion masterpiece was a direct influence according to McCreary.
The near-11-minute track opens with an instrumental orchestral intro before Slash’s guitar cuts through the mix. His tone and style are immediately recognizable, with McCreary entrusting the Guns N’ Roses axeman with the main melodic lines in the arrangement.
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Bear’s brother, Brendan McCreary, contributes lead vocals to the track and assumes a prominent role, as the song traverses many movements and cinematic turns — not surprising given Bear’s background in film, television, and video game scores.
For those approaching the song via Slash’s notable guest spot — namely Gn’R fans — “The End of Tomorrow” immediately recalls “November Rain” in its maximalism and narrative weight, and the Use Your Illusion masterpiece was a direct influence according to McCreary.
- 4/19/2024
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
“This documentary is just to try and get some of the information down on film somewhere, before it’ll scatters away,” admits Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh of the documentary about the band that premieres at the Sundance Film Festival tonight. “I just like the idea that this information is being collected,” the front man adds.
In a festival full of music documentaries this year on legends like Luther Vandross, Brian Eno and the star studded 1985 recording of “We Are the World,” the Chris Smith directed Devo may hit even a little bit closer to home. After all, the film represents a return to Park City for the band. Back in 1996, Devo was the off-screen closing act of sorts to that year’s Sundance Film Festival. Clad in prison stripes and their trademark Red Energy Dome hats, the “Whip It” band’s performance was even made into a movie of its...
In a festival full of music documentaries this year on legends like Luther Vandross, Brian Eno and the star studded 1985 recording of “We Are the World,” the Chris Smith directed Devo may hit even a little bit closer to home. After all, the film represents a return to Park City for the band. Back in 1996, Devo was the off-screen closing act of sorts to that year’s Sundance Film Festival. Clad in prison stripes and their trademark Red Energy Dome hats, the “Whip It” band’s performance was even made into a movie of its...
- 1/22/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
RapidEyeMovers is pleased to share a brand-new gameplay trailer for C-Smash Vrs featuring new music from Danalogue (The Comet is Coming) .
The full body transportive experience is almost here, with larger-than-life sports, fitness, and amazing music, built around stunning visuals and pulsating beats of dynamic and entrancing music.
Combining a low-gravity form of Squash with timed block-breaking challenges, C-Smash Vrs brings together the very best of racket sports and timeless action puzzle gameplay.
We are counting down the days to this incredibly exciting release on the 23rd June and even more content will follow.
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The full body transportive experience is almost here, with larger-than-life sports, fitness, and amazing music, built around stunning visuals and pulsating beats of dynamic and entrancing music.
Combining a low-gravity form of Squash with timed block-breaking challenges, C-Smash Vrs brings together the very best of racket sports and timeless action puzzle gameplay.
We are counting down the days to this incredibly exciting release on the 23rd June and even more content will follow.
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- 6/12/2023
- by Video-Games MCM
- Martin Cid Tech
In the spring of 2019, Lee Sung Jin was driving home through Los Angeles traffic from his job as a writer on the animated series Undone, at the end of a perfectly fine day in his dream profession. Sitting at a red light, he missed the change to green while studying Waze. A driver in a white SUV behind him leaned on his horn. Then, as Lee recalls, the man pulled up alongside Lee’s car, “said a bunch of shit, and zoomed away.”
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- 3/20/2023
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
After being in Steam Early Access for the past two years, Bounding Box Software’s Prodeus will finally be launching its 1.0 version this Thursday for PC and consoles. The throwback Fps will arrive September 23 for the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series, Xbox One, the Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. Prodeus will also be available for the Xbox Game Pass.
Per the devs, the full 1.0 release will include new maps and weapons, full multiplayer co-op with up to 4 players, new level editor features “and much much more”. That also includes a level editor, though that is only available for the PC version. Despite that, players can upload their creations to be enjoyed by console and PC players alike.
Described as a first-person shooter of old, but re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology, Prodeus‘ story is short and to the point: the player steps into the boots of a corrupted agent of Prodeus,...
Per the devs, the full 1.0 release will include new maps and weapons, full multiplayer co-op with up to 4 players, new level editor features “and much much more”. That also includes a level editor, though that is only available for the PC version. Despite that, players can upload their creations to be enjoyed by console and PC players alike.
Described as a first-person shooter of old, but re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology, Prodeus‘ story is short and to the point: the player steps into the boots of a corrupted agent of Prodeus,...
- 9/19/2022
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
Pitched somewhere between Apocalypse Now (1979), the early films of Alan J. Pakula, and Jacques Rivette’s Noroît (1976), Albert Serra’s loose, languorous 165-minute Pacifiction is, like all of the miscellania he has produced for cinema and elsewhere over the years, unlike anything else you can get your eyes on. Tedious, enchanting, and overlong, Serra’s magical, Graham Greene-like follow-up to Liberté (2019) is another diametric opposite in a career built on decisive variations and provocative contrasts. Serra’s orgiastic last film began with the slowly fading light of sunset and ended with it reappearing with the rising of the sun; in between, masked libertines tugged clumsily and fitfully at each other’s organs in lick-after-lick, grind-after-grind, and fuck-after-fuck of a protracted outdoor sex bonanza. That film was set entirely within the confines of a forest, in which aristocrats first elaborate on their most depraved sexual fantasies and then bask in some version of them.
- 8/11/2022
- MUBI
Kathryn Bigelow to direct David Koepp’s adaptation of “Aurora” — Auteur director Kathryn Bigelow joins with bankable screenwriter David Koepp to bring his science fiction work “Aurora” to the screen. This news is surely an exciting prospect. These two powerhouse professionals would bring much to the table, simply because of triumphs in their own right. Kathryn Bigelow [...]
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- 4/4/2022
- by David McDonald
- Film-Book
The last film from Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker“) was the period drama “Detroit” that was released back in 2017. The filmmaker has finally found her next project, a genre picture that will be made for Netflix.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, the is film said to be “eyeing a budget north of 100 million” and will see Bigelow work alongside seasoned screenwriter David Koepp, who will adapt his upcoming novel “Aurora” for the feature.
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Per The Hollywood Reporter, the is film said to be “eyeing a budget north of 100 million” and will see Bigelow work alongside seasoned screenwriter David Koepp, who will adapt his upcoming novel “Aurora” for the feature.
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- 4/1/2022
- by Christopher Marc
- The Playlist
Filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow, who became the first woman to win a directing Oscar in 2010 for ‘The Hurt Locker’, will direct ‘Aurora’, based on David Koepp’s upcoming thriller novel of the same name, for the streamer Netflix. Koepp will also write the film’s screenplay, which will join his long list of credits including ‘Mission: Impossible’ […]...
- 4/1/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
It’s been half a decade since the release of a new Kathryn Bigelow film, but now thankfully it looks like we won’t have to wait much longer. Following 2017’s Detroit, the Oscar-winning director has set her sights on her next project.
THR reports she’ll be teaming with Netflix for the thriller Aurora, written by David Koepp and based on his own forthcoming novel, set to hit bookstores this June. Check out the book’s official synopsis via Amazon below:
In Aurora, Illinois, Aubrey Wheeler is just trying to get by after her semi-criminal ex-husband split, leaving behind his unruly teenage son.
Then the lights go out—not just in Aurora but across the globe. A solar storm has knocked out power almost everywhere. Suddenly, all problems are local, very local, and Aubrey must assume the mantle of fierce protector of her suburban neighborhood.
Across the country lives Aubrey’s estranged brother,...
THR reports she’ll be teaming with Netflix for the thriller Aurora, written by David Koepp and based on his own forthcoming novel, set to hit bookstores this June. Check out the book’s official synopsis via Amazon below:
In Aurora, Illinois, Aubrey Wheeler is just trying to get by after her semi-criminal ex-husband split, leaving behind his unruly teenage son.
Then the lights go out—not just in Aurora but across the globe. A solar storm has knocked out power almost everywhere. Suddenly, all problems are local, very local, and Aubrey must assume the mantle of fierce protector of her suburban neighborhood.
Across the country lives Aubrey’s estranged brother,...
- 4/1/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Academy Award-winner Kathryn Bigelow is set to direct "Aurora" for Netflix, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film is based on the upcoming book from David Koepp worked as a screenwriter for films some pretty impressive films like "Jurassic Park," "Mission: Impossible," "Ghost Town," and "Spider-Man." Recently, he wrote the HBO Max film "Kimi" which starred Zoe Kravitz.
Koepp will adapt his own novel for the production. A quick check on Audible tells us that Rupert Friend will be narrating the audiobook when "Aurora" is released on June 7, 2022. It will be interesting to see if he's cast in...
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Koepp will adapt his own novel for the production. A quick check on Audible tells us that Rupert Friend will be narrating the audiobook when "Aurora" is released on June 7, 2022. It will be interesting to see if he's cast in...
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- 4/1/2022
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
Fresh off the heels of Jane Campion’s best director win at the Oscars, Kathryn Bigelow is also heading to Netflix for her next project. Bigelow, who became the first woman to win a directing Oscar in 2010 for “The Hurt Locker,” will direct “Aurora,” based on David Koepp’s upcoming thriller novel of the same name, for the streamer.
Koepp will also write the film’s screenplay, which will join his long list of credits including “Mission: Impossible” and “Jurassic Park.” The novel “Aurora” is set to be released on June 7 by Harper Collins.
Per Netflix’s announcement of the project on Twitter, the film “follows characters who are coping with the collapse of the social order, set against a catastrophic worldwide power crisis.” The novel’s blurb sets the story in Aurora, Illinois, where Aubrey Wheeler and her teenage son are forced to fend for themselves in the wake of a massive power outage.
Koepp will also write the film’s screenplay, which will join his long list of credits including “Mission: Impossible” and “Jurassic Park.” The novel “Aurora” is set to be released on June 7 by Harper Collins.
Per Netflix’s announcement of the project on Twitter, the film “follows characters who are coping with the collapse of the social order, set against a catastrophic worldwide power crisis.” The novel’s blurb sets the story in Aurora, Illinois, where Aubrey Wheeler and her teenage son are forced to fend for themselves in the wake of a massive power outage.
- 3/31/2022
- by Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow is finally getting back behind the camera. Netflix announced on Thursday that the “Zero Dark Thirty” director will helm an adaptation of David Koepp’s upcoming novel “Aurora” for the streaming service. Koepp will write the screenplay.
The story takes place in the wake of a global power outage, as a solar storm knocks out power nearly everywhere. It follows a newly single mother of a teenaged son in Illinois who must assume the mantle of “fierce protector” of her suburban neighborhood, while her estranged brother – a wealthy Silicon Valley CEO – plans to ride out the aftermath in his desert bunker across the country.
The novel is due to be published on June 7 and is Koepp’s second book after the publication of “Cold Storage” in 2019.
“Aurora” will mark Bigelow’s first film since 2017’s “Detroit.” She became the first woman to win the Best Director...
The story takes place in the wake of a global power outage, as a solar storm knocks out power nearly everywhere. It follows a newly single mother of a teenaged son in Illinois who must assume the mantle of “fierce protector” of her suburban neighborhood, while her estranged brother – a wealthy Silicon Valley CEO – plans to ride out the aftermath in his desert bunker across the country.
The novel is due to be published on June 7 and is Koepp’s second book after the publication of “Cold Storage” in 2019.
“Aurora” will mark Bigelow’s first film since 2017’s “Detroit.” She became the first woman to win the Best Director...
- 3/31/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Kathryn Bigelow looks to have found her next movie as the Oscar winner is set to direct Aurora, an adaptation of the David Koepp novel which Netflix just landed the rights to. Greg Shapiro and Gavin Polone will produce. Koepp will also adapt the script.
The story follows that events of a solar storm that knocks out most of humanity’s power grids and focuses on the personal story of a divorced mother who must now do everything she can to protect her teenaged and her estranged brother, a wealthy Silicon Valley CEO who has built a luxurious bunker in the desert for just such a disaster.
The book will be published on June 7 by Harper Collins.
Bigelow most recently directed the thriller Detroit and had previously helmed such award contenders like Zero Dark Thirty and The Hurt Locker. She is repped by CAA.
The story follows that events of a solar storm that knocks out most of humanity’s power grids and focuses on the personal story of a divorced mother who must now do everything she can to protect her teenaged and her estranged brother, a wealthy Silicon Valley CEO who has built a luxurious bunker in the desert for just such a disaster.
The book will be published on June 7 by Harper Collins.
Bigelow most recently directed the thriller Detroit and had previously helmed such award contenders like Zero Dark Thirty and The Hurt Locker. She is repped by CAA.
- 3/31/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
David Koepp knows suspense.
The prolific screenwriter has written edge-of-your-seat thrillers for Brian De Palma, David Fincher (“Panic Room”), and Ron Howard. He’s also directed a few for himself, including 1996’s excellent “The Trigger Effect.”
A new David Koepp thriller is a very big deal indeed, especially if it’s directed by the legendary Steven Soderbergh. And that’s what we’ve got in “Kimi,” a paranoid techno-thriller debuting Thursday on HBO Max.
“Kimi” stars Zoë Kravitz as Angela, an agoraphobic young woman in Seattle working for a start-up introducing a new digital assistant named Kimi. Her job is to scrub through janky audio recordings; one day she comes across a recording that rattles her to the core – did a woman seemingly record her violent attack? Did Angela become the ear-witness to a murder?
TheWrap talked with Koepp about what it was like working with Soderbergh, how the pandemic...
The prolific screenwriter has written edge-of-your-seat thrillers for Brian De Palma, David Fincher (“Panic Room”), and Ron Howard. He’s also directed a few for himself, including 1996’s excellent “The Trigger Effect.”
A new David Koepp thriller is a very big deal indeed, especially if it’s directed by the legendary Steven Soderbergh. And that’s what we’ve got in “Kimi,” a paranoid techno-thriller debuting Thursday on HBO Max.
“Kimi” stars Zoë Kravitz as Angela, an agoraphobic young woman in Seattle working for a start-up introducing a new digital assistant named Kimi. Her job is to scrub through janky audio recordings; one day she comes across a recording that rattles her to the core – did a woman seemingly record her violent attack? Did Angela become the ear-witness to a murder?
TheWrap talked with Koepp about what it was like working with Soderbergh, how the pandemic...
- 2/9/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
The uniquely underwhelming sci-fi lawyer drama “Naked Singularity” is a weird mashup of ill-fitting genre tropes and quarter-cooked ideas about social justice and alternate realities.
Adapted from Sergio De La Pava’s novel, “Naked Singularity” boils down to two messy, under-developed storylines about fed-up public defender Casi (John Boyega). The first story is a character study set in the New York criminal court system, which has not improved much since “And Justice for All…” was released in 1979, and is generally represented by a series of loud but toothless exchanges between Casi, an overworked do-gooder, and antagonistic Judge Cymbeline (Linda Lavin), who enjoys frustrating Casi and his clients.
The second story is a rambling science-fiction caper about stolen drugs and alternate timelines; despite some reluctance, Casi tries to help equally overworked impound-lot bureaucrat Lea (Olivia Cooke) by locating and fencing some cocaine that was stashed in a seized Lincoln Navigator. There...
Adapted from Sergio De La Pava’s novel, “Naked Singularity” boils down to two messy, under-developed storylines about fed-up public defender Casi (John Boyega). The first story is a character study set in the New York criminal court system, which has not improved much since “And Justice for All…” was released in 1979, and is generally represented by a series of loud but toothless exchanges between Casi, an overworked do-gooder, and antagonistic Judge Cymbeline (Linda Lavin), who enjoys frustrating Casi and his clients.
The second story is a rambling science-fiction caper about stolen drugs and alternate timelines; despite some reluctance, Casi tries to help equally overworked impound-lot bureaucrat Lea (Olivia Cooke) by locating and fencing some cocaine that was stashed in a seized Lincoln Navigator. There...
- 8/2/2021
- by Simon Abrams
- The Wrap
“Naked Singularity,” starring John Boyega, “Socks on Fire” and “Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street” are among the selections announced for the 2021 San Francisco International Film Festival, which will take place in an all-new hybrid format.
Running April 9-18, the 64th edition of the festival will incorporate both online and in-person elements. Through the Sffilm website, audiences will be able to purchase tickets for digital screenings, Q&As with filmmakers, film parties and industry networking events. Additionally, there will be live screenings and performances held at the Fort Mason Flix drive-in theater.
Featuring 103 films from 41 countries around the world, the festival lineup consists of 42 feature films, 56 short films and five mid-length films. Not quite feature-length and not quite a short, mid-length films will run between 30 and 50 minutes. 13 films will be making their world premiere with an additional 15 making their North American premiere. Among the full lineup, 57% of the...
Running April 9-18, the 64th edition of the festival will incorporate both online and in-person elements. Through the Sffilm website, audiences will be able to purchase tickets for digital screenings, Q&As with filmmakers, film parties and industry networking events. Additionally, there will be live screenings and performances held at the Fort Mason Flix drive-in theater.
Featuring 103 films from 41 countries around the world, the festival lineup consists of 42 feature films, 56 short films and five mid-length films. Not quite feature-length and not quite a short, mid-length films will run between 30 and 50 minutes. 13 films will be making their world premiere with an additional 15 making their North American premiere. Among the full lineup, 57% of the...
- 3/24/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix won the auction for the rights to make Beef, a 10-episode half-hour dramedy series from A24 that will mark Oscar-nominated Minari star Steven Yeun’s first episodic TV foray since his unforgettable exit from The Walking Dead. Yeun will star with Ali Wong in a series that is the creation of Lee Sung Jin.
Deadline revealed the project when it was pitched about a week ago, creating a frenzy among the streamers. Netflix has committed to a series order.
Beef follows two people who let a road rage incident burrow into their minds and slowly consume their every thought and action.
Wong and Yeun, through his Universal Remote banner, are executive producers. Creator-writer-showrunner Lee is co-executive producer on Dave; is producing the Alex Russell Black List script Lurker; and developed Omniverse, a pilot for Showtime with Kanye West, Jaden Smith and Scooter Braun. His credits also include the FX pilot Singularity,...
Deadline revealed the project when it was pitched about a week ago, creating a frenzy among the streamers. Netflix has committed to a series order.
Beef follows two people who let a road rage incident burrow into their minds and slowly consume their every thought and action.
Wong and Yeun, through his Universal Remote banner, are executive producers. Creator-writer-showrunner Lee is co-executive producer on Dave; is producing the Alex Russell Black List script Lurker; and developed Omniverse, a pilot for Showtime with Kanye West, Jaden Smith and Scooter Braun. His credits also include the FX pilot Singularity,...
- 3/24/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Hot off his first Oscar nomination for Minari, Steven Yeun is reuniting with A24 on an untitled 10-episode dramedy he’ll star in with Ali Wong. Pitched last week, it has created an auction frenzy with the usual suspects — Netflix, Amazon, FX and Apple among them — all in the mix.
Wong and Yeun are executive producers. The creator-writer-showrunner of the limited series is Lee Sung Jin. He is co-executive producer On Dave and is producing the Alex Russell Black List script Lurker and developed Omniverse, a pilot for Showtime with Kanye West, Jaden Smith and Scooter Braun. Past credits include the FX pilot Singularity, Amazon’s Undone, Netflix’s Tuca & Bertie and HBO’s Silicon Valley.
They are keeping the logline under wraps for the moment, but this isn’t going to take long to land, and it will be 10 episodes, 30 minutes in length.
The series will mark...
Wong and Yeun are executive producers. The creator-writer-showrunner of the limited series is Lee Sung Jin. He is co-executive producer On Dave and is producing the Alex Russell Black List script Lurker and developed Omniverse, a pilot for Showtime with Kanye West, Jaden Smith and Scooter Braun. Past credits include the FX pilot Singularity, Amazon’s Undone, Netflix’s Tuca & Bertie and HBO’s Silicon Valley.
They are keeping the logline under wraps for the moment, but this isn’t going to take long to land, and it will be 10 episodes, 30 minutes in length.
The series will mark...
- 3/16/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
“Natural Light,” Dénes Nagy’s World War II-set drama which just won the Berlinale Silver Bear for best director, has been sold by Paris-based Luxbox to key markets including the U.K. with Curzon.
Rolling off the EFM, Luxbox has also unveiled deals on the critically acclaimed movie for Portugal (Alambique), Poland (Aurora), Czech Republic and Slovakia (Film Europe) and Turkey (Mars Film).
Set in occupied Soviet Union, the film tells the story of István Semetka, a simple Hungarian farmer who serves as a Caporal in a special unit scouting for partisan groups. On their way to a remote village, his company falls under enemy fire. As the commander is killed, Semetka has to overcome his fears and take command of the unit as he is dragged into a chaos that he cannot control.
Louisa Dent, Curzon’s managing director, described “Natural Light” as “an astonishing debut from Dénes Nagy.
Rolling off the EFM, Luxbox has also unveiled deals on the critically acclaimed movie for Portugal (Alambique), Poland (Aurora), Czech Republic and Slovakia (Film Europe) and Turkey (Mars Film).
Set in occupied Soviet Union, the film tells the story of István Semetka, a simple Hungarian farmer who serves as a Caporal in a special unit scouting for partisan groups. On their way to a remote village, his company falls under enemy fire. As the commander is killed, Semetka has to overcome his fears and take command of the unit as he is dragged into a chaos that he cannot control.
Louisa Dent, Curzon’s managing director, described “Natural Light” as “an astonishing debut from Dénes Nagy.
- 3/11/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Anders Thomas Jensen’s action comedy “Riders of Justice,” starring Mads Mikkelsen, will open the 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam. The festival will be staged in two parts this year: the first, in a hybrid format, running Feb. 1-7, and the second, hopefully a physical event, June 2-6. The awards ceremony will take place on Feb. 7.
In “Riders of Justice,” Mikkelsen plays Markus, a military man who returns home to look after his daughter Mathilde following his wife’s death in a train accident. At first it looks like she was the victim of a tragic piece of bad luck, but then mathematics geek Otto (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), a fellow passenger on the train, shows up with his two eccentric colleagues, Lennart (Lars Brygmann) and Emmenthaler (Nicolas Bro), and floats the theory of a possible murder conspiracy. The film plays in the Limelight section.
Jensen is Denmark’s top screenwriter,...
In “Riders of Justice,” Mikkelsen plays Markus, a military man who returns home to look after his daughter Mathilde following his wife’s death in a train accident. At first it looks like she was the victim of a tragic piece of bad luck, but then mathematics geek Otto (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), a fellow passenger on the train, shows up with his two eccentric colleagues, Lennart (Lars Brygmann) and Emmenthaler (Nicolas Bro), and floats the theory of a possible murder conspiracy. The film plays in the Limelight section.
Jensen is Denmark’s top screenwriter,...
- 12/22/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
What becomes a legend most?
Well, in the case of the Oscar-winning 86-year-old Sophia Loren, a terrific role in the new Netflix movie “The Life Ahead,” which premiered on Nov. 13 to rave reviews. The film is also a valentine from her youngest son Edoardo Ponti who co-adapted and directed the drama based on Romain Gary’s 1975 novel “The Life Before Us.”
Loren plays Madame Rosa, a former prostitute and Holocaust survivor living in Naples who now takes care of children of prostitutes. But she has her hands full with her latest charge, a 12-year-old Senegalese immigrant named Momo (Ibrahim Gueye). Rosa may seem like the ultimate earth foster mother, but she is haunted by fevered memories of her time at Auschwitz and more and more frequently drifts away from reality.
If the plotline of “The Life Ahead” sounds familiar, the Gary novel was originally adapted as “Madame Rosa,” an Oscar-winning...
Well, in the case of the Oscar-winning 86-year-old Sophia Loren, a terrific role in the new Netflix movie “The Life Ahead,” which premiered on Nov. 13 to rave reviews. The film is also a valentine from her youngest son Edoardo Ponti who co-adapted and directed the drama based on Romain Gary’s 1975 novel “The Life Before Us.”
Loren plays Madame Rosa, a former prostitute and Holocaust survivor living in Naples who now takes care of children of prostitutes. But she has her hands full with her latest charge, a 12-year-old Senegalese immigrant named Momo (Ibrahim Gueye). Rosa may seem like the ultimate earth foster mother, but she is haunted by fevered memories of her time at Auschwitz and more and more frequently drifts away from reality.
If the plotline of “The Life Ahead” sounds familiar, the Gary novel was originally adapted as “Madame Rosa,” an Oscar-winning...
- 11/17/2020
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Six years ago, Sophia Loren emerged from retirement to film Jean Cocteau’s “The Human Voice” — her version of the one-act play that Tilda Swinton and Pedro Almodóvar recently adapted during lockdown, and which Anna Magnani and Ingrid Bergman had each tackled decades before. In the 25-minute project, which was directed by her son Edoardo Ponti, Loren plays a woman alone but for her housekeeper in an Italian villa, speaking to the man she once loved via a shaky phone connection.
“The only thing left between us is this telephone wire,” Loren says in the film, her voice torn.
In a way, that short feels like a forecast of Loren’s life today, as the coronavirus has forced so many into isolation — including the still vibrant acting legend, who laughs easily and often over the course of a career-spanning 90-minute phone call. The Italian star, the first person from any...
“The only thing left between us is this telephone wire,” Loren says in the film, her voice torn.
In a way, that short feels like a forecast of Loren’s life today, as the coronavirus has forced so many into isolation — including the still vibrant acting legend, who laughs easily and often over the course of a career-spanning 90-minute phone call. The Italian star, the first person from any...
- 11/2/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
In 1984, the Oscar-winning actress Sophia Loren (“Two Women”) and her then-11-year-old son Edoardo Ponti starred in the TV movie “Aurora.” That little-remembered film began a lovely collaboration between the legendary actress and Ponti, Loren’s younger son by her late husband, producer Carlo Ponti.
Edoardo Ponti gave up acting and switched to directing after earning a fine arts degree in 1998 from USC in film directing in production. And he directed Loren for the first time in the 2002 drama “Between Strangers.” Mother and son both earned acclaimed for their 2014 short, “The Human Voice,” based on Jean Cocteau’s one-act 1930 play.
Their latest collaboration-and Loren’s first film since “The Human Voice”- is the Italian drama “The Life Ahead,” a contemporary adaptation of Romain Gary’s 1975 best-seller “The Life Before Us.” The still-stunning 86-year-old Loren plays a Holocaust survivor named Madame Rosa who becomes unlikely friends with a rebellious 12-year-old...
Edoardo Ponti gave up acting and switched to directing after earning a fine arts degree in 1998 from USC in film directing in production. And he directed Loren for the first time in the 2002 drama “Between Strangers.” Mother and son both earned acclaimed for their 2014 short, “The Human Voice,” based on Jean Cocteau’s one-act 1930 play.
Their latest collaboration-and Loren’s first film since “The Human Voice”- is the Italian drama “The Life Ahead,” a contemporary adaptation of Romain Gary’s 1975 best-seller “The Life Before Us.” The still-stunning 86-year-old Loren plays a Holocaust survivor named Madame Rosa who becomes unlikely friends with a rebellious 12-year-old...
- 10/21/2020
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Romanian filmmaker Cristi Puiu is known for making films of near-punishing lengths, from the 181-minute “Aurora” to the just-under-three-hours “Sieranevada.” His latest film, the philosophical historical drama “Malmkrog,” is 200 minutes — a long time to sit in a theater while wearing a face mask. (“Tenet” faces a similar challenge with its two-and-a-half-hour runtime.)
Puiu, while presenting his new film at the Transylvania International Film Festival this summer, thinks so too. Which is why, in his introduction to the movie, he said it was “inhuman” to watch his film with a mask on, and launched into a speech stating that, while the virus is real, the “tone of the authorities is unacceptable.” The speech, below, was reported by Romania Journal.
Ok, I understand, social distancing, and the obligation to wear a face mask in open air in Cluj. Ok, I am sorry for you, it is a 200-minute film. To stay with...
Puiu, while presenting his new film at the Transylvania International Film Festival this summer, thinks so too. Which is why, in his introduction to the movie, he said it was “inhuman” to watch his film with a mask on, and launched into a speech stating that, while the virus is real, the “tone of the authorities is unacceptable.” The speech, below, was reported by Romania Journal.
Ok, I understand, social distancing, and the obligation to wear a face mask in open air in Cluj. Ok, I am sorry for you, it is a 200-minute film. To stay with...
- 8/15/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
From VancouverFilm.Net, here is the Vancouver Film Production Update for June 2020, including features/ TV series temporarily suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic:
Features
Bonfire (Temporarily Suspended)
Local Production Company: No Clocks Productions Ltd.
Executive Producer: Tom Hammel
Producer: Jim Whitaker, Joe Roth
Director: David Lowery
Ellington (Temporarily Suspended)
Local Production Company: Swan Song BC Productions Inc.
Executive Producer: Shea Kammer, Jonathan King, Adam Shulman, Jacob Perlin
Director: Ben Cleary
Untitled Graham King Project (Temporarily Suspended)
Local Production Company: Cold Hut Production Ulc.
Executive Producer: Nicola Shindler, Graham King, Ken Kamins, Sally Wainwright, Colin Vaines
Producer: Nan Morales
Director: Nora Fingscheidt
TV Pilots
Kung Fu (Temporarily Suspended)
Local Production Company: 3253 Production Services Inc.
Executive Producer: Christina M. Kim, Martin Gero, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Hanelle Culpepper
Producer: Ian Smith
Director: Hanelle Culpepper
LA Brea (Temporarily Suspended)
Local Production Company: Gep La Brea Inc.
Executive Producer: David Appelbaum, Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman,...
Features
Bonfire (Temporarily Suspended)
Local Production Company: No Clocks Productions Ltd.
Executive Producer: Tom Hammel
Producer: Jim Whitaker, Joe Roth
Director: David Lowery
Ellington (Temporarily Suspended)
Local Production Company: Swan Song BC Productions Inc.
Executive Producer: Shea Kammer, Jonathan King, Adam Shulman, Jacob Perlin
Director: Ben Cleary
Untitled Graham King Project (Temporarily Suspended)
Local Production Company: Cold Hut Production Ulc.
Executive Producer: Nicola Shindler, Graham King, Ken Kamins, Sally Wainwright, Colin Vaines
Producer: Nan Morales
Director: Nora Fingscheidt
TV Pilots
Kung Fu (Temporarily Suspended)
Local Production Company: 3253 Production Services Inc.
Executive Producer: Christina M. Kim, Martin Gero, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Hanelle Culpepper
Producer: Ian Smith
Director: Hanelle Culpepper
LA Brea (Temporarily Suspended)
Local Production Company: Gep La Brea Inc.
Executive Producer: David Appelbaum, Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman,...
- 6/24/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
This is the eighth installment of Rolling Stone’s Music in Crisis series, which looks at how people all across the music industry are coping with the coronavirus pandemic.
On March 3rd, Victor Alarcon traveled to Rovaniemi, in the Finnish Lapland, a region so frigid and remote that it proclaims itself the home of Santa Claus. For the singer, a Peruvian-born musician based in Dusseldorf, Germany, it was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime: an expedition to film a music video under the Northern Lights. Alarcon, who records...
On March 3rd, Victor Alarcon traveled to Rovaniemi, in the Finnish Lapland, a region so frigid and remote that it proclaims itself the home of Santa Claus. For the singer, a Peruvian-born musician based in Dusseldorf, Germany, it was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime: an expedition to film a music video under the Northern Lights. Alarcon, who records...
- 5/8/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
As part of its expansion into Hollywood, Cj Entertainment –the Korean studio behind “Parasite” — is plotting an English-language remake of “Save the Green Planet!” — a genre-bending cult film from 2003. “Midsommar” director Ari Aster will produce the remake, it was announced Thursday.
The original film’s director and writer Joon-hwan Jang will return to direct the remake, and Aster and Lars Knudsen will produce the remake through their Square Peg banner.
Cj Entertainment will finance and produce, and the studio has tapped Will Tracy, a writer on “Last Week Tonight” and “Succession,” to write the screenplay.
Also Read: Why 'Parasite' Studio Cj Entertainment Is Betting Big on Skydance
“Save the Green Planet!” is an offbeat black comedy and apocalyptic sci-fi thriller that played the festival circuit in 2003, including Cannes, and has since received a cult following. Though the plot or the tone isn’t easy to describe, the original...
The original film’s director and writer Joon-hwan Jang will return to direct the remake, and Aster and Lars Knudsen will produce the remake through their Square Peg banner.
Cj Entertainment will finance and produce, and the studio has tapped Will Tracy, a writer on “Last Week Tonight” and “Succession,” to write the screenplay.
Also Read: Why 'Parasite' Studio Cj Entertainment Is Betting Big on Skydance
“Save the Green Planet!” is an offbeat black comedy and apocalyptic sci-fi thriller that played the festival circuit in 2003, including Cannes, and has since received a cult following. Though the plot or the tone isn’t easy to describe, the original...
- 5/7/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Cj Entertainment, the studio behind multi-Oscar-winner “Parasite,” is poised to remake Korean classic “Save The Green Planet” in English. It will produce with Square Peg, the Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen label behind recent breakout “Midsommar.”
The story is an eccentric and particularly black comedy involving a disillusioned young man who captures and tortures a businessman who he believes to be part of an alien invasion. A battle of wits ensues between the captor, his devoted girlfriend, the businessman and a private detective.
The 2003 original was a cult hit that collected prizes at fantasy festivals including those in Bucheon, Buenos Aires and Brussels, and mainstream events including Rotterdam, Tokyo Filmex, and Moscow. “Green Planet” earned Jang Joon-hwan the Golden Bell award for best new director in Korea the same year.
Jang is now set to direct the remake, from an English-language adapted script by Will Tracy (HBO’s “Succession” and...
The story is an eccentric and particularly black comedy involving a disillusioned young man who captures and tortures a businessman who he believes to be part of an alien invasion. A battle of wits ensues between the captor, his devoted girlfriend, the businessman and a private detective.
The 2003 original was a cult hit that collected prizes at fantasy festivals including those in Bucheon, Buenos Aires and Brussels, and mainstream events including Rotterdam, Tokyo Filmex, and Moscow. “Green Planet” earned Jang Joon-hwan the Golden Bell award for best new director in Korea the same year.
Jang is now set to direct the remake, from an English-language adapted script by Will Tracy (HBO’s “Succession” and...
- 5/7/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Parasite producer Cj is lining up another genre-bending treat. The Korean powerhouse is teaming up with Midsommar and Hereditary duo Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen on an English-language remake of cult Korean movie Save The Green Planet!
The off-beat, black comedy-sci-fi mashup from 2003 follows a man who believes the world is on the verge of an alien invasion and sets out to save the planet by first kidnapping his boss. Check out the wild trailer for the original below.
Cj, which also produced the 2003 film, will finance and produce alongside Aster and Knudsen’s Square Peg production banner.
The original film’s writer-director Joon-hwan Jang will return to direct the movie. Cj and Jang most recently teamed up on 2017 political thriller 1987: When The Day Comes. Will Tracy, writer on HBO’s Succession and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, has been tapped to write the adapted screenplay.
Executive producers...
The off-beat, black comedy-sci-fi mashup from 2003 follows a man who believes the world is on the verge of an alien invasion and sets out to save the planet by first kidnapping his boss. Check out the wild trailer for the original below.
Cj, which also produced the 2003 film, will finance and produce alongside Aster and Knudsen’s Square Peg production banner.
The original film’s writer-director Joon-hwan Jang will return to direct the movie. Cj and Jang most recently teamed up on 2017 political thriller 1987: When The Day Comes. Will Tracy, writer on HBO’s Succession and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, has been tapped to write the adapted screenplay.
Executive producers...
- 5/7/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
In its latest funding round, Vikings and Brooklyn backer Screen Ireland has funded new projects from six-time Oscar nominee Jim Sheridan, Ida scribe Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Maudie director Aisling Walsh.
The largest production awards of €700k went to Cowtown Pictures’ movie L.O.L.A by Andrew Legge and Rachel Carey’s comedy Cutters from O’Sullivan Productions. The former, set in 1940s England, tells the story of Thomasina, who invents a machine that can intercept broadcasts from the future.
Movies to get development funding include Jim Sheridan projects Murphy And The Indian and Sheriff Street, Aisling Walsh project The Ballroom for Parallel Film and Malgorzata Szumowska (The Other Lamb) project A Kind Of Longing. Murphy And The Indian will follow the true story of Standing Bear, a Native American and civil rights leader who won a landmark 1879 legal case. Sheridan’s Hell’s Kitchen is producing.
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The largest production awards of €700k went to Cowtown Pictures’ movie L.O.L.A by Andrew Legge and Rachel Carey’s comedy Cutters from O’Sullivan Productions. The former, set in 1940s England, tells the story of Thomasina, who invents a machine that can intercept broadcasts from the future.
Movies to get development funding include Jim Sheridan projects Murphy And The Indian and Sheriff Street, Aisling Walsh project The Ballroom for Parallel Film and Malgorzata Szumowska (The Other Lamb) project A Kind Of Longing. Murphy And The Indian will follow the true story of Standing Bear, a Native American and civil rights leader who won a landmark 1879 legal case. Sheridan’s Hell’s Kitchen is producing.
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- 11/21/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Amazon has put in development Troll, a comedy from writer Lee Sung Jin (Undone), and Joe Lewis’ Amplify Pictures. Rhys Thomas (Documentary Now!) is attached to direct and executive produce.
Written by Lee, Troll is a comedy series about an eternal optimist, who refuses to give up on his dreams of being a world-renowned documentary filmmaker, despite living off gig economy apps and never actually making a documentary. After being bullied online, he finally sets out to make a film exposing his troll, only to stumble upon what might be a geopolitical conspiracy.
Lee executive produces with Thomas. Lewis, who is under a first-look deal with Amazon, produces via his Amplify Pictures.
Lee is currently a co-executive producer on Amazon’s Undone. His previous credits include Netflix’s Tuca & Bertie and HBO’s Silicon Valley. Lee’s FX pilot, Singularity, was directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.
Written by Lee, Troll is a comedy series about an eternal optimist, who refuses to give up on his dreams of being a world-renowned documentary filmmaker, despite living off gig economy apps and never actually making a documentary. After being bullied online, he finally sets out to make a film exposing his troll, only to stumble upon what might be a geopolitical conspiracy.
Lee executive produces with Thomas. Lewis, who is under a first-look deal with Amazon, produces via his Amplify Pictures.
Lee is currently a co-executive producer on Amazon’s Undone. His previous credits include Netflix’s Tuca & Bertie and HBO’s Silicon Valley. Lee’s FX pilot, Singularity, was directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.
- 9/22/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Kanye West is developing an anthology series for Showtime, “Omniverse,” that will star Jaden Smith as an alternate reality version of the rapper.
“Omniverse” examines the many doors of perception. Season 1 explores the Ego through an alternate reality West. The half-hour series is from Scooter Braun’s Sb Projects, Westbrook Studios and writer Lee Sung Jin, who will pen the script. Smith is also an executive producer.
For West, “Omniverse” represents the multi-hyphenate’s first foray into television. No other details for the series were made available.
Also Read: 'Black Monday' Renewed for Season 2 at Showtime
Additional executive producers include James Shin and Scott Manson on behalf of Sb Projects, and Miguel Melendez.
Lee Sung Jin is currently a co-executive producer on Amazon’s “Undone.” His past credits include the upcoming Netflix animated comedy “Tuca & Bertie” and HBO’s “Silicon Valley.” Lee’s pilot, “Singularity,” was directed...
“Omniverse” examines the many doors of perception. Season 1 explores the Ego through an alternate reality West. The half-hour series is from Scooter Braun’s Sb Projects, Westbrook Studios and writer Lee Sung Jin, who will pen the script. Smith is also an executive producer.
For West, “Omniverse” represents the multi-hyphenate’s first foray into television. No other details for the series were made available.
Also Read: 'Black Monday' Renewed for Season 2 at Showtime
Additional executive producers include James Shin and Scott Manson on behalf of Sb Projects, and Miguel Melendez.
Lee Sung Jin is currently a co-executive producer on Amazon’s “Undone.” His past credits include the upcoming Netflix animated comedy “Tuca & Bertie” and HBO’s “Silicon Valley.” Lee’s pilot, “Singularity,” was directed...
- 5/1/2019
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Kanye West and Jaden Smith are teaming up for a Showtime series.
Smith it attached to the star in the series, titled “Omniverse,” while West will executive produce. Showtime has ordered a script for the series.
“Omniverse” is a limited half-hour anthology series examining the many doors of perception. Season 1 will explore the Ego through an alternate reality Kanye West, whose younger self will be played by Smith.
Scooter Braun is also set to executive produce, along with James Shin and Scott Manson on behalf of Sb Projects, Braun’s media company. Miguel Melendez and Smith will executive produce on behalf of Westbrook Studios.
Lee Sung Jin is attached as writer and executive producer. He is currently a co-executive producer on Amazon’s “Undone.” His credits include “Tuca & Bertie” and “Silicon Valley.” Lee’s pilot, “Singularity,” was directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.
He is repped by Wme,...
Smith it attached to the star in the series, titled “Omniverse,” while West will executive produce. Showtime has ordered a script for the series.
“Omniverse” is a limited half-hour anthology series examining the many doors of perception. Season 1 will explore the Ego through an alternate reality Kanye West, whose younger self will be played by Smith.
Scooter Braun is also set to executive produce, along with James Shin and Scott Manson on behalf of Sb Projects, Braun’s media company. Miguel Melendez and Smith will executive produce on behalf of Westbrook Studios.
Lee Sung Jin is attached as writer and executive producer. He is currently a co-executive producer on Amazon’s “Undone.” His credits include “Tuca & Bertie” and “Silicon Valley.” Lee’s pilot, “Singularity,” was directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.
He is repped by Wme,...
- 5/1/2019
- by Rachel Yang
- Variety Film + TV
A TV series about the Wwi spy Mata Hari, directed by Roland Joffe, is one of two projects that adorn the debut slate of new production company Palanquin. Noir-thriller “Call Center” completes the initial line up.
Palanquin is jointly headed by producer Guy Louthan and Joffe. The company will focus on producing Southeast Asian projects including India-based film and television projects.
Joffe believes that that the true story of Mata Hari is more bizarre than the lurid reputation that she has since attracted as an exotic dancer and spy. To be produced by John Fitzgerald and Julian Grimmond (“The Amazing Race”), “Mata Hari” is structured as an eight-part series that charts the extraordinary life of Magritte, a Dutch girl who escaped an abusive childhood, fled to the Far East with a brilliant but manipulative adventurer who was more than twice her age, and was sucked into the world of espionage,...
Palanquin is jointly headed by producer Guy Louthan and Joffe. The company will focus on producing Southeast Asian projects including India-based film and television projects.
Joffe believes that that the true story of Mata Hari is more bizarre than the lurid reputation that she has since attracted as an exotic dancer and spy. To be produced by John Fitzgerald and Julian Grimmond (“The Amazing Race”), “Mata Hari” is structured as an eight-part series that charts the extraordinary life of Magritte, a Dutch girl who escaped an abusive childhood, fled to the Far East with a brilliant but manipulative adventurer who was more than twice her age, and was sucked into the world of espionage,...
- 2/8/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Each year Variety’s New Leaders feature profiles the most prominent up-and-comers in the entertainment business. To determine this year’s worthies, Variety looked across disciplines, from television, digital, music and film, to law and finance, as well as content creators. They were proposed by their bosses and peers who have worked with them and seen their rise. All are age 40 or under, and Variety has measured them by the progress of their career trajectories: do they take calculated risks? How fast have they risen in their companies? Are they innovative and employ solutions to problems that are creative? As part of the salute to the qualities that keep the town humming, filmmaker/producer Travis Knight, who founded Laika Studios and is finishing up the anticipated “Bumblebee” for Paramount, as well as Variety‘s 10 Assistants to Watch along with the New Leaders will be recognized Oct. 17, at the Jeremy Hotel rooftop in West Hollywood.
- 10/17/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
“Saturday Night Live” has added Los Angeles-based comedian Ego Nwodim as a featured player for its 44th season, NBC announced Friday. “SNL” also added Alan Linic, Alison Gates, Eli Mandel and Bowen Yang to its roster of writers. Nwodim will make her “SNL” debut when the famed sketch comedy series premieres its 44th season, September 29 with host Adam Driver and musical guest Kanye West.
Nwodim is a performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater in Los Angeles, was named a New Face at the Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival in 2016, and participated in the CBS Diversity Showcase that same year. She has previously appeared onscreen in “Adam Ruins Everything,” “2 Broke Girls,” and “Singularity.”
The new writers all have improv backgrounds; Linic and Gates trained at Chicago’s “Second City,” Mandel at Chicago’s iO Theater, and Yang at New York’s Upright Citizens Brigade. Yang is the co-host...
Nwodim is a performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater in Los Angeles, was named a New Face at the Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival in 2016, and participated in the CBS Diversity Showcase that same year. She has previously appeared onscreen in “Adam Ruins Everything,” “2 Broke Girls,” and “Singularity.”
The new writers all have improv backgrounds; Linic and Gates trained at Chicago’s “Second City,” Mandel at Chicago’s iO Theater, and Yang at New York’s Upright Citizens Brigade. Yang is the co-host...
- 9/21/2018
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
We are So here for this! Saturday Night Live announced on Sept. 21 that they will be adding another talented woman of color to the cast for Season 44. Ego Nwodim is this season's newest featured player, hired to replace last season newcomer Luke Null after it was revealed that he would not be returning. So, who is the beautiful comedian that will be gracing our small screens on SNL? Here's what we know. Ego is 30 years old. She celebrated the milestone back in March, with a killer birthday party. On March 12 she shared a slideshow of pics with the caption, "I turned 30. I got grown and sweat out my press in loving memory of my 20s.
- 9/21/2018
- by Emy LaCroix
- Life and Style
Comedienne Ego Nwodim will join “Saturday Night Live” as its newest featured player, as the NBC late-night mainstay starts its 44th season. “SNL” is set to launch its next cycle on September 29 with host Adam Driver and musical guest Kanye West.
Nwodim graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in biology and has been a regular cast member at the Ucb Theatre in Los Angeles, where she performed her one-woman show, “Great Black Women … and Then There’s Me.” She has had small roles in projects like 2017’s “Singularity” and the streaming-video series “Galactic War Room.”
“SNL” also added Alan Linic, Alison Gates, Eli Mandel and Bowen Yang as writers.
Nwodim’s addition to the cast is the latest in a series of tweaks that have made Mikey Day, Melissa Villaseñor, and Alex Moffat full members of the cast, after having served as featured players in recent seasons.
Nwodim graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in biology and has been a regular cast member at the Ucb Theatre in Los Angeles, where she performed her one-woman show, “Great Black Women … and Then There’s Me.” She has had small roles in projects like 2017’s “Singularity” and the streaming-video series “Galactic War Room.”
“SNL” also added Alan Linic, Alison Gates, Eli Mandel and Bowen Yang as writers.
Nwodim’s addition to the cast is the latest in a series of tweaks that have made Mikey Day, Melissa Villaseñor, and Alex Moffat full members of the cast, after having served as featured players in recent seasons.
- 9/21/2018
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Bts is everywhere these days. Seriously, if you haven't heard of the Bangtan Boys then you're missing out. The South Korean pop group/hip-hop singers are taking over the music world and you should take notice. The boy band is made up of seven members who have been winning over fans for years (beginning in 2013)—and now America is on board. In fact, the group is about to release a new album called Love Yourself: Tear next week and it got us thinking about all of the songs and fun music videos they've already blessed us with. In honor of their next album (out May 18)—not to be overshadowed by their teaser video for "Singularity," which was released over the...
- 5/8/2018
- E! Online
Bts surprised fans on Sunday by releasing a music video for the new song "Singularity." In the video, K-pop band member V sings a solo track and dances to some intricate choreography. Throughout the video, V, also known as Kim Tae-hyung, can be seen moving alongside a series of white masks. By the end of the video, he's wearing one of the masks and has a black tear streaming from his eye. The music video comes less than two weeks before the group's highly anticipate album, Love Yourself: Tear, debuts. The group announced the new album via Twitter back in April. Watch the music video to hear the whole song. The video is described as a "comeback...
- 5/7/2018
- E! Online
Singularity is a sci-fi film that stars John Cusack who plays as the CEO of a company that wants to release a computer that is designed to help in bringing an end to all wars. The computer decides that humans are the real problem and should therefore be eradicated to ensure the world sees peace. The computer releases troops of robots to the world who go to accomplish the command of ensuring all human beings are exterminated. According to the trailer, you could guess there is some blending of both The Matrix and The Terminator. Trailer The concept of singularity
Breaking Down the Trailer For John Cusack’s Sci-Fi Film “Singularity”...
Breaking Down the Trailer For John Cusack’s Sci-Fi Film “Singularity”...
- 11/8/2017
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
In the sci-fi film Singularity, John Cusack stars as the CEO of a company that is about to release a "super computer designed to end all wars." But, as you would guess, the computer determines that humans are the real problem and must be eradicated. It unleashes an army of robots upon the world. Cusack is joined by a cast that includes Julian Schaffner, Jeannine Wacker, Eileen Grubba, and Carmen Argenziano. I will say this movie doesn't look very good at all. It's the kind of trailer that leaves you asking, why is Cusack making a movie this terrible? It doesn't even try to hide the fact that this is just a blending of The Terminator and The Matrix.
In 2020, Elias van Dorne (John Cusack), CEO of Va Industries, the world's largest robotics company, introduces his most powerful invention--Kronos, a super computer designed to end all wars. When Kronos goes online,...
In 2020, Elias van Dorne (John Cusack), CEO of Va Industries, the world's largest robotics company, introduces his most powerful invention--Kronos, a super computer designed to end all wars. When Kronos goes online,...
- 11/6/2017
- by Kristian Odland
- GeekTyrant
The concept of a singularity in technology proposes that some kind of advanced artificial intelligence will create rapid technological growth that will ultimately result in the destruction of the human race. After all, as countless sci-fi movies have shown, the greatest threat to mankind is itself, and the only way to create a peaceful environment […]
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- 11/5/2017
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
"I am a survivor. But I am not alone." Voltage Pictures has released an official trailer for a super weird, out-of-nowhere sci-fi film called Singularity, in reference to the theoretical "singularity" moment within computing / technology. John Cusack stars as the CEO of a company that is about to released a "super computer designed to end all wars." Surprise! The computer determines humans must be eradicated, and unleashes an army of robots upon the world. This is less like Transcendence, much more of a Terminator rip-off meets Transformers meets Divergent, or something like that. The cast includes Julian Schaffner, Jeannine Wacker, Eileen Grubba, and Carmen Argenziano. It can also be filed under why-is-John-Cusack-making-such-terrible-movies, since it looks as bad as they come. This is one trailer worth skipping. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Robert Kouba's Singularity, direct from Voltage's YouTube: In 2020, Elias van Dorne (John Cusack), CEO of Va Industries,...
- 11/3/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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